The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-17

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were taken to police headquarters, where
search of both, brought to light $4,000.
He was identified as Vines by one Of the
detectives and then he confessed-&.
Louis specialize Philadelphia Press
Where Divorce is Unknown.
The Charleston correspondent of the
New York Herald recently sent to that
paper review of the position Of South
Carolina upon the divorce question. He
gave the views of several eminent men as
follows:
Judge Wallace, of the Circuit bench,
who is now holding Court in Charleston,
said to me:
'south Carolina has no divorce law,
because the belief is general in this State
that the indissolubility of the marriage
bonds promotes public and private mo.
rality. Our laws allow separation, either
by agreement of the parties or by the
judgment of Court, upon proper show.
ing made, but neither party can marry
while the other survives. It has been so
always, except during the existence of
the Government of reconstruction in this
State. The belief is general in South
Carolina that the lasting nature of the
marriage relation promotes domestic
happiness, because the tendency lis to
produce the habit of content in marriage
on account of its indissolubility. think
that the position otsouth Carolina on the
subject of divorce is wise one."
STATE AND CHURCH In HARMONY.
In compliance with my request in
behalf of tie Herald for his views as to
'the effect of the indissolubility of the
marriage bond in this State upon the
marital relation and on domestic happi.
ness" the Rt Rev. Henry P. Northrop,
Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston,
| writes as follows:
II have, of course, but to say, in union
with all the Bishops and priests Of the
Catholic Church, and in accordance with
her teaching, that the Law of our State
being in conformity With the Law of God
on this matter, the effect is necessarily
,bene6cent-sa sanctifying and strengthen.
ing the marital relation and tending to
secure domestic happiness. This is an
a prior; conclusion, and I think there are
few men in South Carolina who would
| not acknowledge that it is conclusion
justified by the facts of the last thirty
years. lam sure it was not in spirit of
| mere willfulness or unreasonable love for
the old Ways that induced our legisla.
tors in 1878, while accepting may say
all the rest of the legislation Of the years
since the war ended, to make q striking
exception in every matter that you are
interested in. They re-established the
old laws with regard to matrimony and
forbade divorce absolutely yincalo in
spite of determined eforta made to admit
at least one exception.
II believe the intelligent citizens of
the State, who, like myself, are proud Of
the peculiar position We hold in this
matter, will admit that the experience of
the past decade will justify the wisdom
of our Legislature. lido lot think that
the effect Of the contrary legislation in
our sister States upon the marital rela.
ton and domestic happiness will ever
induce US to change our Law in this
matter, especially when we consider the
blessings that have followed its exercise.
Individuals must sometimes suffer for the
public good, and cases Of apparent hard.
ship may occur in the State, but in the
one as in the other I believe that the
general good is subserved, the proper
relation between husband and wife is
defined and protected, and that domestic
happiness is increased and secured by the
Law forbidding divorce"
POPULAR SENTIMENT EXToLLED.
The Rev. IS. Vedder, D. D., pastor
of the Huguenot Church in this city, says
| in regard to the position Of South Carroll.
ma on the divorce question:
Regard for the external sanctity Of
the marriage relation is undoubtedly
promoted in South Carolina by the unal.
terable character of that relation. lam
quite sure, however, that the exceptional
happiness of the conjugal relation in our
State, while, perhaps indirectly affected by
is not appreciably due to the absence Of
divorce laws. It finds its seat and strength
in chivalrirc aspect and reverence for no.
men which Carolinians have never lost in
the lossof much else. I believe that this
would continue to secure happiness in the
domestic relation, irrespective of divorce
laws; and by divorce laws I mean, of
course, only those laws which sever mari
tai ties upon the one Scripture ground"
The views of these three emineut men
are expressive of the sentiment Of nearly
all classes of the people. If the question
of divorce were left to popular vote the
decision would overwhelmingly in the
negative.
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STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
! LUCAS COUNTY, S. S.
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