The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09

Ou1 AC9tASAo nave % ~ AAAo1AAc4 tAA1t
among the persons selected by Gov. Al
corn to discharge the very important
functions Of the efice-ef Justice Of the
Peacein Clarke county. il saddle-color-
ed person who rejoices in the name of
CLAY-T. III. Clay.
1t il little strange that among all the
citizens of the good county of Clarke,
in which intelligence and competency are
the rule and not the exception, his choice
fell upon this man of the distinguished
patronymic. But so it was. Men
i" learned in the law were overlooked,
and he was set up as the dispenser of jus
tice. Among the causes which have re-
quired his official action was a matrimo-
NAL unpleasantness between a couple,
James Chapman and Jenny Williams.
The infelicity resulted from an affinity
which had sprung up between the said
Chapman. and one Miss Lindy. -
Whereupon the model Justice issued his
decree of divorce without the formality
of vexatious trial, and gladdened the
heart of miss Lindy" with the following
certificate of his official decision:
Miss Indy. this is to certify that James
! Chapman aud Jenney Williams has this day
| separated before me. and you and him are at
| liberty to marry whenever you viii.
! "a true copy) l. IL clay
1t is told Of Indiana that such is the
facility Of untying the matrimonial knot
in that State, that posters all along the
railways at the stations where creature
comforts are to be had, announce five
minutes for lunch and twenty minutes for
divorce" In Massachusetts easy divorce
has so much encouraged the New Eng
land fashion of putting away one wife
| or husband to take another, that bill has
been introduced into her Legislature pro
hibiting persons from remarrying until
three years have been passed after divorce
has been granted. During the past year
three hundred and upward applications
were made for divorce in the little State
of New Hampshire, and most of them
were granted. In Missouri, under Radi-
cal rule, the practice of legally breaking
up marriage contracts became so common,
demoralizing and prolific of disgusting
scandal, that one of the first acts of her
newly installed Governor was to recon-
mend to the Legislature stringent meas
ures for the arrest of the vice.
Justice Clay, of Mississippi, one of the
| Radical brotherhood whom the corruption
and despotism of the times have put in
authority over decent and respectable
community, has substituted law of his
own for dissolving the marriage relation.
He is true disciple of Elizabeth Stanton,
Anna Dickinson, and the rest of the
shrieking sisterhood in Yankeedom, who
are propagating the new system of Di-
vorce made Easy. He is a representa-
tive Radical of the progressive school.
How he got into Office is a mystery, but
occurring as it did in the Province of the
BEST Organizer" Modest Muss, who ru-
NOR says is from Indiana), and who un-
dertakes to manage the affairs of Clarke
county, as attested by his intermeddling
in the late election, we are bound to infer
that his hand was in the matter Of this
appointment.
In the recent message of the Governor,
he spread himself over broad pages to
prove from the number of marriages oc-
curing in African circles that Dinah was
sound on the marriage question. If he
has many Justices like Clay, his proofs
will multiply rapidly.