The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-19

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lie regarded this important than any which
ton there was anything 10 our ns suons that ought
Re
The difference he said between the law OF England and
s as' and S'. Absolute sa'oa Identity o.
% s ss eras % $
OF the wife Thoroughly that IN contemplation Of law she
ws hs law Of this country and both were based upo the
pecsp, Ihsy WAN shall 20 one flesh" Pure as r.
upon this subject had endured for centuries. had passed
eabi Gus-I in the wildsrns.s still continued n
rs original visor and purity, and, with AL its
time undmnshed n its capacity to bes. BY change Of
oa had swept over the hons Of love here in ihs
ssr fSs sy q s S.d VIM m
aaned uateucped Woman as wife or as mother had Know
Of the law which hIsi her and
seanay nere. apart from the PROSPERITY q husband
ms wealth had been her ms prosperity her PRIDE hef
Si2cr,o Did I need chsnSsi. ~ No snsese should
wife Tss hses spd built the rules and ar,s-
Ing ont Of sm could n0 ANA ought RE- to % Rs5
shet by The law occasionally in special cases pro-
bes Of society benign. This exhibited IL the
pas, history Of England and our own visible 10
ana BY s pa. risk the
ws % ss
ally models Tor imitation. The lcast reelection must con-
purity OF our law. domestic government These laws
ought not then 70 be changed lest manners Shout change
esiM form came with professions OF reg d for woman
bat like the serpens tale TO the rs womap Il tended II
did seek 10 degrade her. lie thought Che law which
band md Ts He was no "a ss,s
separate settlements effect only by the special act Of
the party Then they would have no effect society at
ats alike upon ali Classes and the Jaw only which
its the frame of society because part Of the
natural constitution OF The people, and permanently nnu
for good for evil the habits manners and morals OF
raj inaasace but the general society they
the offspring would always become the parent OF general
%ss isssss 5 r.
touched all simplicity. The OF
s, the % prsc. Il" s'sD the
reverse On the contrary was evidence in favor Of the
laws u community respect to property have essential
immense even me ass,Sns
yension should change the laws, invade the sane
a psay ana ne Tn %oo III
metey change the whole character of tine married relation in
members this Convention and the peo.
grave anpaashs for the evil would NOT come in heir
Laws might be changed in an instant but manners could
OF society in ,nis respect well fixed to be soon
hs ws. the
sent would retain the That law haa created
alope the stnient OF h,sto
sn e s :. aa s
would oos baek :. .he present day with emotions AKIN to
those which aAect our minds when contemplating the first
family Ia happy Eden before the tempter came
The usual temperance argument was urged, but Of
no avail before mat intelligent body-that G ause
was re cotcd. Laws had been passed III nearly all
the Eastern, Middle ami Western States the same In
substance rs that clause attempted to be In this
State, and ut the Legislative session In lS4s SINH
lar law was passed Tor New York. rms was the first
law OF the KIND in TINS State That was compare
lively conservative but has been extended from
Tune to time until now the law more III favor OF
the than the community system OF the
but more unIavoraoe to the husband tam the civil
law.
SEPARATE INTERESTS or MAN AND WIFE.
The wisest ana best or men have from time to
time given opinions as 10 the effect OF similar laws
III society THOMAS jefferson SAID tnat IL WAS owing
to the separae intel esLs OF vile and husband in
France that about half OF the annual Increase OF the
popu atom OF Paris was ilegtInae. Montesqueu.
In mis- 'Spirit OF Law5,n says that rs women
state that furnishes them Inducements to
marriage the advantages that such law
gives chem tier own ana their hus-
Dands' properly is no advantage to society, ana
would be extremely preJudiclal Ia u reDuoiic, ana
perty to the nusoaad. Clancehor Kent SAYS, In hs
Commentaries" prefer tie regulations OF the
common law upon the subject or the paterna aud
universal realtors bat there are many SUBJECTS In
wnicn the civ law greatly eXcels." In reference TO
the system OF marriage setsicmeais by whlcn IL spe
Cal cases tllat rel.on Is established betWee man
ami wile, wncn tn!s law makes universal, Mr.. jus
ticc Pratt slys''lt lends 10 sever IN some degree
the marria-e uaoa because II not only renders the
VIE iudeaen ieuL OF her husband 10 her fortune,
but bars him OF q participation IN IL by new and
Increased lmpeaimeaas, as II ne were presumed 10
be Uer worst enemy. III matriuoLy Is not desirable
without these trauimes ana fences and reserya-
tons, | say marry not AT all. benign policy
would not admit rule which impars the
union and lessons the attributes OF noy mltrimuny
1t Ii better That confidence between husband aud
wife should sometimes be abused taan that 1t saoud
not exist Ia that relation. We often see acts OF
tyranny and cruelty exercised by the husband
towards the wife vi WHICH tle law taxes cogu-
zaace, and yet no rnan Of wisdom or reflection can
douot the pro Jrieiy oil the rue winch gives the
husband the control ana custody Of the wife, II IL
the price wnlch female wants and weakness must
pay for their protection That woman SHOULD -
template ner intended husband "a likely to DecoAA
her enemy and dcspoer aud should gvard nc so.
against bim ~ a swindler and ruhber ana then
admit nun 10 iier embraces presents somDre ana
disgusting picture OF matrinony. Marriage Justly
implies nnIon OF hearts ana interests and The
notifications Or that relation. which excessive re.
fDements have Introduced, form aa excrescenuc
wn,ch should pc extirpa,ed.' Q1 Jonn. Rep)
the venerable Ambrose spencer expire ssed himself
III Lhe same case as OF the same opinion On tlaG
question.
For several years after this new law no aoparen t
change was noticed among TIE. But soon the
.woman rights'' advocates seized upon t and
wished further extension towards woman as
regards property and alter that came, In 1852, the
cry OF taxation without representation was heard.
and Is stu echoing among us. About the time Of
tue passage OF the separate property law the SENT
religious doctrine OF Spriguasm and Tree love arose
anu advanced hand IN nand with the woman rights
question: lne separate property laws ia 80 mauy
states not only anected us. put popular opinion
grew strongly IN favor OF them In England, and Vt
has greatly affected society there. But we VIII CON
nne ourselves 10 the state OF society here. House
Keeping grew nksomc 10 the whe, and she must
board; tue home was broken up, and large cities
became fn OF boarding houses. Extravaganza
ensued marriages have decreased. AMI decreas-
my for various reasons, although It Is urged on
males rom almost every pulpit IN the land, and d
tax on bachelors Is seriously talked Of The deprav.
NY Of tue female sex Is alarming and divorces
becoming common and easily obtained. We VIII
up the present article by presenting few facts
and ngures as 10 how we stand.
MARRIAGE STATISTICS.
The following tables are made from the reports OF
the Metropolitan Beard Of Health. After Ite close o
the war and the return OF man Snen to our city n
II 10 ne supposed that the number Of marriages
would rapidly increase previous years. The
native and foreign population were about equal Il
TINS city IN ls6j.-
MARuAGRs sY NATIVITY or MALES AND FEMALES
NdttW Fofeiga.