Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-02-16

without making any conditions for the negroes; be
wanted the Southern States to come back without
conditions, and we wanted them to come back with
condition, namely: The electoral franchise Of
the negro.
The witness recognized paper shown him as
copy Of the protest, and 1t was read in evidence
by Mr.. Fullerton.
The writing of the protest, continued the wit
ness, did not break up the friendly relations be-
tween Beechcr and myself. Mr.. Beechers part in
the woman's movement was very marked. He
was one of the first men to take part in the move
ment. Mrs. Titon was also active in the move
ment, and it was she who in degree inspired me
to take the part did as to marriage. l ha,l held
that it is the union of one man and one woman
for life, for better or for worse, in calm or storm,
not only for life but perhaps after, and as to di
vorce | hold that this State is behind the other
States. As to reasons for divorce in this State,
there Is only one cause for divorce and in other
States there are other causes. | hold that if a
man ncgects his wife or refuses to maintain her
or IS habitual drunkard, she is entitled to d.
vorce. | thought the civilization Of mankind de-
manded that our code Of divor should be changed
to the New England code, giving divorce for va
rlous and satisfactory reasons. In New Hamp-
shire man, if he remains away from his wife one
year she can obtain a divorce, but man married
TO woman here, might remain away 70 years and
his wife could get no divorce / never advocated
the doctrine Of free love or said that if q man
found that he had an affinity for another woman,
that that was sufficient cause fer divorce. l
never advocated that the civil law should have no
control over this. | only hold that the law should
be more liberal. The a.lusion in my poem to
orange buds, was in no way immoral, as the
orange buds are symbol of marriage, and it was
in that sense used the words In the east when
man protfers marriage to woman, he asks her
il she will accept some orange buds.
| cannot fix the date of the removal of Beechers
portrait from my house but it was in consequence
of threat Of Mrs. Morse to cut it to pieces. She
threatened to plunge her scissors into i. She was
in earnest and in perfect frenzy. The portrait
was then in my house, standing on the floor. l
had taken it down on July Sd, and removed it
and sent it to Moulton's because thought that
she would destroy it,
found some Of my wife's correspondence with
Beecher in small closet, after she left, together
with some photographs and books that be had
given her. The box (produced) and Its contents
| found in the same closet, which is about eight
feet high and three wide, and contained gifts from
Beecher, and among them these letters. The like
nesses of Beecher were found in the closet. They
were all taken at different times as they differ
ent attitudes.
The photographs, six in number, were handed
to the counsel for the defence for examination and
were offered in evidence.
Mr.. Evart. fought against the admission of the
photograph, as evidence, but did not object to
their being shown to the jury.
The court ruled that the finding and descrp
ton Of them might go down on the record.
The Pacific Mail Subsidy.
New York, February Is. The directors of the
Pacific Mail haue approved the action Of Rufus
Hatch in ordering the institution of suits against
those parties alleged to have received subsidy
brides. About thirty persons will probably be in
yolved.
Fire.
Port Jarvis, February 10. The elegant resi-
dence of W. II. Cody at Monticello was destroyed
b. fire this morning. Loss, 10000; insurance,
Sll 600.