The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-10

lerng" the shaft must have reached the mark We as
the editor. however. that did NOT intend 10 make
him angry We hoped, rather 10 enlighien and reform
But he takes il in high dudgeon and Indignantly puts 10
what the lawyers call plea of confession and aood-
ancsiha is, he confesses the fact as charged and
avoids star he its force, BY setting up the ex
that he holds 10 the doctrine OF the Quakers on this
subject of marriage Let hear what he says This is
his defence. after extracting portion Of our remarksoon
his former article at9
Union has made have reached the loves, abyss Of
stupidity and depsvy loa,e ei.iI and dsesoIoas,
Usros The sentiment we ayowsd against the lesa
laoa of marriage BY law i the ssa%sn, always
they hold the institution q marriage ~ he nhs, esteem
permit their members 70 apply for license under ;he iaw
onapy YET we are saoesd ~ no people Tor
the purity and fidelity q their conjagal relations anu
excepted them om the obligations q the laws regulating
Quaker; s9ans g. sh q S Sa hs
recognise marriages accomplished according 70 the ioms
prescribed BY law Both q these ecs are involved with
us the mputaton made by the nachess malgniy oil
the Uno OF repugnancy TO common sense 10 public de-
ceney ..
"A for our being opposed 10 the institution Of marriage,
amount Of aleizng cap,,aizng Or iasiying q tne
Union appear But II wanted 10 dcsecraie
aud degrade thar institutions would subject % the con-
troll OF iawof laws made by mobs OF inonarchs pre-
and divorced The ouaker and Catholics. and other de-
no'ations q chssans are sh. - ,ePnda.ng The m
on and IN expelng such a Their members as act upon
as civil contract be formed and annued egisatuIes
and may determine i" state yhers saUers does
srtst, tHermarrage can be prohibited baoeen Dhhes
lar Is e Cells ana Jews and Chrstia
wings and democrats iii hbe1E4ltt f8,ff. ttlN
Of whites and blacks Yes, because the South the SUBJ
jecon Of 70 the other is fundamental condiuon
the polliica system The intermanagc OF the
would be destructive OF ALL and the institutions o. society
me Wor ais Is not So X some States Tie ne
gro i c.zen, has vote, and u siiKtble 70 Office.
can ,fhe I,.te property What could be more
in where the black is ad
med the bar, the eglsaure--whete lie can become
,uer 80 O. .ne no II asr nob.I Sia.,
he Is simply denied the right oil voting
Whis therefore, laws and opinions al the North tend
destroy the naaIa and actual disparity and
connexion, hold II 70 be not only violation OF State
snce st are productive Of ali
the evils OF inermarrage. and oil much misery ana vice
..None of the most fanatcal and the most degraded
whites will form such connexions and Is In vain u at
tempt 70 save such people from 'hemseives ey law
"a similar state OF things exists to California. The
emigration there almost exclusively OF males, and in
numbers rapidly augmenpg from the peculiar facilities OF
the dggngs oil Individual adventures The iso
OF large portion OF thai sex from females OF equal
blood must inevitably tend sexual connexions with The
Indian there, and with women from the Sandwich
islands and from china, who VIII be as servants
1t viii demoaze the society OF California 10 an extent from
which il will be difficult TO recover.
.Bu II 9fican slavery had bsa admitted into Caifor
na the SoSid have been ohsrDise for when slave
holders emgrate the transfer OF 50 large portion OF their
properly usually temporary, but permanent; and
they take their families along This carries the virtue
and refinement OF civilization a. once INTO Inc new Sa
standard but the Tree soe IN excluding slavery from
Sy transferring several hundred thousand males TO
region, and leaving an equal number OF females at hons
done by obliterailag distinctions between black aud
white at home The tstqsity Of Ssiag all California 1
te editor of the Union, who has done much promote
that Outrage has done more % droy ths ora' q s gs
or the eomseenes 10 aio~s for"
The words in italics have been thus designated by us
Now. mark, gentle reader, how "plain tale will put
him DOWN. The Quakers bold marriage in the highest
esteem as religious institution " among Aemslpa 7.
therefore the editor denies ne RICH, Of The to
interfere Very well and who wants 10 interfere The
Quakers hold il thus sacred among themselves and will
even expe brother or sister who maues oui " he So
esiy or by the aid Of any other priest. clergyman, or
magistrate, or religious civil sanction besides their
own Most States Of this Union expressly recognise the
validity Of such marriages among the Quakers and Cath
olcs also and in this country il is ibis civil sanction
that gives them all their validity and force Did not the
civil law authorize il, neither Quaker nor Catholic
marriages would possess the least shadow OF legal oblga.
ton on the parties.
II these do like the law they have no alter.
native but TO leave the country. While they live within
its jurisdiction they must obey it, II may be proper to
guard against Misrepresentation, state that we have all
possible respect for the scrupes and peculiar notions OF
both these secs. They have right to their own opin-
ions; bat do not entertain the high regard for
the shallow petexts Of those who seek shelter them
selves under their tender conscences, whenever may
be convenient 10 escape from troublesome dilemma
Let the fact be overlooked that neither Quakers nor
Catholics will marry in their peculiar forms any
other persons who not members OF their respective
societies churches What then, is 10 be done with the
rest Of the community Shall they marry ALL They
do 80, then, In pursuance Of the law OF the State.
for neither OF these bodies OF Christians will take them
under their guardianship II is now evident that accord
Jog to the senior EDITORS doctrine all persons should turn
Quaker Csihose at once, there is legitimate mode
Of contracting marriagefor il is above all human law,
and they have special Divine law to govern them in
this respect Were il shown that negroes were Quakers
that this sect allowed negro marriages with whites, and
that the law OF the State tolerated such marriages. his
argument might have some force but il is, il has
not this poor, battling apology Again we ask, sc-
cordng to his doctrines, how are those persons-back
white, monsre-to marry, or be married, who not
Quakers Catholics and who belong TO no church or