The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-01-29
LEGISLATIVE.


$50. wednesday, Jan. 2sth, 1852.
... House met pursuant to adjournment,
-... 5 called tn order hy the Speaker a,
Dee. * A. NJ.
va. offered 10y the Rev. Mr..
.T,
oil waS then called and a quorum
.s-.I ia their seats.
.. .Irnal Of yesterday was then
r. clTgBcte 1.
"a, Esq, Secretary Of the Council
-I and presented the following mes.
s- sp-aker. @
Council has passed,
,..l. c. Z. -.
resolution to authorize the Secretary
Territory TO purchase Certain copies
Annals Of the Minnesota Historical
: ch the concurrence Of the House is
fully requested
"a. Rol,trte, presented Joint petition to
.. I..siheu, Of the United STATES,
-.lilg that the accessory instructions he
.. 10 suspend al suits which may have
'.e. .bmtnenced for irespsss, on the Pine
sauE. us our Territory, and forbid the in
sraHan Of any such suits until after the
rl.r f.als or a portion Of them have been
,arss. aud q, ought into market.
ss irh received il, first reading.
20. .Iurray moved,
Eaat the 5Ist rule lie suspended
Hat the jo;G: petition just presented,
.- cad a second time by IT'S title,
400 ar!ered 10 be printed,
Is hich mOtIon prevailed,
.r &c petition was read a second time
b.. f.- uir,
baa ordered 10 Ire printed.
A. Black ptssentrl the petition Of lido
= 3.rtt nan,
Yer @ uiyorce from his wife Rosa, accom-
panic ~ testimony to sustain the appIica-
Do" petition was real, AM
81 Murray moved, 49,
THAT he reading Of The testimony be dis
r5gssI nth;
rs oh was disagreed 10,
A.. ne testimony WIS read.
.Hr. Cave gave netice,
lIa, an Tomorrow or some subsequent
aay he should introduce
4 tili giving to Daniel F. Brawley the
rIzhg 20 establish aud maintain ferry across
ne .Hississipsf river, at the Upper Landing
g r'le uyn of 81. Paul.
hr. Murray, chairman Of the select com
E.Iglse 10 whom MAS referred r.ar .E.E
Bil! No. 8.
s BIN 10 dissolve The marriage contract OF
aUran Huh and Julia A. Hull,
Presented the following report,
accompanied by affidavits and other testi-
sB3ry . sustain st.;
The committee, to whom was referred
NJ. 3 II. of r., a bill divorcing Abram
HuN from Julia A., his wife, report the
same back TO the House and recommend It's
Isa>sags, for the following reasons, v hich
w,Il appear more fully by the accompany
inz documents herewith sulniitted:
IsE For the want Of affertion which,
from the evidence, the said Julia \. mani
ts.ggl, wiaiie living and cohabiiing with the
SAID hhram Hull as his wife, an affection,
which The marital state always contem-
gliates, and which should lie inseperable
from L.
81 Tor conduct unbecoming wife and
4 nosh5r, and which a woman truly virlu-
Cd. woaid never he guilty of.
s. From the fact of desertion upon
hsg part, for TWO years anu over.
4;E From manifest disposition upon
Ihe part OF the said Julia A. To continue to
absent herself from her husbands bed and
board, and 10 refuse TO live with him, as she
= sauud 10 do by her marriage row.
Kos- committee does not feel disposed To
enter into discussion as TO the policy or
cnrree ness of Legislative action OH matters
r,f divorce.
NoUr committee are nf The opinion that
ii would he time enough for an iuve>tiga-
"a n r hat oh hpn ilk.I
~ Dissolve n marriage contract Without any
cause OF default, and against the wishes of
the parties. There may lie, and no doubt
1yiG he applications for divorce, where il
would be unwise AMI impolitic TO interfere.
But in in cases, where the proof warrants
the bei;sr, that there has been a clear vio-
ln,ion o. the marriage contract, and The mu-
fust Obligations imposed by it, and where in
Ho baman probability, the party offeuding,
vii cease to offend,
Your committee are clearly of The opin-
ion Il would not be right to ask the "inno-
cent" Il, remain bound by contract which
ibsy are unable 10 enforce or carry ont in
.is spirit Or letter.
On The other hand, to gran, divorces, with
out sufficient cause, would he almost as
great az evil, aud would be in violation of
every principle of law, aud would'afiurd an
inducement to all disposed for change OF
sac rriaJiom, u enforce the extension of its
len, its by a course Of conduct from which
the result intended must necessarily flow.
Legislation cOniemplates the prevention Of
wrong bit never invites 10 its commission.
ksqr committee therefore are clearly Of
npinioa, hat the said Abram Hull, has laid
before lasm suficien, proof, To warrant the
lsitaf IN n there has ireu n ytotation of the
inarriaze contract, and that all further at
Gsnlpts ga bis part to try and reconcile the
roi,i, indifferent waywarlness on the part OF
his wife, will he mrt with the same i'll sue
Gers a. heretofore.
MURRAY,
MURPHY,
BOAL,
Committee.