The southern press., 1850-10-30

are to Is The sanctity Of marriage il gone /;
il becomes In practice, in theory Of law, amere
ciyilfie The touching promises 20 cleave together
sor better for WORSE rchers for poorer, In sick
ness and in health, to love and TO cherish, till
death % Us part, is wholly forgotten, Divorces
multiply, ill the. dockets OF the courts are 20
crowded with applications for them, as was the
case Ia Hamilton county, Ohio, last year, that all
other business is impeded. God created the rela-
ton Of parent and c6ild--the child to honor and
the parent to educate and train up in the way he
should 20 but it has been determined IN the
North that the State is the best guardian Of the
child and some Of the fanatics there, contend that
upon the same principles or equality, the relation
is altogether obsolete.
Certainly the discretion of marriage ties is the
best way TO undermine II, and assimIlate their
country TO the great French model, where 4 per-
son in 80 Is f6undng, and has no parent but the
State-where there are one million OF human be-
ings who have never known a father or mother,
brethren or kindred This must be the beau ideal
Of socialist philanthropy. Yet there is one ofthe
Divine ordinances to which the Northern capital
lists would fain hold fast--and that isthe right TO
property. But your true philanthropist ~ re-
ientless logcian, and after destroying all family
ties ne will not spare what Is Their less valuable
offspring. "All men are created equal, :" ne says,
and equal rights to all the goods of this life make
a part Of this natural equality. Man brings no-
thing into this world, and he can carry nothing
out. Away with wills and inheritances, OF that 10
which there is no natural right, which we did not
hold before our birth, and cannot enjoy after our
death. He would proclaim year fjubiiee every
generation--a wiping out Of old scores-all prop
erty thrown into hotch-potch, and general re-
division, to conform to mans natural equality.
But perhaps when the Free State philanthropists
have reformed the work Of God, and corrected
what they consider the foolishness Of Providence,
they may fnd that yet greater evil is left un-
touched 1.-THE presumptuous sinfulness Of their
own hearts.
The South INDUCES in no such follies. She un-
derstands her condition. and her duties she means
to employ all the talents God has given her in im-
proving the former, and in filling the latter. She
is satisfied with her institutions, and she desires
no change. She only as,s to be allowed, in peace,
to work out all the good Of which they are capa-
bic, and to achieve the high destiny which lies be-
fore her. But to this end, she must have guar
antees Of present and future equality Of political
power, to protect her interests, and above all
maintain her rights and herhonor. To lose these
would be to lose her serespect to be false to her
future Of glory TO which it leads. If the North
wishes to dissolve the Union, let her presist in ag-
gressons, which fulfill no holy purpose, and min
ister no substantial qualification to se6shness.
But If she really deems il invaluable for the tide Of
Southern wealth to pour into lap, and the con-
seryatiye influence il wields over her elements Of
social dscord, let her pause before n is too late.
The South loves the equal Union Of our foreathers
for its historic associations, and the world wide
glory Of its stars and stripes. But she will not
tamely submit to see her stars changed into satel
lites. She wishes to preserve the Union; but 10
any event, come veal, come woe, her course is
fixed. She has cast the die--she has past the Ru-
bicon, and no power may stay her onward march
to EauALITr OR INDEPENDENCE. " @