The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-08-25
Matrinony.

Cdll W mint, III tic present. tlllle, W give
my views on matrimony. Had | been
asked to sell them. they would long ago
have found their way before the public;
but always slow to give. | have been par
ticnlally so i'll the present instance, ow-
ing to the delicacy of the subject to be
treated. That it is a delicate subject |
am prepared to stoutly maintain, even
in the face of those rude scotfers who de-
clare it is oftenest, and most successfully.
treated with tlatirons and broomsticks.
That there are degrees of delicacy i'll mat
limonN, rs in every thing else, will be adj
mitted; hut beyond that | will not 60. |
am even prepared to maintain that fiat
irons are not incompatible with delicacy.
That some men have a standing need OF
healthy, active tlatirons, no woman. [
think. will deny: and. You sir, whatever
may he your name, though You may not
stand in need of that sedative yourself.
will doubtless find among your acquaint-
anceS one OF more to whom it would prove
a material blessing, albeit slightly disguis-
ed.
The prevalent habit of making Jest of
marriage ties, mothers in-la law and other
holy things, cannot be too strongly depre-
Gated, Looking over the comic papers OF
the day, it will be seen marriage is their
special butt. Nothing is held sacred by
these journals-the weak the lame, the
blind, the idiot, are all held up by them to
public ridiclle. Observe in this connec-
ton the unfortunate Hill. the weakness
of whose Presidential boom was no
shield to protect him from the unhallowed
Jester. Nor does the laneness Of the
Democratic palty's policy protect it from
the shafts of those goddess men.
We have drifted, almost inperceptibly,
into the political field; which may be
thought by many to lie at some distance
from things matrimonial. Yet an author,
whose name shall not desecrate this
column. has placed them in the same cat
agory. This writer,-I wish | could re-
member his name-makes the startling as
sertion that matrimony and politics are
SYNONYMOUS terms for slavery A man
cannot, says the philosopher, enter the
one without becoming the slave OF a party
nor tie other. without becoming the slave
of a woman Whatever may be the truth
of this statement. from a political point
Of view, is not for us. at this time, to in
qllile into. For. having entered into this
veXed, ana at times raving mad matri-
moniai question. | shall fight it out on
this line, If it takes an hour or two more
OF my valuable time
Looking at it. however. from the mat
rimonial standpoint. | do not feel prepal-
ed to admit its TRUTH | number among
my acquaintance many married men.
Some OF these are quite free not superla-
lively, but reasonably So Others are
troubled with weak lungs and stay at
home evenings because the dark. damp
night air is not good for them. | hope
when am married my lungs will not 90
back on me. One of my weak lunged
friends. with whom | held a conversation
short time ago deprecated the too great
love of freedom lie believed to exist in
the hearts of most men. s'Freedom'
said he. lis all right enough. don't dis
pute it is good thing, but man can
have too much Of even good thing. Now
You take beans: beans are little better
than any thing else on earth. in the
waters under the earth. or any where else
If ever you manage to crawl up to the
acme Of perfection, you will find that Il
Nellow-eNed bean is the acme Beans.
continued this wretch. who had evidently
in defiance OF the Bible set up lis idol
and wolsliped it. "beans lay away over
freedom in all sorts of shapes. But where
is the man. show me the man, who wants
beans ottener than once in a week? And
ii man can scrub along life path and
be satisfied with mess Of beans once a
week. why shouldn't he be satisfied with
one mess OF freedom per month"; | felt
obliged to admit the force Of this reason
ing, yet | could not help thinking there is
something of gulf between liberty and
beans.
Among the great men of the earth, who,
without any sordid thoughts of gain. have
freely given advice to the young men with
whom they CHANGED to come in contact, |
cannot, at the present time, recall one who
has advised matrimony. The standing
advice of Horace Greedy was, to $50
West" That of another truly great man
would invariably be, to ''chase yourself
around the block" And of vet another. to
Take running jump at yourself" And
so IN 0d .fnem or al n0useCtn,, whichever
the classical reader may prefer. Nowhere
however, will the student find the Young
man advised to marry. Why is this? Why
do the great ones of the earth maintain an
impenetrable silence on this weighty sub
iect? Why do they refrain from advising
the young men of our land either to keep
away from or enter into state which
has been enjoyed, or the reverse. by the
majority of their parents? Is there some
dark mysterious reason for this silenceo
or is it simply BECAUSE Let us hope. nav