New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-23

syect. Little Is this is, IL ia sreUDd Of hsse of
! it, final er.dicsiios.
V. You have no RICH. 70 20. m ny mouth tie
assertion that If divorce were a. free ss Jou wrs
il. "IeAry everybody Would seek deh'eranee
from their presenr tea l never saia nor BE-
Hev.d aDyttius Exc this. j he'd, on tie contrary,
that ,even-eigbtls Of the married 90 nos desire 10
be unmarried: if t,ey did, lsey could easily pro-
cure tie requisite legislation. The ise' that oar
laws respecting Marriage stand 20 much opposition
mistaken. proves that the married are generally
content with them. What DO bold Is, that, were
marriages 10 be made with the understanding thas
| they nigh. al any tine be repadisted a. mist.sea
or unreal, then there inevitably rOsd DC frequent
and almost universal unmAryiDgs and remsrrylogs.
The Law, whether Of Church or State, eonsrralns
more to marry, urges Done 70 marry desires tha'
none should marry except under the impulse oil
fetyeat affection, founded on reciprocal knowledge
and esteem. II says, Choose freely, deliberately,
worthily: for, your choice once made and con-
"summ.ted, you are forbidden 20 repudiate II"
II, then, there are those who have prOfsned tae
forms while devoid Of the heart sanctions of Mar
rage, the fault i, wholly theirs, as the evil conse-
QueLces should De- They cove nsnted TO love, honor
and cherish I'LL death, when they had no moral
night to do so. What assurance can De given
that they would &C. more worthiy If allowed 10 re-
woke and try again Nay: have we not the clear.
est ASSURANCE that liberty OF divorce would induce
hundred hasty, thouShtless, unworthy unions,
under the promptiDgs Of mere sensual appetite,
h. h.r I 40 rmlV nalipya tnat
there would be; and that no device OF Satan could
be more efectual in increasing the aggregate OF
domestic dscord and wretchedRess than that Free
dom Of Divorce Of which you are champion.
That people now MARY rashly, unworthily,
have freely conceded; bat insist that the lndisso-
ubility of Marriage affords the strongest possible
barrier against such mismarrages. Where this
does not prevent them, nothing would " II they
"hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither would
"they be persuaded though one rose from the
dead"
He who, invoking all the sanctions Of aurch and
State, takes God and man 10 witness that " take
"this woman to be my welded wife, aud promise
"to live contnently with her, support her, cherish,
glove and honor her til death shall part u.s."
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truly and exclusively love her, and will do as he
solemnly VOWS. lie may be deceiyer or trfer;
but if this engagement does not test and establish
| bis sincerity, nothing could. But let Law and
Public Sentiment sanction Divorce at the pleasure
Of either party, and hundreds would marry un-
| worthily where one now does. The present graf
ifestion thus secured would be oyerbalsnced, IN
the eyes Of millions, BY no terrors of future emcar
rassment or difficulty. Men who now ostenta'
| tiously eschew Marriage, would each take new
wives at least quarter yearly. The children OF the
| discarded wives would mainly be thrown upon the
| charity of the public, or would grow up vagfsns
| and outlaws. / do not believe ten years of such
Divorce would be endured il any Christian COM
| munity: but even Eve years would produce dlsor-
ders and decentralization which century would not
| suffice to overcome.
The Church's requirement of Indissoluble Mar
risse rests directly on the precepts Of Christ aud
| tho immortal destiny of Man. II We are, indeed,
70 live forever, we must here commence our eduoa-
| ton for that stupendous inheritance. To the due
training and discipline Of each child, the lifelong,
ss,iduOus efforts and ministrations of both father
q
never are accorded, unless that father and mother
are the united heads Of one family, inhsbitng
| common home. What Improvements on the e1
| terna mechanical ordering of this household may
be possible, / DO not here inquire. i shall very
gladly welcome any change that increases its com
fort without detractng from its ssnctlty, It's purity
But that the parents Of child or children can re-
gard with complAcency the possibility on their part
Of separating and entering into new loye-relstions,
/ do not comprehend. 1--WE hold" said leading
champion OF your dear, that the parents are not
"to be sacrificed to the children" | never knew
how to hate adequately ell manner OF Free-Love
inculc.tons and swashy rhetoric until then.
VI. You teem, Mr. James to be intensely dia-
eusted by each days revelations Of the crimes and
wees which darken the land as faithfully portrayed
in the leading journals feel surer that the fleet
of these revelations is salutary and remedial since
learn that even you are shocked and reSoted BY 1t.
rejoice in being instrumental in 90 recalling you
from. the world OF paradox ard moonshine 10 which
you are inclined to reye TO the stern sad realities
of this globe wherein We live. believe that even
the Sekles tragedy in all its defOrmity, has been
largely instrumental 10 srousny the sluggish and
alarming tie euiliy-shat there i'ess imPurty less
corruption, this day in our land, than there would
have been had tina. tragedy never occurred. have
no sympathy with that sisky afs:tatiOn Of purity
which is undisturbed by the fact that pollutlon'
everywhere exist, but revolts at the exposure OF
even one Ct them. In this spirit, have consented
TO let even your specul,tOns have air through snee
rolnnn, thnrah thAx are tn me and 10 nineteen Of