New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-22
LESSONS OF THE MAOPARLAND TRAGEDY.
The 1ooanna 0f the MonEorland tragedy

LESSONS OF THE MAOPARLAND TRAGEDY
The lessons of the Mcfarland tragedy
are manifold:
First-As onesensible writer has already
| suggested, that the American mind is not
yet demoralized to that extent that the
old-fashioned ideas respecting the sacred
ness of the marriage relation are not to
some extent still in force, even among
the masses.
Second-It suggests to husbands that
they are trying dangerous experiment
when they thrust their wives on the stage
to coin THEN beauty and brains into gold.
The more admiration they command, the
more the gold; but the more also, the
temptation presented to your neighbor to
covet his neighbours wife.
Third-It teaches man the danger of
meddling with the sacredness of the mar
riage relation under any and every circum-
stance, that by so doing he is apt to take
his life in his hand, and that generally
jealousy will neither spare in its day of
vengeance, nor the popular verdict con-
denim him as wrong, though the meddler's
life is the consequence of his temerity.
But there are also grave lessons for
women to ponder on this theme. Marriage
places their happiness almost beyond
rescue, in the hands of their husband;
and he. who volunteers their pro-
lection against the cupidity, tyranny
Or even bestiality of the husband, does so
at such peril that he is bold man who
lare espouse the woman cause. Let wo-
man take care then how she marries,
whom she marries, and for what she mar
les. Let the man, as he is, aside from
wealth, family, or social position, be we'll
Weighed in the balances of her judgment
before she consigns her earthly veal to his
ife keeping. Let her remember, that
aving once assumed that VOW, it is sacred;
nd until "death shall part;" and be the
'oke heavy or light, should be borne with
hat patience, resignation and piety, which |
as aforetime consigned martyrs to the
ames, hoping that Gods blessing may
nable her to triumph in the end. Have
OF queens been beaten, and kicked down
tairs, yet for the glory of crown royal
orne it as they could? And is
not better to bear as much
, woman can bear, of hus-
and's wrongs; rather than rush to the
romiscuous wrongs, scandal, and tyranny
man at large?
Let her reflect, also, that there is scarce
possibility of another man giving her
ore satisfactory protection than that
hich her husband accords. l.
He, whose sense of honor would WOO
oman to break the most sacred ties bind.
z her to husband and the father of her
ildren, would scarcely have enough of
,nor to hold him loving and true,when
} has once made her compromise herself
fore God and man by divorce, es-
'cially divorce founded on an adultrous
.ssion for himself.
Civil law may grant legal divorce, but ,
orally, there can be no divorce but that ,
ade by death, and if persons can not
ar the connubial yoke and live, let them
AXE it rule to take it off, SO far as legal
election can go, but let her never assume
other marriage, except at the death of
e partner. Such moral or civil rule
ould igo far toward consigning the
atute for divorce to the dead letter page
the law. Yellow. covered literature has
jagged the morals of American men and
)men to the slums, and it is no wonder
at as the ditch widens and deepens, that ..
ch year it devours higher and nobler
,tims. Public opinion must be cult q
ted by purer standard, and one cause
congratulation is to know that there is
t a healthy life-current in the veins of
e American populace which beats re- :
onsive to the sentiment which protests,
its last drop, against the infringement !.
the holy VOW Of marriage.