The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-02-13
s6iyoro, ss.a.sas. In various States.

The following remarks on divorce are takep
from the Baltimore Sun. The writer, among
other things, designs to show that the Eastern
States are not in position to cast rehections
on their brethren of the West:
The frequency of divorce, subject which
has been again raised, in connection Win ING
miserable Richardson affair of New York, IS
greater scandal and peril to this country IMAM
Siormonism, which is mostly local nuisance,
and practically outside of the soclal ;dt
Woolsey, Of Yale College, on !. Divorce Legis-
lation in the United States" to which we
referred some time ago, contains star rroa
upon the eonsidesation of all good citizens;
The article'is based on q careful examinaton
of the statistics OF S Tta'es,
| of divorce are given in the various iePo.ss s
presented to the Legislature. In Vermont. out
Of 81 divorces in hve years desertion
so: intolerable severity, 1856; for refusal 60
support, 49, with twenty others, In most OF
IN Observation-Disclosures, out of 1864 divorces granted
| in about five years, therewere for adultery 564,
| or 423 per cent for desertion, Soy, OF 400 per
cent: for cruelty, 122, or 9.4 per cent. 10 Tor
intemperance and 81 miscellaneous. Here the
large ratio for adultery is startling; Gan Inns
represent the real state of the@casef In ohlo'
out of 3Os1 cases of which the causes are par ar
ticularly assigned, there were granted 1or
adultery 935 for absence and neglect, looO
for cruelty, 44O; for intemperance, 196. VI
| origin OF the appllcauGS AOA
have no items furnished us; save that IN ohlo'
the counties where the Catholics form con
siderable part of the population, fell below
the ratio; while the Western Reserve countles
have a much larger proportion OF divorces
than the rest of the State. These counGies are
| composed of The Simon pures OF the fuiltan
/ stock and the leaders in all manner OF lsms.
In Vermont the ratio of annual divorces 10
> annual marriages foots up for seven years 10 a
to, al of 73O divorces to l5,7lo marriages. o!
ratio of to 81. In Massachusets, for q PERIOD
> ~ rrnr yaars there was O total of 1922 divorces
to 45,:s72 marriages, a ratio OF TO A. IN onlo'
in 1896. the divorces were 1869 the marriages,
! 30. $40, or ratio of to g. In Connecticut, pa
period of eight years, the divorces 1901
= 29l0; marriages, 33,S27. ratlo OF " -
U From Prussia we have some materials iol III
D stituting a comparison between that counoi9
o of Loose divorce laws and the States above
n We exclude the Catholic population, WnlcI
II cannot be done with accuracy in the states
d fairly in favor of the latter. For instance, II
q Connecticut, where the whole NUMBER OF mar
n riages was 1878 in 1866 the number OF marriage
d in which both parties were OF foreign pirtl
is were 1908 Now, of these it Is SAFE Inat wv
II thirds. saw sOO were Roman Catholics, VIII
r. rarely petition for divorce in that state. Ne
M Quoting them, we have the ratio OF divorce =
ID less than 81 called Protestant, or rather noh
IS Catholic marriages. In Prussia, in 1858, ther
7. were s5,9l4 marriages OF non,Catholics' ~ :;
Of 29:5 divorces ratio to o. These statistic
d, 90 to show that, bad as the West Is IN IN
Iy facilities which it affords for divorce, IL ma
IS recei we'd rather more than its share OF oolu!
ne There is general looseness on TINS sunJecS
er the Iecislation of most of the States, which
ne discreditable to a civilized people, an
ne inimical the happiness and virtue OF society