New-York tribune., 1875-02-05
LOVE, MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.


And sons Of men, with all their miserie.'
And, furthermore, in the poem:
"Love while yc may: II twain grow into one,
~Tis for little whie-the time goes by.
No hatred twixt the pair Of friends doth lie;
No trouble break th,ir hearts and yet, and YET
Rather in vain to that old time clung
It's hopes and wishes round our hearts we hung;
We played Old parts; we used old names In vain
We go our ways, and twain once more are twain
But If to give all this dolefu prophecy Mrs
Browning, the St. Cecilia Of her sex, excAns:
"say never, yc loved oScEl
God If too near above, the grave below.
And all our moments 60
TOO quickly past our souls, for saying so"
love strikes one hour-IoyE Those nerer loved
Who dreamed that they loved once"
To which let add the following snatch from German
Child tell me how love comeh'
II comes unsought, unsent.
And tell how love goethi
That was not Low, which went
Now IL Il could be settled that human love, is in s essence
mmorta that death does the grave rot the sken
definitely say: There is but one bond and break
ing; binds two souls for time and eternity so that nothing
either In this world the next divide them ron cac
other any more than either can be divided from itself 1t
creates and ustfes the nncyeness excuyeness-the IN
anothers yeaming only its only II gives reason for
Of the prcudces which many hold without reason we
But the common voice Of mankind replies "Narage is dis
solved by DEATH Now of the souls dearest passion THIS may
be right or wrong philosophy; but accepting ms universal
tiou arises since marriage dissolved By DEATH Is II dssouDe
by ANYTHING else II .o by whatY
10 answer what breaks must Inquire what makes the
The Divine Moralist who preached the Mount
when lie d e y therefore perfect even a. your Father
heaven pcrfecS held up ideal human character mpos
siOc Of mortal atilumcnthc despair OF he' cogscd SOUS
IA like manner DID the few and irlneniay notes whch ms
boTaphers have saved Of his utterances On marriage lie hs
up deal the highest conceived beautiful to struggle
alter Dut Impossible 70 atAn ne uu hol Icst
on the mere Legal union of two persons whom me
l4% uniting enacis to be one heshi oaI trisccnfc
this ne and halo"ing H. lie t3u2ht spF!a union "Ic
should be sabti in It's willing band, exclusive M u
tuai ac anco' aud - ryerent of It's married mate n c
wedoci Who abide this tcsti Judged BY 50 I'M
mlculac a morality, there none good no not one
Ncycrc, n the only Jnst dca Of human die
ALL the divine and nothing short oft so the only rg dc OF
mari aye impossible the perfect picture which Chrst
SHtuh,u bul a. lh'tS j. un ulpr1AlI Ln a,,r,
character. notwithstanding the weaknesses Of human nature
standing the vcssitlGcs of human love Thus husband
and wiie-H they have nch hearts and generous mds-
love each othcr WIN such devotion WIN sHch e4aa1i
with such coronation attain 10 the royal estate which
- i, 80 nG1iin tnSt n coi5ld contain ,uly its
Now his is he love and the only love that spiritually con
a IIru' b rnder & " theory r nothing bn dtgorce
The greatest question which has been ropounded 10 moucfn
society Whl be the legal status and what the social
fate Of persons who find themselves married but nor
remain in bondage which il s Ostracsn To break But just
moral sense. picrcn- sham morality which If only another
name for custom asks What De given to God and
,irtuc for keeping two human being. IN an enforced uh
which each knows TO De degrading 10 both ther sols pup
Dc opinion which compcs the juXtapo-ton or Whch ioDds
disconueCon Of an unmacd pair who are TED not hl
chained, wcddcd-'Ioaies the ethics Of m "o PIeA
inc from the moLnaniop OF morals taught 50 terrible ts
uIcou between love and last Marriage without o'c Is IN
against God "a n winch IKE o.het sns, 9 % S lat,
Of ceased from and pnt away away NO, NS matter ,usy
with what solemn ceremony lne 1--WE, IVAN y i,S
Dcasc and divorce ,- This the Of Chrss idea
TO say t.a' s & a4hs,d & G'SJ g t Tc ,o ,,or and ne
