New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-24

would mi'tsse thousand petty Ills aud shallow
pretenses for the deep promptiugs OF truth ana
the whole Structure OF society BE- broken up
Let cur Legislators, or les public opinion forbid
pre- mature marriages, but admit % no divorce In
night relation crime could not take place IN
false one entered into ia the maturity of ildg-
meDt, etit be one Of the contingencies from which
there is 90 sppesl. Let il uot be entered into
from pecuniary motives By our scx-ali0x wO
men the rights OF property, open TO her the ave-
nues 20 wealth, permit her not only 20 hold pro.
perty, but 70 enter nfo commerce, or into the pro
LESSONS, i she is III for them Ia THAI case she
should sssureHy .ake the stand thar her fathers
took. that taxation without representation IS op-
pressive, sid then froni the nature Of things
cieiy would grow more hsrmO ioUs, marriage
would be sacred. and divorce pass from the STAT
ute book With Milton believe L should be
sooner awarded 70 ungeDia re atioas than 20 the
commission OF crime. Ina the iOrmer there Is r
STURDY truthtulness Of Nature admitting of noth
ing shor. of the highest sSsof being while in the
latter case the reacuess OF cOmpro mise Ia one
party or both, argues an instability snd shallow.
ness o. character. that the best notifications Of
society would little effect
The whole subject OF Divorce is one 20 be ap
preached With csution-reg arding marriage as
holy. divorce IS ike the hand laid upon the Ark
Of God ea.h which il shakes nightly. The
law NAV separate tao who have stood ia eel stlOn,
being by which the parties each feel the other
can never be creature wholly Indifferent There
is the pleading OF great law Of kindness OF
considerateness. by which esc. feels that the
well being Of the other msy ne In his hands
there is the sense OF self respect. which is vio-
lated, by feeling that one who has once stood in
that relation. Is elected from the sltar bearing
with him or her, memories Which no Lethe wave
can eiiEce. Dim. uudenned human pesdings bid
him BE- revereut In his dealings. ana careful for
the sacredDess q! being. Oh, GOds great laws
within are very beautiful, IA cal I'M = aud cheer.
ing The hfe-listeued To with feet urshod and
head bowed in reverence the sill small voice
calls from the lark cave Of preiuoi-e, " erethe
tempest, the fire alc the earth quake Tiled US with
Cresd, INTO ,lr clear trtnqu'us'ns Nspt ui better
truth which. Ike the Dropping of de~ aud the
stirring Of leaves brlng our G'si lntrd being Into
harmony. We may trust these avs dit We do
S. mere. there would be less o. evll IN the world
did ~ rouro. euusiy assert these there would
be less OF misery. DID the word Justice apply,
not as now 10 commerce. ri relations only, but 10
the recognition OF the whole nature Of men, there
would be little for our Legislative bodies 70 do,
suo : Il entire us,ce be established in regSrd n
our sex little can be hoped for.
A true man or woman, must naturally have
2 sense OF shame when subject 10 divorce more
then all this here children exist, course of
evaslous, dlsCOmiOrtB and Notifications must
eusue painful 10 be- borne and assurecy shaping
the future characters Of such unfortunate beings.
They must at length find that tine tant OF crime
stirs in their veins II hot this, that tarIs being
was compounded amid warriog elements, which
may result in crime, or disease or insanity to
themselves They become the reflex Of inuumer-
able ills and all the discOmlorts that might per.
lsps have fallen upon one, through the action oil
"A Divorce are heaped upon many. Their sense
of their on respor sbity will be lowered, or else
q naughty sntsgonism excited equally repugnant
now one illustration of the kind, where the moth
er from Gil uncoDgenial and eayiy Narri0ge, was
able 10 obtain divorce upon what legal points |
ON unable 10 define, certainly not crime. There
Was one child, boy. who was retained by the
Fathtr, who ~ length died leaving the douoy
orphaned boy To the uncertain tenderness OF
hierds Il inherited all his mothers sensitive
ness without her electric impulses He grew up
ne arlv alone, without companions, without gul
dance tAciturn, shy youth, remembering pam
fully the short period when his mother was all IN
all 10 hm she no. vile ith other and tarer
children, claiming her tenderness tie Inherited
a smsll competence, but weight hung upon MS
energies and ne died leaving no vestlge bat these
sad memories. Will any one believe that mother
failed TO feel her omissions u thu. child; VINO
thus was more exiled than lshmael, Tor Abraham
eft mother and child to share tue exile toSotherf
1 hare not kH0wH u case 0t diSc0mjoyt m the
manage rtiuiOE. IN nhtch ths cont'act dtd not
take place durlHg the gtrhood IF the roman,
rAen she raS 80 yOUHg and iDmatpre mat SIZE
cOuld form no estimate Of the tmD0ytaHce Of
me sitD she teak. Where suffering has arisen
from marriages contracted later la lie, the origin
has been from causes petty, external or coarse,
that 10 legislation should be awarded-no legis-
lston could help them The nature Of the parties
were such that they might as well DO uncomtort-
able IN that relation as any other
We need a higher estimate Of the sanctltles OF
marriage, not increased isctieg for dissOlVinS IL.
W cannot multiply the latter without increasing
existing evils without lowering not only pubic
taste but the sense of justice. Were women al
lowed the exercise Of their best faculties, and re-
munersted equally with the other sex they might
often escape The desire for divorce by knowl'
edge tina! the avenues % wealth or distinction
were open 10 them, and thus they might MI up
the desert of their life. We might cite many
who are now doing this, hOnOrsbly sustained oy
the better part Of the community though SUBJECT
oi course to the Unmeaning sneers OF the sscslers
for womaDly subserviency. We do need pet
ter public opinion in regard to woman.laoor. we
DO iced 10 have this sphere enlarged almost lniln-
itey. Weneed 20 impress upon the owner sex
the unmanliness Of usurping ayocstons better
adapted 70 our more delicate organization. we
need the resources of labor broad and remunera-
tive for those " no are too young OF years To be
admitted into the marrsge contract or disincllned
10 its Responsibilities and for those VINO, having
made in this relation great and rretrleVaole
mistake may find in it relief for outraged aztec
toDs and from the apathy, or discomfort, or petit
ness, or oppression which it involves. Their pen
atty should not be a lifelong penalty their bond
age unmitigated bondage. While true mar
riage, and the happiness or sorr0ws oil maternity,
should unmistak esby sbsolVe a woman from la.
bora false or external one, becoming painful
and oppressive should open TO her its privileges.
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