Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-06

the 1ndsSoluD1lty OF marriage Is nat however muCn
We may deprecate the evils of divorce and oppose its
frequency. cases to be found where the marriage
tie works great misery and for which relief should
be provided It is to no purpose to admit or to deny
the existence OF such cases. They are exceptional,
accidental cases. Laws and principles consider the
multitude not the exception. There is no principle
in human government, which, in some accidental cir
cumstance does not sometime work hardship, but
the general good it is claimed, must prevail Divorce
in any case is wrong, not much always for the
harm it works in that special case, as for the harm
it works for the public, by opening the door to
other divorces Let divorce be jusfihable in one
two cases, as have said, the cases will be pur-
posely made to exist, and nsw cases will forcibly
be added to the list, Where SO much is
at stake for society, there is in the preservation of
the family. absolute prohibit on is the sole wisdom,
indissouble,. he proved himself the
Saviour Of society," well the
saviour Of souls and in making this law one Of the
principles of his religion he showed that he had
come to spread truth for truths sake, and that in
spreading it he relied the power of his own mis-
siona trait that belongs only to the messenger Of
truth. The law had no favor with Jew or Gentle.
Humanity speaking, it YVES the death-knell of his
ligion. Yet the gospel tTiumphed and changed the
world. 1t was divine.
ALARNING STATISTICS.
The increase of divorce during the 18th century in
Protestant countries is one of the most alarming
signs of the times 1t is only when we confront
ed by statistics that we bring ourselves 10 beeve
to what extent has grown hat is worse, It looks
as if the future were to be even darker than the pree
ent. The habits begotten among people by pin
eiple of morals survive usually for long time the
forgetfulness or the denial Of the principle, but
when once these habits now left without
logical support, begin t. give way, to-
tai change IS rapidly tfec cd. Among the
masses the old reverence for the marriage tie he's
heretofore fingered although in principle the indis-
soubility of the contract has not been for long
time maintained. This reverence mas now begun
to disappear. Decade after decade the disappear
ance is more marked, and if divorce decreases for
the next half century in the ratio of its present
speed, the prophet of evil cannot speak
too loudly, or color his picture of our future in
hues too sombre.
Nwashington GLADDEN. in a late number
of the Century, has given the statistics
of divorce in soma of our Eastern states.
Abstracting from the number of mar
riages those Of Catholics, among whom, he remarks
there are divorces to speak of he finds that in
Vermont there is divorce to thirteen marri-
ages, in Massachusetts to fifteen, in Rhode ISL
and one to nine, and in Connecticut one to eight In
the Western Reserve of Ohio, among farming pop
uation, usually supposed to be of queter and more
vrtuous habits than city populations things are no
better. In Ashtabuia county the ratio of divorces to
marriages is to Sand in Lake county the proper
ton of divorce suits begun to marriages is to o.
and of divorces granted to IA.
Things are not much better nearer our own homes
Statistics prepared by the Pioneer Press short
time ago, show that during the pask ten years there
had been commenced in tbs courts OF Hennepin
county one set on for divorce in every 1876 marra-
ges, and that in Ramsey county during the same