heart Of wanons bed Even granting that Of s speeches
in Illustrating lie meant by adultery, lie set or an IDEAL
faithful fidelity that most marriages estimated 10y ths
Standard %ona De- pg'sG o a%lS[GI' n nI anu DC "
IoS .I,ail t.n il is 10 raw with the Roman Church. that
thcrc shall divorce, not even for Ecs.y in't; or
ith tr Epscopal divorce except for just is aud ms
onv o. Nth Ike Presbyterian divorce except for hs and
f Iasron. or with the Methodist missionary board di
yorce except these and for hcathcn-n with the civil
more AMI hdcous olcnaes which daily report them
selves t0 our Courts. ,
John Milton was rsht declaring we 10 not quote his
words bat only h- mc1uiug whatever nnitcs marriage
ju-Gcs divorce Wan faint echo We repeat the same truth
which, mind secns 80 true - 10 be fundamental Nor
in following Milton. do wander lu dangerous
path THIS was no loose phiosopher-ho ~ese
ea ant-no free lo,cr. For though his voice tunaced Tor
freedom Of yorcc, pleaded with sweet c)qucnce for strict
uc-- in Learning ~ Vel ~ Ne may from 30 Mus
remains an nor,t on marriage IL utterly 7purn7
rejects and iep1atcs the doctrine o ifce o'c IL l' al
the very anio.'- oi - plio-oiHy' III "".' wa. " man avn"
whose mutual love not sufficient 10 Inspire mutual
tdciy. prove thereby that they ha'e never known
the uuc, purity and all suicrncy OF thc one rove D." "
makes marriage sacred, and winch keeps IL 80 me
That great scrcncu Is the exclusive anon OF one WIN one
MOI Inc Patriarch union Of with many, and the modern
sujoe1 union of many win each ohcr Mainas H IL h,
marriage al a he sIcryng fahfIucss Of husband and
vile admitting intervening mistress for the suppl
mental p1rlnJGr for lhc other.
nt . l, and this idea cannot but be truc with IT
A. IFS lo,ca sequence mnd this cannot but be r1r the
broken by tine body the soul, divorce ntdtly OF tine
body is not great sIn against m2rTd5e rs tie
the one thee should an the be divorce for the other
Human socr,y needs. for i- purhnuon more chrarous
nation without marriage WOad be- without ctlZuon. y
nation without divorce aust D5 "loul Nue I Iiac' i3
license In Pc-- the a" opens seven gates Of exit from
No the proycrb warns MS that history f. philosophy teach
ing by example" Apply vi, pho-ophc Waiu'l2lo orr own
land oar American society j, covering itself ~'th growing
DcS " free love Ia, rorodn- iuu-a, s e'rr"hefe 'D
plain Chat a cy- beginning 10 rec IT, What s no c1lse
hc cu-c ], tuo.od First in me nild.cou- and lancaabio
haste winch the aw is invoked to ue n2. between $40
persons who o fancy but have not proved t!cr le ioi
c.cI otA.r tnd .t"Hd. n PH"Ac opinion "l' 'I. .t'
th. dissolution Of such li mt-. c'ni4ct- i'I'r- "i'Nu
epr- ncu. g. captivity ifom which they cannot openly
b:ls. ." t'i,, covert r.t-' G ser 'in ,t,,, ,..
fhe cure D, ht."I-. '"'''.4. f.- I'D .'r ",t '.'I
NDl OF uar-lc. including ln' chastity ". ."omi accom-
lats i Medication vc ,hoad foster IT, 'd ' i'e "I'h
slu4l haYN t; and ucN u puuhc opinion t '~-.i t THOR
at-. b., m lr ti, -uc. cnlouuy tlt Whatever Iu point o
no.a.- uua,s marriage, should ~ point OF las authorize
God ant that -e may come time in the legislation n
uy vcn the laws Of uc Id s.al BE- I"-i4ed Oh The
Mr. E,arts- Handing paper to witness VIII yon look At
that aud ny whether you recognize That 40 production u
yo.r--I am surc don't know whether it : or nptf y.
should nave to compare that the o na 1t strike,
the lr,t glance it grblc copy have no' fead the
original since il was Grst pablished call
O. You can verify it. you: A produce it 20 yon
don't imputc everything person bccau-e see f. in print
know nothing about it. II IS an imperfect copy think
Q Handing paper witnc+s DO recognize that a. he
Groplcnewspaper? A. No. Sir do not II may be 80, bur
don recognize it, procure for you though correct copy
Il you desire it,
Nj Eyars-Wcn will viii have lis marked for Gcnti
hcaiion the paper shown the witness
Mr Beact-Oh no; il j. not identified.
Nj E,arts-It j. marked identification the paper shown
the witness.