The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-11-02

OF modem times and the germ ana irut oil
American progress and civilization, has
attracted marked attention and given
rise to much discussion inside Of
that State. 10 Illinois any increase in the
number Of divorces was practically out Of the
question, since II has long been the resort Of
married people from every State 10 the Union,
who had no just grounds for divorce In the
State Of their residence, and were content 10
put up with a fraudulent and sham divorce.
The facility with which divorces are obtained
is discredit and reproaeh to any nation; every
possible effort should be made to prevent COL
fusion and fraud between the parties as well as
to prevent imposition being practised on the
courts by the party applying for divorce.
The sacredness and binding obligation Of
the marriage vow is a matter Of the utmost
consequence to the peace, virtue, morality and
welfare Of nations. History verihes this asser-
ton in the most emphatic manner. Marriage
is in accordance with the law Of Nature. and
the law Of Nature is but the will Of God
stamped upon his works and the hearts Of his
creatures; and marriage is also shown by the
unanimous testimony Of history, TO be con-
dueive to private and public happiness. There
must either be marriage, concubinage, polyg-
amy or promiscuity Of intercourse; we
must prop and maintain the sacredness and
binding force of the marriage vow and
tie, OF slide into one or the other forms of
sensualism above described. II is either mar
Of
sensualism, and we must decide which one OF
these shall be the legal institution. 1t is
mere mockery on the part Of the law to sane
ton marriage and prohibit polygamy, II no
obstacle be interposed to the procurement OF
divorce and remarriage. The facility with
which divorce can be obtained is merely an
invitation to men and women TO seek divorces
for the most frivolous reasons and grounds,
allowed by law. In South Carolina, prior to
the war, the only ground for divorce was
adultery, and the records Of her
courts showed very few divorces, while
in States where half a dozen grounds
existed divorce suits were quite frequent, so
that it may be assumed as an indisputable
vas" VS. Wy '"N",1 WIN WHICH divorces
may oe oo'Aineu ana 'he very multiplying OF
the grounds Of divorce operates as a direct
stimulus to the hankering for n dissolution Of
the marriage ties. A French wit, who lived
S0UP'e ., een'u''ss ago. sa'ifiealiy sara 'hat
'-''N ''A'e was 'ie ony s'a'e "heie AL
who were in ii desired to get out, and all who
s'S y" uie ou'''ue "'sneu 10 eh'ef INTO III
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ul''Vuu'' 40 '"e great majority oil marriages
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