The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-05-29
MISCELLANY.


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rugffzss y. WIvES.-We meHtloned rev
d., siuce, Adhesion b, Judge Rnfhn, OF Ses,n
q Gina. il 4 ease OF an individual charged WIN,
,~y,ea beaten his wife, and in WHICH the learned
Ju,ee luta il down as the law, that man nao
=. ssqhtao makeuse fnodersietorpOrsi p"nis",
maui. when his wiis vas efas,cry on me ground
d !, the lag was made 90 spply 20 pfsnkina .,
i,-ve. mud not exclusively 70 tbs uneft rehned
,or,;on AZ sariety. We again refer 'e this case,
h.cs.s. , sinalar'ins. rpre.stisn oflswhy Ca
nadia, Judge. has oflzu arrested our attention.
-rhs onin,eo OF ne Shief Justice Of Upper
Canada. in case where father sought redre1.
Car the ill.,rea,tnen, Of his daughter, who mao
h<cs induced 20 leave her husbands house, IN
eon.sauenee OF receiving from him a ehas,'se-
..enf With a horse-whp. agreed very striking
- With that expressed y Judge Rufin. Chief
yssnre Campbell, in stating the Law to the Jury
an the friai of tins case. lHswIey Us. HAM
said
II is true, IT appeared IN evidence that .
chsstsemeni had taken place bun, however I'M
r.llant such conduct might be considered, YET
. man had a right 10 chastise his wife moderate
IN. nd to sarran, her leaving her husband. the
eias,isemeni nu1ii be such as TO put her life IN
;,opurdy Aad were II not for the defendants
letter TO the plaintiff, in which, certainly, con-
sen, faSsent) was implied, he would have no
hesitation in granting him anon-suit. Ids Lord
ship wished the public distinctly TO understand
what the Law was, in sseh cases as the present
cha, il was decidedly hostile TO the practice OF
,vives running away from their husbands "
This Is. II appears, the English Law. accord.
ipr to Chief Justice Campbell. The husband
nav aoe. but the wife must not decamp the
obligation to " love, honor, and obey" also en-.
;oins upon the wife TO s4tey. and tina, patiently.
the brutality of her lord and master Talk a
bou, negro slavery the pains and degradation
Of serviinde, eyhen the hand labors at variance
with the will! Talk Of chains and shackes /,
What are all these 10 the slavery OF domestic
life. If such are the or prais provisions of the
law The Chef Justice, It seems, is not only
learned in legal science-he also tells a good
story. if we may Judge of his powers of nara
ZION bv an anecdoie which he related TO the IN.
Nv. in illustration ofthe opinion We have mott.
red above. His Lordship was inveighing o.
gains, the interference of the father of the ID.
d,, who had so urgr aciously received the we'll
meant horse-whipping Of her loving husband,
IN matter which his Lordshp looked upon 10
s,ricfly between husband and wife. This con-
duct OF the father he characterized as "otseioH
wedding" and in pointing out what the de,
pertinent OF parents in such cases Ought 20 be,
g. related with wonderful good huroor, the fol-
lowing story
" II once upon time so happened, that per-
500 who had some dispute with his wife, gave
Der m adsrate chastisenen,-upon which the
fair one ran home aud complained to her father
The father pretending 10 be in desperate rage
q, the husband, sad, what has the scoundrel
really had the impudenoe TO beat my daughter
we'll, shall he revenged upon him, for am de.
sermined 10 heat hls wife, winch he did and sent
her home. and was no more troubled with the
quarrels OF the parties.
Ihi is a good story but must have had "a.
cher queer effect related upon the Bench. Sc.
Yiously, tins law II thus correctly stated is tain
tcd with the bsTbarl'y ofan are TO which we ia
faf when eau TO mind the most grading
violations Of justict and humanity. Why should
that existin law. which has no longer lis sup
port and sanction in the minds OF liberal and en-
hghtened men; which encourages ooertion and
erutaI vloleg &c where the words OF peace L. dec
ton would nave triple power But it is Idle to
reason the matter The feelings Of every gener.
Gus mind argue the case AZ once, and establish
the i1e OF the Judges to be at war with the ad.
vauced state of retirement 10 which we have
happily arrived. White upon this subject, We
eanno refrain from giving quotation from, the
decision Of sir Iohn Slchel. IN The Arches Court,
Londc, in ,he case OF Lady Westmeath against
the Marquis of Wcstmcath, in which the lady
pc,tioned for divorce. on the ground OF cruel
treatment. Sir John is certsinty far before ei.
sher Judge Rnf6a or Chief Justice Campbell, in
aslsn,ry, logic, and humanity. His decision
was grounded upon the effect produced upon lhe
feelings of the individual upon whom ohastise.
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tuni,ies for the cultivation Of refinement and
humanity Of thu party ia6cting II; thus gradu-
sting tho nature Of the offence by degree OF wan
sonness ~ cruelty actuatlng the husband and
abe pain, not merely bodily. but mental also, IN.
nicted upon the wifi.
IL says he, " cruelty had been inflicted.
she repetition (which would en1lnger the lie
Of the wife. there could lie no doub, that the
charge Of l,gal crs,ty had been established
Goi only the nstoralbo, acquired teelings OF the
pardes we're also TO be taken INTO collaboration.
In low rank of life, persons Of different sexes
might exchange blows withoutits causing any
great degree oilnjnry tothe feelings ye, even
IN TINS rank as well as others thad been con-
sidered unmanly TO strike woman; but, NJ a
higher rank, where nobleman or gentleman IN
whose mint ferocity might be supposed 10 be
sofieDed by education. was proved to inhici per.
sonal violence on his viii, the crime became
much mora aggravated
II is pleasing 10 dnd one judge who treats the
matter in this liberal and generous maanev-
We have spun out this artl;e beyond our designs
but trust W. shall snd an excuse Tor doing so, at
least among our female readers. Nat. Int
FEMALE DRESS.
With women With men, black is more uni
versay becoming than any other-,ome have
added white, but is by no means so entirely
sdaptsd TO every one black particularly be.
comes extremes whether brunette or rouge, IA :
hing from the complexion much OF the tin, and
less ofthe disadvantageous contrast than white.