Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-25
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LIBERTY FOR MAN AND WOMAN,

The Aryondua Of yesterday has q Lead
ing editorial on the divorce laws Of this
country. condsnnins them on the
ground that they render the separation
Of man and wife tso easy. Frank
Pixley thinks that the laIity Of our
divorce laws induces men and women
to marry without due prscautisn; that.
knowing that they al easily sever the
bonds Of matrimony whom they wish TO
do so. they contract marriage without
thought. and end the contract when
they see At. There Is . great deal Of
sound common sense In what the
Aryoaaua says. The great body Of MS
poor human creatures are fools under
the guise u manhood. and being fools.
We rush hsadlong into the most solemn
Of engagements. never thinking Of the
awful consequences which may result
from our hasty proceedings. Marriage
il n very important step in human life.
1t is q step which either makes the man
or woman better and noblsr. or sinks him
or her into an abyss Of o IL should
never 10 contracted before days Of
thought and sober reflection. IL 10 the
great turning point in the life OF man
and woman.
Bnt the theory Of the Aryonasi that
our divorce laws are instrumental in
bringing about unhappy marriages is
untsnable. The man OF the woman
who would marry. simply because they
knew that tho way to break tho bonds
was easy and pleasant Is no man and nc
woman. Indeed. such men and such
women have no inducsmsnt 10 marry.
They are not ct for the holy state OF
wsdlock. When = man and q woman
are joined together for life. they are 80
joined because they believe that they
were made for each other /; because they
believe that happiness Is TO Be found
only in each others society. There Is
ne thought Of future separation in the
minds Of either. and tho Argoaaud by
assuming such a thought insults every
young husband aud wife In tho land.
That marriages are often cont raetsd
hastily ; that they often turn ont TO be
unfortunate. is undoubtedly true. And
because this il true. u divorce laws.
no far as being = curse, are a blessing
TO our citizens. Can we imagine a more
perfect ideal OF hell. than that in which
u young girl lives who has married a
man whom she does moi lovel A
pretty face aud winning manner
have lured many q girl into
marriage. and after the fatsl word haa
been spoken. which makes her a slave.
she has awakened to the fact that the
pretty face and the winning avs are
dslusivs. and that her lord and master
IL not what she believed him to be.
Why should this young and Trusting
girl. so hsartlsssly deceived. not DO ai-
loved TO FREQ hsrsslf1 She has been
wrone.d: why should she not be
rightsdr
Our divorce laws are all right. IL
there il any trouble with them. ii 10 that
they are not liberal enough. The right
Of man or woman 10 leave q spouse
should be recognized whenever the man
or woman cannot live happily together.
Conjugal slavery 10 the worst slavery OF
all. Here in America il should be sbol.
ishsd. Let the next step in u national
progress DO the abolition Of this curse.
Let our divorces laws b more liberal
than they are nov Tell to the snslavsd
little girl. whose husband 10 . brute,
"You Can leave him when you like"
II she loves him she will remain with
him. II abe dses not lovo him shs will
exercise the right Of every God.born
weman. and leave him.