New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-19

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..;-;.nsl unity between the parties !o1
~ ESQ that society Intends 70 sanction an /
-, no other Marriare than this and Ho1 hna-'y
-. a. al aDu-ove Society az pcrtistng 70 can
,,s,ried those who feel toward escn o'nef tie
IT'S, aa-rant spiritual aversion De'il-D't' -
ia,,er end of Soc;e,,s action 10 The premises Joy
gets or denies lie beg ming.
n, IN ,,,iot of fact yOl- claim - "a 1st- Flr /
lie safe pv no meaus makes Marriage 20 DE- ii'
,rinsica.ly in!issolobe. 10 makes It 50 u ce''a
casss on'y or where the parties have no: been sli
Gcienty faithcss and bratal % each o,heT 70 fe"
der /, Otherwise. II a word SOC ety inaAes ~
own advantage the az Of ne Ma'iia-9 i''-.I'''
and consequently denies is intrinsic rec11ss -
Tins l,ok al il a. Won may. yo1r whole Plea 'oF
The rresent AT on u SOC ETY. IA reEard - iai-11
AMI Divorce. IL ilcobcrent and baseless
Allow me % correct 4 historic MISTAKE on y2-'
Part Il vas no,,he iact OF p2tiing Away MS -
which exposed Spurus b1sa % PoiNi~' ai.-' a.
version but the grofad q proceeding, nancy, -nt
,sile's barrenncssI whichthe pubic thoosh' an In
,easooabls one. / quoted Nr. Lone 70 sno" you
tbata "Ioss q affection vas tie oh'y re'ozn.%31
warrant Of Divorce The inEehi]us Comment DN-'
mon this mistake 81 course iai.s 70 Inc S'o1h'
With II. -,
morality Of Roman Catholic countries you cite no
oftbese counties ore purely Catholic, as 20 "hlcn
,o1 admit the fact ALLEGED bat strive % affiliate D,
10 other Causes the o.her botn Ca'hohc AMI FRO
testant az 70 which sou deny the ac' aiegcd' say
ing that Ireland IS prpsero.s ally cnas'e Does 'De
chastity OF Leland inclule that Df lnshmcn aso
Because Il 10 dos should be clearly d1sio1so. rs
provcrbia'itv-atleost in the sense you assert But
iakeanuumixed ROmaDCa'hJic country, "nlcn mas
not been oyerrun, &c.-say France or Au't'a-and
answer how stands the fact there J am t,d' upon
intelligent authority bot cannot yolch ior lnf accu'
racy Of the Information. that Protestant PRUSSIA
with population Of 100000, AID allowing nearly
absolu,e freedom Of Divorce, numbers ncyer,he'etz'
onlv 1000 divorced pcrs1us, or a fraction over per
cent Have y0n or any OiyOur correspondents The
means ofveriiyug til Sc figures
The letter.writer from Greece says that u 9
common % see fourth marriages in that region, AM
that they rc1sc, no discreiit upon the parties
WHY should thew They take place IN strict con
soDance with the law % the country. Who can
c,nleun theml know n couple o. gentlemen pa
this state one rather distinguished each Of "h)n
Is either now living with, Or has recently buried,
his fourth wife but ! have never heard them
CHARGED with liceutousness How could they be
~ charged They followed the laT o. their com
try waiting the dccease Of the Old vfe before as
suming the new. YOu have no more night - call
the Greek marriages IN question hccnti0us than
these nj home. They stand equally approved by
the laws Of their respective countries. You would
not allow your conduct 10 be judged, would you, BY
n law whose obligation you do not acknow edge i-
Beside before we reason from things In Greece 10
things at home, We should know whetherthe things
are equal that j., whether there exists there the
same amount Of general Intelligence as here 10
govern the conduct of the people. Bot especially
should we have been indebted 10 this writer, lad
he pretermitted his holy horror AZ these very limo
cent Marriages, long enough TO inform us whether
greater or less amount OF ffcCHf0HsHcss existed ma
Athens than in London and New York. We can
easily imagine that very different marriage laws
may exist there aud here What We should he
thankful TO know is whe,he- the purity oil Athcman
Marriage such as Il u.s. cXacfs rs here, the annual
prostitution namy and death Of thousands OF inno.
cent, generous aud beautiful maidens very
htte Information Of this nature would be vastly
more 10 our purpose than carload OF Intellectual
COss y like that JOu quote.
IN your reply t. the person who deprecatcs me
publication Of my papers, you refer 10 me wide
spread dissatisfaction which our popular literature
exhibits toward existing Marriage institutions.
am not familiar enough with this literature 10 say
whether your complaint is or is not vel founded
But assuming II e. bc so, let me ask why you 90
not see in the popular Dissatisfaction you alude 70,
avery sure evidence that our Marriage institutions
require amendment have never sccn and never
heard Of men dcib. rateiy quarrcns with law OF
Nature or of God Why DO they not do so he
cause these laws are all strictly concerned TO their
instincts They instnctiyey feel them 10 be the
guarantees OF their life. Whenever therefore,
see n prevalent discomfort manifested towards m
existinr institution am quito sure that the lnsu
or other an Infringement OF human freedom
However this may be, YOU are clearly blameleSs
in the pre- misses. Yoa always allow both SIDES to
be heard The editorial conduct of the IubhHG
without being iaultless, yet gives Il proud DIS
tnciiOn among newspapers. Never have know n
it t. refuse a hearing to an opinion, because the
number OF its advocates was inconslderable. Never
have known IT to traduCe an antagonist IA lieu OF
answ onne, or trying to answer, his arsumenis
Mace yirfutc tad este. H. l.
Remarks.
Since II. is articles grow longer and longer,
yet he does not seem to advance inch, we viii
t0gbear extended comments on the above, lest " {
should compel him 10 travel this hard beaten ground
over AGAIN lie knows already that we accept the
established legal aud photographic definition o.
Marriage. and deny his night 70 incrposc any
other. Evidently. not merely Laws and Diciona-
RES but Morals and Deca'ogues, require - be com
ple,ey rccast to conform them tohis notions Yes,
and History aud Travels as well, for he contends
that Gibbon did not understand the influence Of
Divorce on ancient Roman Society, and WAT the
German writer from Athens is equally bei0gged
with regard 20 its effect On that of modern Greece
II man viii persist ia standing on his he AZ, il Is
impossible tina, the rest Of tn world should not
seem TO him topsy turvy.
To intcrposo the France OF Voltaire. Rousseau
George Sand aud Pau, dc kock as an unmixed
Cafhol,c country, aud SO fair sample Of the eff
tects Of lndissouble Marriage is only allow able TO
one little less than dcmontod 7A,S France is
philosophic, skePtical lu6del-any thing ba, Catho
lie And we maintain that French RIGHTEOUSNESS
is maialy mot entirely confined to the Partisan,
philosophic. Infdol France and is by no means So
common in the sections and among the classes that
are thoroughly Catholic.
As 10 the marriage OF third or fourth wife