Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-01-06
To raa EnIroas OF 1ne CoNsr.rrrlasAl WIG.

which to repeal the existing law on The SUBJECT Of In
,estuouS marriages. The Wing CONSIDER e n,c,ihor NJ
the present law as "unwarranted hy Srpure-bu as no
arguments are adduced SHOW WHY such al ouiuion
sn""0 % entertained VIII not be derrd presumption
10 attempt - psove that the restrictions of the law
are ny me sacred writings, aud also that the
policy of the is wise The motion of Scrture
which relates to The subject is the 18th chap
OF Livcus---these the marriage man with his bro
thes wife, expressly prohihited-aud e course the
mage oi woman wih her nu,ban brother. IL is also
presumed that rainnai mind deny ha, the
ship between wife aud her husband, brother and ,.,n
between husband aud wifes is precisely the same
i the" " be morally wrong for marry her nus
bands brother, il equally 8, for nan :,
ms WE sister i've objection s anticipated 1t is said,
that this part ceremonial In y m! w
o'y :or the Jews But same asurcnt would prove
t an me laws on the subject of iuccStGCus marriages,
even that which goes marria- c the NEAR
eSt dood elaomS are of the class. The difference
between the ceremonial, and the law, is obvious
lcn look the different objects had in view-thc one
was intended to keep mp distinction between the Jews
I'D thp Surrounding nations and 10 cc, certain rurpos.e
confined 20 The Jewish matiOrihe " intcncs ii
:" "rcrFe the Jews, Jews only but rs men
~" as social beings Those laws then ia relation TO SUBJ
jeCts, which feet mankind generally, every &c aud ia
ton, mast ne cou-icred belonging moral code nd
always obligatory or this kind must 10 included the
laws on the subject of marriage, since is institution
'hnoH a"or2 an ci'..iHtd buttons aGd peculiar 10
he law on incesuous tiag,s must also be taken as
branch Of the General I.av--and IL we admit Il pant
~ must admit the whole. But it further said titt IN
another pant o! pju,e, found permission man 10
marry his brothers wife, and raise up seed unto his bro
ther aud that the Almighty Ia..e iyer would scarcely
have united that he done, which was morally wronp
thai H'' was pant of the ceremonial law is evident
because II relates tn the accomplishment of pur
pose, which have eff cted
ISM N""i' was TO Keep up the families and "he'itaure
81 Nh" israeitrSaud preserve them separate dis
''""', ont" the coming Of Messiah That OBJ
jet q" inc command Is cica'- since IT limited to the
ca" ~ brother, who tied Without only an
eXcep;;on Ia general rule, which far from DESTROYING
goes - COhrn IT, In tho earliest ages would mpr-
r'Cc was authorized between the rclave or
der 20 accomplish the end Tor which the were
Designed: hut il VIII not therefore he c,nierd.d ,bt ~
la SE tlInL t.I..
- '"h'h-n MANS o. hid'n ~" tax" wife to her ss'er
u" yes hHr' lin her fe timr"-ard iuftr ed
7t ''r her DEATH the prohibition B, clear
mat the meaning of this passage mistaken II the
sister he taken literally, natural i'm
pressed dat mau m CHI marry another during Inc
lie time ot his wife, and thus admitting pngamv
wirh although il practised in the caller ages, was
surely ne" sanctioned by the precrp Of the divine Jaw,
times Even its being pracscA after the rroruca
ton al the law. does prove be lawful. But The
expression used m the text ga wife sistr' re taken
hgur"tvey Gas is strictly il conf rrity the idiom
nfis'na) it means less than to oa0tter.
mu resolving itself INTO plain aud simple pecep against
polie7ny THOU shalt not take wife anorher,'-
aud here LEI me dcpecate any anectaon of learning
ds'i"im any originality IN the preceding view of the sub
Thus it is found that there is positive comma nd
nsa, connection Of precisely similar with the
9ueston-A the lions urged aganst this com,
'"and, i"un ed, the in the ceremonial law, and
tue nthe' farms out 10 be -prohbition Of poligamv.
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M the only rule of action apl aw the subject
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thereto ptopoonally diminished The fact that ca
oi seduction frequent among brothers and
sisters ia law, VIII be admitted hut O the CO use
assigned must beg i'a"e - differ. II is that "the
law ca'h~ them to c"nsidc' each other AZ oihe aud