, 1868-07-17
Darwin ON Divorces.

OF THIS 1errltoryj WneEeln the JuOBe mas
spread himself over thirty-6ve pages, in his
own peculiar style, in the ventilation and ex-
position of the law. We said word or two
about the deIectable production in our last
issue, and we give some extracts on the out>
side of our paper and as we have hunted up
pair of old tongs we will just turn over
this wonderful scintillation and see some of its
features The weather is too sultry for close
contact. The thing leaves bad taste in the
mouth, and coming from the bench, is in the
last degree abominabe. We have not the
stomach to thoroughly dissect it. Among
the disgusting features are its indelicacies
and its vulgarisms-some right down, and
others by suggestions and inuendoes. We
give only specimen or two from many
Says the Judge, "The tribunals (meaning
ecclesiastical ones were enabled to exercise
relucting flood; to rekindle expiring ardOr,
and compel unwilling spouses to the chaste
dalliance of nuptial couches." And, again,
If you desire to expose your dirty linen
here for lavatory purposes, or to manifest that
it is no longer fit to comfort your person or
bed, you may proceed to expose it; but if
you would make this display only to infect
the air, or through a melancholy pride in its
nastiness, then public decency, as well as
regard for Others, forbid the exposure" Were
you raised in the Five Points man, and,
wouldn't a decent regard for the name of
Darwin have suggested such language under
some alias, say Smith, name not alto
gether stranger to you? So decency,
spews out you and your debasing concep-
ton of the marriage relation, with its high
duties and obligations. Courts, too, utter
a deal of bosh about their duty to sustain
the sauctity of the marriage relation says
Charles Ben. Darwin. All Benny Benny !
what boy you are to be sure; to be sure /;
wild boy is Benny. And our fast Judge
has much to say about discovering antago-
nisms,' discovering conditions radical an
tagonisms, rooted aversions,' and the doc
trine of afhnities and free love, if not directly
proclaimed, follows irresistibly from the rea.
soniug and principles enunciated, and the
bold and bad doctrine is announced by this
new Daniel, that either party has a right to
a divorce, no matter what the blame may be
of the complaining party; and that the party
defending has no right to resist the divorce
by showing that he is blameless, aud that the
complainant comes into court begirt aud en-
charged against the defendant. Now, we are
not learned in the law, and if the law be as
here stated, we have no desire to cultivate
its acquaintance but, we can tell you now,
Judge, that we don't believe the law to be
as you state it, and no decent man will and
twill have to be enunciated from some purer
source before we accept it. To the winds
with your sophistries and balderdash. The
marriage relation and its sanctities we all feel
to be the bulwark of our social we'll being.
and the large reasons for the preservation
and perpetuation of its sanctities are not to
be styled as you term them, 'unctuous plati-
tudes. We make no high professions of
morality, and our life is not so good even as
our professions, but we have never descended
SO low as to use the press to debase and de-
bauch the sanctities of marriage; and shame,
shame on the man who prostitutes the bench
F to such bad purposes. Aud, now, Charley,
as you are fast boy, as we all know, per-
haps, just word or two of advice may not
be out of taste, aud indeed, may be gratefully
!. accepted by you. You are evidently some
pumpkins on 'spouses.' We find from count
that the word is used not less than ninety
two times in your opinion and if that don't
show bias in that direction, then we are
grouse. We are treated to defendant
spouse, dissentient Spouse 'gangrenous
Spouse complaining spouse fspousal Sores
'spousal harmony unwilling spouses,
'spousal antagonisms, erriDg Spouse re.
lucting spouse, 'recalcitrant Spouse and so
on 'dd nauseuD1 ct ad infnitunl' But there
is one spouse, Judge, you don't say word
about, and the very one that should most
engage your thoughts, and that is the ab-
sent spouse. In Burlington, Iowa, you
have Spouse most estimable lady and
now, take our advice and make tracks for
that spouse just as fast as you can move
your boots, to the end that you may afford
! Society Ito use your own words, J "a reasonar
Bile assurance Of the natural aud legitimate
increase of the State and that you may no
longer in this Territory, Ito quote from your
Honor again,) choke up the fountains Of
multiplication, nor divert their streams into
improper channels, nor contribute TO pollute
them There are several ways to Burlington;
one by steamer from San Francisco one by
rail and stage from that city, and another
: through this Valley, by stage and rail and
. we have mentioned this matter just to sug,
gest, if it will make no difference with you,
we would little rather you would not take
: the last route, but if you will, to ask the fa'
a vor that you send US word of your coming,
5 as some of our people, the weather being
, warm, would like to hold their nose as you
pass along. We see by the map that Bur
iinOton is near the AIo while We are on the