Daily Republican., 1879-07-14
WORSE THAN BI9AMY.

WORSE THAN BIGAMY.
A PalPable Necessity for Christie
werk-A Pernieious System +,
u efzt ~ ear City-Where Missio,
Y Affes srs ssesiIv wanted. ,..I 80
On Saturday a pitch colorsd indivic
dual walked into the Magistrates ofic
on Fourth street with, "whar's d
squar. " The rotund countenancs q
Mr.. Brady appeared above the railing
"squar said he, "I'm bilin' fn
law my wits's sksedadled gone will
'nuther niggah, and left free of hui
chlllen for me to fodder. Pm a mac
nan and am j-s bilin' fur law"
Well explain yoursslfssid the ustie,
as his eye Involuntary turned towards
the pond erous docket and his face Ii,
up with the anticipation of pros pective
costs Just state what you want"
q" OATS it; jes what l sed. Ny Mo
riah gone and spooned on another man
she's hidin wav from me and | want.
an ossif-r OBJ do Law to coms wifi ms
sos kin take dem chillen O. hern tt
her kase amt sgoin TO hab nufir
noah to do with her Or the brats."
The case was plain. The squire un
derstocd and as he ruminated tue lool
of anticipation slowly left his counte
nance. "Can't get any law here" say,
he to the abused husband who wa,
awkwardly balancing himself on thu
ssttee round. "You II have to fix thai
up between you and your W fe, this
court can't do anything for you" The
man anxious for law took his depar
ture.
This is sample Of the many com.
plants that come before our lower
courts for adj Indication. Just such cases
as this alluded to furnish grist to mag.
sterial mills and the imposition of costs
keep officers and their consta bles in
almost constant employment. The state
Of society among the lower class Of our
colered population is bad and there are
nons as well cognizant of the fact as the
self same magistrates who are often
called upon to settle just such house
hold differences as that given above.
The marital relationship is set entire.
ly aside and the denizens of Greedy
street or the oderiforous lanes and
alleys Of New Liberia live in the most
degrading depths Of social degradation
fostering beneath the contamiRa lion of q
moral leprosy. In the instance just
given, as the complainant said,
the man who had enticed the wife from
her place in the household. has had
some eight or ten wives, and one after
another being cast off, have been left
to others less fastidiOus. The parties
concerned, ignorant and bsstial as they
in their appetites, look upon such
proceedings with indifference, appar-
emily acknowledging a superiority upon
the I art Of the man of which the weak
er sex has no portion. No effort at con
csalment is made and in fact bargain
and sales have been known to have
been contracted in which the people
Of the. immediate vicinity have taken
part.
1t had been the custom when a cou
pie after marriage owing to incompati.
bility of temper and other like reasons,
found that their lives would be- ehappier
should they part, for them to secure
bill of separation which could be gotten
Of the magistrates. This bill, although
separating them, did not countenance
them in re-entering the marriage state,
it merely relieved each from the respon-
resting one with the other.
Very few instances are known where
this compact has been kept and after
he sep ration has taken place, no rule
't law, moral as well as common, gov
ans their subsequent actions.
Now, it is very seldom this precau-
ion is taken. The mode of procedure
s simple, and must all depend upon
he husbands capability in raising
'repze" in the family. The disturbance
s followed by mutual separation.
he husband dOmiciles with another
'oman; the wife she sighs her grief
II the ears Of compassionate lover; !
nd without no other warrant than that
I mutual consent the two pair amica
'ly arrange matters and begin married
xistance anew, dividing children as
ell as effects. 1t does not stop here, q
ut probably in the course of year
mother internal eruption takes place !
nd is followed by another division and
he subsequent establishment of new /
To what extent this worse than big
m-tical system is carried is utterly
Unknown to those fortunately removed
rom such associations. The female
lement is not a whit better than the
lale aud the result is a most degrad- /
lg state of morals in vicinities where
is practiced. Feuds are frequent and {
gain and again are officers called in
} quell disturbances. Often from these
uarrels the most serious results have ,
,urred and in soAe instances deliber-
te cold blooded murder has been the
.sult as evidence the killing of the J
AN Temple by the iend Rhoads the Il
aramour of Lucinda Duckrry. G
This is hardly pleasant subject, but
J it is one of the dark phases of city o
fe upon which the benign rays of
Influence seldom fall, n
uch less penetrate, it becomes our y
lty not only to refer to it but to press h
upon the attention not only of the
lilanthLopic but upon the attention of e
ese having at heart the common good
humanity. W
special Mention.