Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-07
OLD RADICAL IDLAS.
MaFFiag sc and Trades UniCG1
Com mbfBatiOBS by ESad-
anne kkOyeF,

From The NatiolS
and what u gO0d-maly CT them practice,
IS simply eNsy divorce in other words,
the dissolution Of the msrfisge contract
by s judicial tribunal, whenever either
of the parties alleges that ne or she has
had enough of il. To deny a person
this, they say, is TO cut him of from the
pursuit Of happiuess,n which Is we'll
known TO be one of the insliensble
rights" This is, 1t must be admitted,
tOlerably sdvRBced ground, and they
nave greatly enjoyed standing on it, cut
they will lie paiued to hear that French
sister has got ahead of them and nov
leads the march on that line; and she il
IS not one Of the ignorant disclaimers or
fanatics Of the Esdoute,n tut an eX-
ceediggiy Ecute thinker and powerful
HTiter, OF whom g very large pT0p0rtit
of our WOmaL's rights champions hers
might prOfLsbly take lessons in logic and
rhetsric. We mean Madame Ciemence
P1y,er, OF whose atle sIgunsnt against
tie right OF combination smopgss the
wcrki1g cisssss, IL the D c=m6sF nun
Der Of Tne Journal deS Economists, We
epoks some uue ago. ID remedy fOr
lie evi!s Of the working mans condi-
tiOn We waited fer with some curiosity,
and she hss produced il IN long article
in the Msrch 0qGUsr of the same peri
Odics.
Eer remedies are, fret, ths revival OF
the old trade corporations OF the middle
sges, but on q different basis, master and
workman to be inciUded in them
secondly, the mobi iZstiOH OF the work
ingmsU, that Is, the supply Of every
possible facility Er his moving from
plsce to pisce in search Of work;
and uuder this head she condemns in
strong terms al movements which en-
courage hlIn 80 become an owner OF q
house or real estate, as this mode If in
vesting his savengs natuTshy Lies him
Gown 10 one place. But then the work
ingClan cannot be mObilized very much
under the best OF circunlsl Ruces, unless
yoa also mobiles his family, gnd the
mobilization " OF 3 vile and children
involves great expense and trouble.
Upon residing her stStemeht Of its diff
cuitiee, we ielt that she was face to fscs
with a. insurmouUtsbie obs acle, but we
are mistaken. Here che takes her great
" leap abead,u and leaves Ben Butler,
Ben Wade, and tbs whole fraternity Of
our social explorers literally, in the ian
guage OF the turf, nowhere. Her mode
OF mohilizing the family is to abolish the
family. Woman, she says, needs aud
must always have a permanent abode.
She csnuoL rove, as man can and must
do therefore let her not be tied to any
man in particular, or any man to her.
ave must theD,' says she, "mObiliZe
| the family, destroy its indissolubiiiJy.
| This is the only way If saving ig from
/ saipwTeck; it is only ia reforming cou
rRgeously that We can prevent its falling
| into complete Gesnetude." so she pro-
! poses that the nRrrisg5 contract should
/ be dissolved at the simple request OF
I either OF the parties, aud that there
should be instituted kind Of marriage
CORES spondiug TO the COHJerTeGtiO OF tEe
R1msns, sufficient TO iegiumiZs the wo-
mans position and tbs birth Of her chill
dren, but not binding On her or her bus-
/ band longer than be or she pleases. The
womsn Being the more permanent per-
son, Msdsme Roger proposes that she,
and not the father, should give her name
to the children and be the legal head
Of the family, the father beiDg rele2ated
to 8 secondary position, and constituting
in domestic life kind OF shadOwy aux
ilIary, If no moral influence or weight,
and not necessarily known TO his chill
den: and the mother taking as many
husbsuds in succession as her fancy or
eiFeu INSTANCES suggested the result
being, we need hardly say, psrfect hap
uiness, purity, and ffeedom for all con-
aerned. and an end, total and complete,
10 the ausrreli0gs, falsehoadsi and op-
preston Of the present system The
scheme is worked ont with much abllity;
aud its bearings on property and other
social arrangements are fairly consid'
cred.
The editor Of the Journal half apollo
gizss for inserting this portion Of the sr-
/ ticle, which he styles pGSSt6tehasnt eT
oeFstTtque,," bat he jusJifies himself IN
the ground that his readers are "phiiOs-
ephers,D TO whom "the most delicate
com binati0ns" msy be submitted With
safety. We commend it to the careful
confederation Of our American reform
ers. Many OF them viii naturally pc
| r1,se Ia with modification, for there is 90
drpviue that Madame Reyer is, at pres
emf Far IA advances Of them all. The
uost fearless of them has never pro-
1 posed to make the mother the head OF a
/ family, giving her name 20 toe children,
! end conslgning the father TO 3 nomsd
! existence, In which his domestic rela-
/ tiOns would bear the closest resemblance
/ to those OF domestic animals, and through
which, indeed, the condition OF the
whole human race would have made one
step toward the freedom and exemption
/ from degrading conventional bonds and
restrictions now enjoyed by the brus
creation.