The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-03-28
UNEQUAL MARRIAGES.

There is nothing this side of the
twinkling stars so near akin to
heaven as pretty, amiable, intel
ligent, Christian woman. And we
believe that every one of them was
born to make, man happy. That
being SO, every man ought to get
married.
Yes, we are a strong advocates of
matrimony. But marriage "for bet
ter or worse" is very serious mat
ter. Both the contracting parties
should be very careful in their Sc
lection of the partner with whom
they expect to pass the balance of
their lives. Where is there to be
found more pitiable spectacle than
an uncongenial, mismated pair of
married people?
The genius of Milton never found
a sweeter theme than the ideal
marriage of our first parents in
Eden, yet he who wrote so beau
tifully of the married state was
himself the victim of an unhappy
marriage. Indeed, men of genius
have perhaps been more unfortun-
=.
ate in this respect than ordinary
mortals because, living on the high
est plane Of thought, it was more
difficult for them to find a help
mate equal to themselves.
The same is true, but not to the
same extent, of women of genius
who have married men intellectual
ly inferior to themselves, because a
woman's nature has more endurance
and more adaptability in it than a
mans. The man soon grows impa-
tient of the conversation of a friv-
olous wife, especially # she disturbs
his mental occupations; but the wo-
man often feels a pleasure in the
homage of commonplace husband
if he only be an honest and consid>
crate fellow-with her more thar
with man pity is akin to love-"
Hence it is that there are more
clever and highly-gifted women who
"throw themselves away" upon
| good-natured simpletons, than there
| are talented men who fall in low.
with women who are not in intel.
| lectual sympathy with them. The
world "marries and is given in mar
riage," and the wedding-bells ring
on from one years end to another
from age to age, and yet how few
there are who witness this ceremony
that stop to consider the tremendous
importance of so brief moment.
u pom the mental, moral, and
physical qualities of the man and 81
the woman may depend the action:
and results of actions of succession
of human beings in generations t.
come.
The ungoverned will descends
from sire to son, and the secretive
ness and acquisitiveness, uncontrol
led by other qualities, in the father
or the mother, may make the thief
the liar, or the miser, who in sue
ceeding years will become the blacl
sheep of the family fold.
An ungovernable temper married
to an ungovernable temper may be
get the murderer whom society i.
forced to hang for its own protec
ton /; but who, for aught we know
may be as irresponsible before the
heavenly tribunal of Supreme Jus
tlce as the lunatic IS now held to bt
before our earthly courts.
1t has been said coarsely, per
haps, in the ears of modern refine.
ment-that, while we take every
precaution to insure high qualities
in the better classes of dogs and
hogs and horses, we seem to think
it matter of no consequence to in
sure noble nature to our own off
spring.
Is there not considerable truth in
thatassertion?
We have received from DIR. Kemu