Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-23
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elsewhere. Two months after the divorce
was procured / marriesl again. The
divorced wife stood by our side with her
attorney during the ceremony, mot
to act as bridesmaid, as the attack
has it, but to signify her approba
ton vinA the strongest manner. The mar
riage was private. in our own roonls.t AS
the clergyman pronounced the last words
Of the service, ,she said, in clear, firm tone,
. It's all Just as want it.'' The marriage
was solemnized in the presence OF a dozen
Christian men and women, representa-
tives of some of the best families in the
city, who would not have sanctioned a
';queer,f much less an ubiquitous thing.
Tine elergymans pastor efsone of the. lead
ling churches in the place who had per-
/ formed the ceremony, had lived In rooms
sSii1inities ours ali winter, aud knewius
welt He wod1dmot have married parties
compelling (as il is intimately " this d.
Ivorced wife to stand beside the woman
THAT was to usurp her place" !" The curse
and blight of the Almighty" is called down
,sstoo avenge the wrongs OF this wretched
woman" The wretched woman has not
been SO happy (till our peaceful domestic
circle was invaded by this attack in dozen
years, as she has been since that hour when
she. !" stood there like q living corpse,s's
/ AT the close of the ceremony, myself and
wife adopted the former wife in the most
solemn religious manner, promising to Keep
her with us, to care for cherish and sup.
port her :. as long as she is spared to US, >, :.
ssas we hope for mercy at the Judgment
seat" That adoption is in the form OF
document signed by. US, witnessed by those
present at the ceremony, ard lett IN the
hands of a distinguished clergyman, open
at all times to all right-minded persons for
Inspection. Before our marriage we signed
legal bonds, binding ourselves In heavy
A.. 0fFa
are in the hands of her attorney, Wnere
tthey will remain and maybe seen by prop
lerly intentioned people.
It h as been publicly reported that have
squandered for her large fortune. Is Is
false. She had an income when she was
married, thirteen years ago, of > 1850. She
now has enough, from property aud bonds
in hersown right and name, to secure her
against all llcontingencies. os
AS to toul illusions to the physical uses
of marriage, I pass over them in sorrow
not in anger. ehere ''see through glass
darkly." The medium through which each
one beholds things is.colored by the hue;
of his own soul. The life of the world, as
/ it appears to the vision of each OF US, nee
essarily takes this tint OF the observers
spirit. I thank God that i and mine car
see, all around us, pure Christian men ano
women, whose bodies are fit temples fol
the indwelling OF the Holy Ghost.
All these details are painful to in the
extreme, but the wide circulation given by
] respectable journals to the attack, leave:
me no alternative. In Christian charity
have been willipg to believe that sympathy
! for an afflicted, helpless woman, that indig
nation for her supposed wrongs, were the
] motives of the writer of that article. Who
ever you are that wrote it, assure you ir
the blessed spirit of forgiveness, that your
sympathy seems to its unfortunate objec
1 but an impertinent moekerV. In her dis
ease, perhaps the heaviest physical calam
lity of mortal life has laid upon her, she il
surrounded with tried affection in those
who have cheerfully suffered and will con;
tinue cheerfully to suffer for her sake, anC
] she begs, for the dear ~Redeemer's sake, tC
be spared the meddlesomeness of those whC
are strangers, and necessarily must b.
strangers. to our, inner lite. gs7sB
Thus, with the Maker of heaven anC
earth looking into my heart, have writer
j the simple truth in regard to this matter
! IF the world, with exact knowledge of th
facts blames me, shall bear i5 meekly
hopefully. o'T-Ea aa
L. Allow me here, Mr.. Editor, to reques
those journals that have copied the aItacl
to copy also this reply. o. w. WIGHT.