New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-21

would exclude from our obiidrel's minds they re-
ceive through III usan IL Of sousces. Weshut them
down cellsr, but do not seciude them ~h Al, from
the light II reaches them distorted. perverted. die
tempered; and the net reeuit Of our vigilance Us
vogue suspicion in their minds. often n log 70
conviction. that the Free Love incucstions Of our
day ore opposed with (. owns, and AWFUL rods, aud
scowls. simvy because NJ other apSper be made.
This is the real danger Of the tlme-not that
sec uctiye sopbIstries regarding Lo7e AID Marriage
ore current but that they are rarely or never met
in tie open arena Of res.On aod argument, and
there vapqusbed. Too many suppose there 40
Iep,y to them, merely because nothiog worthy the
name ever reaches their cara. And if the cham
pioDs Of Ipdissolube Marriage bad no better Je-
sources than sileuce and calling hard nam>s, if
VIZ did be idle to hope for their triumph 10 tue una
vuidable collision VI then principles with cases OF
individual HARDSHIP and with the prOmPtipgs OF tho
most vehement passions.
Having con,ide' cd the whole subject with an at
tsption betting its gravity we are sure that the
cause Of Indissoluble Marriage needs 10 hiding
place--that its defenders may tearess'y appeal 70
the reastD the Judgment as well as the con'eleuce
of every rational being not biz ded by bis own pas
alma We insist then. on walking 10 the light
and in letting TIE light shine iato the as Sos' ana
6sepest recesses Of social disorder, "e kdo"
there is nothing there bR: the darkness that TIC
champions of the Right need fear. ladvidua'
who regard their reputa ion aud social stahatnSh
implicated in the particular tragedy which may tor
the moment challenge attention, Will DO sgg'ieVed
b, whatever gives It additional DOtoriety; but Har-
ya,d University did not claim the exemption OF oae
of its Professors from the hazards OF regular
trisl for murder, though doubtless the notohety OF
crime Thus extended gave pain to many innocent
snd worthy persons.
Whether Mary Quincy did or did not write
the letter attributd to her (snd 1t IS by no
means vet proved that che is not really Its
suthor) may be matter of consequence to
Der friends, but of very little to the general
public. That letter truly and most forcioly
embodied the considerations and arguments by
which C, nduct such as hers has been justified from
time immemorial, and will be to tho end. Wa GER
taiply should not have printed it dsheys without the
fullest conviction that she wrote it, and we cannot
now ims gDe that any one not inspired BY her could
have esiDced so intimate knowledge of her family
and personal history AID so thorough sympatoy
with her posi- ion. But oil that is wide OF the vital
matter. Believing that false marriages are among
the most nume'Ou and fearful of social crImei-
that fathers and mothers whom the world calls 10
spectacle al exemplary are constantly promoting
and melting them--lhat such marriages. are daily
taking place in our fashionable churches ana
parlors-Society smiling appreciation, and Religion
iry,kipp its awful sabctions-we rejoice In every
NIB ication that tends to warn the feet OF glddy,
lmpusi,e youth from the abyss 10 which so many
have been lost forever TO innocence, to reputation
aud to happiness. Virtue may be sacrificed To
passion; Ambition or Avarice, sometimes mere
eiddpess restiessness love of change, may imPel
to that false marriage which is crime IN itself,
snd the psreut of many succeeding crimes; but no
one was ever lost to innocence through too full and
clear Knowledge of both the arguments for and
the sophistries urged against the sanctiy, per-
petuity, and int ffaceable Obligations of Christian
Ma,riaoa