Smyrna times., 1871-02-15
Divorce,

ne Missouri Democrat in the course of an
altlcie on divorce offers the following Spns;bL.
| remarks "0"''oie
Possibly there is some exageeration in ,bo
p"'uio" representations as to this tendency of
,"e 'IHieN. he hundreds of thousands of
"aPPy MONIES whose doors are not thrown omen
~ 'he newspapers are forgotten, and unIup
'""Ce "I me comparison is probably giv
t9mI l" the hapleS> homes that are thus exroSpd
Ihr prevalent disposition to elevate hand -,
horrnr upon this subject is proof that marriage.
. sun ehShrIned IN the popular heart, and re
assures u> that II will survive and be held ;u
rev. renee ill 1.-THE crush of worlds y Th"
greater frequency OF divorces may, after all bn
u" indication OF greater unhappinr>s in thp ,lo
meS''c circle. Is may be that happy psirs are
! more numerous and mi>eIai le ones lever now
'han ever but that a larger number than far
merry o. the mlNerably mated aspire I'd be dis.
!"l"eu. ana succeed IN the effort All thi>
may wen bt, and We are surely PRIVILEGED T..
console ourselves and readers with these r.
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cuIl II Is true that the philosophy and con-
dltlnnS "t III rliage are by the masses very i'm
| perfectly unCe: stood, and as true that even
| tne most cultivated often iaIl the most sipnaIIv
III showing that they understand them II i
the duty ot Legislators, however. 10 do what.
ever Is possible to be done by enac,ments m
remedy the evils oi human error in Tins re
paru III 'hlS work tl.ey should BEGIN with
lnr ia"H Us {" manlge itself. The facility with
| which the hr>t mutual signs of a v,i,,hE,i
| twain can he transformed into tbonnI,L.s'
III 'terial vows Is at least one immense ,om,n
| "l married woe aud of divorce scandal aud ot
| I1nch more OF the former than OF the latter
marriage Is sold at petty shops, licensed and
Grpt open for that purpose much az =. ms
t'ce or whisky Is This is nuisance and
scandal less usually named as such than d
V"rceS are, and one to be abated by exacting
more drll"eratIOn of the marrying magistrate,
"' munster even and sutjecting him to surer
a.u heavier penalties for violation of the law.
IL should also be met by wiser choice NJ
magistrates by the voters than too oF,an i
made The divorce law should unoue,tionnblv
oe made much more stringent than it is, for
uhuer It We now virtually have divorce sbnps
NAT drIVe about as brisk a trade as marriage
| >hops. We refer mainly to the divorce law
yer:' who cultivate and advertise this yprci,li-
~ induced aud able to do SO through the lax
lty OF the law.
no person ls or should be compelled to live
WIN partner whom he or she finds intolera
oc' ouch persons can live apart, and the law
! inuSt respect his or her right so 10 live Ru,
IN ITS own self protection society has also rho
r'gnt To give such person a choice of evils. and
make II certain that at least he chooses sena.
ration as u less evil, rather than aS "a greater
good. Governor Brown suggestion. that law
should not invite divorces, is both inst and
pertinent. 1t should, if practicable. make II
| l'np"SSlOle to procure one from any motive of
gam or OF preferences for another 1t should
render c"Iusl"n of husband and wife TO secure
divorce less hopeful than it now is Thou.
sands IF marriages that prove hannv are at
tended by passages during which one or both
OF the parties would, were it practicable, dis.
solve the bond. In fact those who are best
mated by nature must pass an ordeal of mutu-
| al adjustment, and il s the prime merit Of
marriage that it binds the parties till that stage
Is happily passed. With the indifferpntIv
well mated the trial is severer, but even thew.
Il retained together, find at last a degree Of
felicity TO which they would otherwise be life
long strangers. As to 1.-THE Incompstibles !"
there is world of noncense current about them
that should have no effect upon the lawmaker.
man died suddenly in Wilkesbarre. few
days ago. and at the corOner's inouest one of
the friends of the deceased person said he
dld not know that his friend had any chron-
lc disease, but he was queer man, addicted n
Iac'turn,ty; ana having great many idosyn-
crases. The jury after careful ,leliberatinn
said i believed that was what killed him. All
the doctors IN Wilkesbarre looked through
their medical hooks without finding a descrin
non OF any such excrescence or tubercle ms an
'idosyncrasy," and then they made most.
n,0rtena examination OF the man to hunt Ior
one OF them. They reported that, If he really
had had any idiosyncrasies in him. they must
have burst and disappeared before his death
and, 10 their opinion. he died from the effects
Of taking tacirurnity too often. They said thew
hoped 1t would be an awful warning to the
| young to abstain from intoxicating drinks
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