New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-05

r1srs ARE gr.s, ,.r.,r. upou which w nay slssys
rely The love OF the mother for hcr end All ssran
strcral feEcmcE.s OF human hrc,he-hood we iaSJ
reverence the nsneLf ct k.l hove, We may De dan
and eoh-i~rSe when there ls opportunity 10 love
apsrsrt brushers md sisters are ncs always stfscneo
10 esSh ether ser the period Of chdhoof and seems
strsnge lA~ Of cur being that the hsat shoai 0sersp
these seeming nsturs hshitnal claims entsine lrsed
about entire stranger Bu, 30 I, is end thus dos
risr coorxe himself into families: ard this contend
i the crest sacred relation. TO be sustained a. all asz-
ards WHERE The hssrts sre both eoagenislly r-lsia
the ohee ready, hesveuly where they are not
50. absence Of selosnress. hcy resard tor hunSn
claims and the foTbesraDce Of gcntle hreeing all
der the relation not entirely, not BY any dis
cordsrt
The wsrran must necessarily suffer mos: IN any N
genial elson The oiec Of maternity restricts her:
her at present are fewer; she has siase
motive for industry because her remuneration bears
INST rropor Ton 20 her .oishe cannot lock hor wealth
or civil distinction a reward for her years Of hard Ia
Dor she i taxed and yet no otzen she Il coudemned
10 prison or dcsh and yet i no Legislators she u the
mother OF children. and yet they may be taken from
her ar The voice of the law she 4 the owaer Of in
divi usl soul ami vet has means OF fully asserting
Il; she il endowed with human body, AMI yet may
not call Il her own
It's i no anov picture Let our 5rotherl mag ne
Themselves che Of US and then judge. Eyea all o the
ether were msgnsnirroU- - men snoufd De- an
abuse scGuenty were Infrequent the case would %
tie ssme uI der existing laws lSdeed, as man rises
lis higher attributes he - sure 10 see the gastce on
cur clairs IN entire soctsi equshfy.
have said thai marriages based upon love sre not a.
ways TIE most fortunate Ihis "a evident from common
observation Indeed, persons who seek alliances IN
this way and rostresdy TO sacrnce everything IN
lie 10 secure the favored individual are pretty likely
carry within themselves the materials TOR reyulslons
The inconstsncy OF lovers proveFbal t = thethcrnc
of common jest and the everyday topic of the poet and
TIE noyehs,.
Five wears ago Says story l loved you.
For which you car me mos; ineOnstaas now;
Pardon me- madam. you mistake the men,
For az Lot the same that wsstheni
No fssh is pow the same twas then IA me,
And that my mind Is changed, yourself may sec.
Thus denying bis identity in order to justify the chany
thing ~h, thousands Of men snd women both would
be glad 10 do
Consistency is tie ideal for which we pine rather than
.haf which hope attain ami therefore the marriage
contract le.t OF all should be made IL period when
the contracting parties are not fully developed.
The well known story Of the Countess OF Essex, and
CAR Earl OF Somerset Is In proof Here were tvopcr
sons by bih education and habits ot mind, apparently
well adapted 20 each ether Both were beauitu Ia per
sou WHY and interruptions. The former had bcea d.
vorced from EseN in order To give her hand to Semer
set Trey the idols OF the Court poetry and
painting s,rove TO mmortsze this union OF all that Is
tAought De irabe between the sexes "and yet, say
the hit rsu OF the period, these two who had not
stcrpcd a, sny thing in order TO obtain their ens
to hao each other with hatred proportional 20 their
former love"
T1is may he an extreme case but all that we see
about Us gees TO show that human emotions are tran
sient changing themselves and their object with tho
siToI a. ~el as toe weak Such being the TACT do
not see that anytiing be done to permanently ben
off the rarriare relation except by enlightened pub
nc oripie which shall forbid premature relations.
legislation limit The conditions nothing, certainly, IN
he way of divorce.
Its SAID that Falsehocd viii travel che world over
while Truth il drawing On her boots wan you. there
fore hurry her equipment by sending this arucio as
econ upon the footsteps OF yours ~ you conveniently
NAV Very respectfully, L. OAXES SMITH