The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-25
Matrimonial Petition.

Tie following petition asking the Legislature Of this
State TO enact Law which will make the crime OF
ducon holy and binding the marriage contract Is
in circulation In Syracuse the city OF isms vousog
rphts spiritual rappers and anti slavery aud disuuion
doctrines
To THE Hon LEGISLATURE Of THE srArE OF New Yosx.
The undersigned citizens OF ---, being duly i'm.
pressed with TIE great wrong done both to he male aud
female by that law now upon our statute book which
conssrs 10 lons cell persons for other than
that Of seduciDg unmarried person This law SO far
regards unmarried persons Ia unwise unjust crael
wicked and oppressive ought reps,ed f9r tho
following reaiops, among others too numerous to be
overlooked -
First Tie strong desire OF tho sexes to cohabi.
together is o. the strongest passions OF mans
nature implanted In an by God himself for glorious
purpose being nothing loss than that OF propagang
the species fer God said unto bis children q forth,
multiply and repenh the ear b and sub1ue i6 !" aud
that for no other reason than that CT complying With
this command human law conhigns the TO n faion
cell and the TO infauy aud disgrace, while her
offspring has the marx Of Cain stamped upon its o-e
head
Now in order to prevent future these evils
pray your honorable body TO repeal said lay far
u ieg,ras Snnsrrisd prsons and 10 pas, Ia IN .s
white male person cohsbits with unmarried white To-
male person. and he conceives by bm by that act they
become and wife joined together in wedock Ia the
holy bonds Of matrimepy, and that they are more
twein but fssh, what God has Joined togssher
let put asunder for sctcn speaks louder than
words and Is something more than promise of
marriage out ward CEREMONY but s actual marriage
Pas this law aud yeu wiz nave conferred great aee
friends and relatives yea the community At args;
for then they will longer be shocked terrible
acts Of revenge and murder perpetated by the female
while In state Of desperation because the refuses
publicly TO acknowledge marriage which had already
taken place In private between them The Law
should apply TO coored persons In like circumstances
To those d. sire the pound Of flesh regardless OF
sequences and whose hearts harder than the neither
mil stove would refer them to the example Of
Christ who spake spske aud said tho
woman who taken In the very act OF adultery,
Neither do L condemn thee 10 thy way AMI siu
moIen And further 1t shond be declared by law tnst
a children hsgotten either in Of wsdook should
be heirs to the property of boil Of their parents tnat Il
may orger be said that The codens teeth set
edge By their parents eating sour grapes
SUICIDE or AN OLD SETTLER IN OHto.-C plain
w. W. Williams aged about sixty-tvo OF ths esrliet
settlers OF this section cmrted suicide at his residences
In Newbursh on Sunday night, by hsosing himself IL
10 supposed by bs Dehbors that grief fr ths loss OF his
we some two ago has preysd upon his mind until
1t his and that the a0t the result of
temporary insanity Capt. Williams came to Cleyeland
when the country wilderness and lpated In
oil the pleasures privstons trials dangers OF pioneer
defence OF the Northwest under Gen. Harrison Iuoli
gent active and upright, he always much esteemed
al had lsrgs circle Of acquainta AL friends For
years he had been exemplary member Of
the Disciple Church and he possessed pstency Of
this worlds goods In last Interview with him the
past fall Capt referred TO the h bsd Wit
ed In Cleveland Ito his great regard Harrison Perry
and Scott tho death Of her had the soace
of bis llfeto bis ohidrn nov grown up aud said With
tsIy left CT the thick forest hs wished 70 d.
pose Of his long occupied homestead snd not trouble
hinself farther with tho cares OF the farm. ctreah
Herald, Dec ~.