The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-21
TxGEnsoLT. on DIvoRCE.
n Husband and wife Hate zach Other
Why shonad Ths< wat separase2

n Husband and wife Hate zach Other,
Why should xhs< Not Separator
=. @. 1nxersnai In North American 6eview.
Certainly society cannot insist upon .
wife remaining with husband who bruises
and mangies her flesh. Even married
Eomen have right 70 personal security.
They do rot lose. esther By contract or
sacrament. the right Of seif-pFesersation.
This they share IN common, 70 say the
least Of il, with the lowest living creatures.
This viii probably be admitted By most
OF the enemies Of divorce; but they will
insist that while the wife has the right 10
Zee from her husbands roof and seek pro-
tecfion OF kindred or friends, the marriage
1.-The sacFament-must remain unbroken.
II Il 70 the interest Of society that those
who despise each other should i've to-
getherg Ought the werld 70 be pecpied by
the children OF hatred or disgust, Che chill
dren OF lust and Ioathing. or by The Eel-
come babes of mutual lover Is il possible
that an infinitely wise and compassionate
God insists that helpless woman shall re-
main the wife sf 3 cruel wretch Can this
add 70 the joy Of Paradise. or tend to keep
one harp In tuner Can ANYTHING Be more
infamous than for governments 70 compel
woman 10 remain the wife OF man she
hates--of one whom she justly holds In
adherence? Does any decent man wish
the assistance OF 9 constable. sheriff, q
Judge, or a church 20 keep his wife in his
house7 Is Is possible TO conceive OF .
more contemplate human being thzn 3
man who would appeal 10 force in such q
cases Ii may be said that the woman is
free to go, and that the courts win protect
her srem the brutality of the man who
promised TO be her protector; but where
shall the woman go2 She may have no
friends. or they may be poor; her kindred
may be dead. Has she no right to build
another homer Must this woman. full of
kindness. affection, health, be tied and
chained to this living corpse7 is there no
future for herr Must she be an outcast
forever deceived and betrayed for her
whole lief Can she never sit By her own
hearth, with the arms of her children
about Der neck, and with q husband who
loves and protects herr Is she 70 become
social paTiah. and Is this for the benefit
Of society? or il it for the sake Of the
wretch who destroyed her lile7
The ground has been taken that woman
would lose her dignity il marriage could be
annulled. Is II necessary 70 lose your lib
erty in order to retain your moral charac-
term order to be pure and womanly
Must awoman, in order to retain her virtue,
become . slave. serf, with beast for .
master. or with society for master, or with
4 phantom for q masterf
II an infinite being Is one of the parties
70 the contract. Is II not the duty OF this
being to see to il that the contract is car
ried outf What consideration does the m
finite being giveg Whatconsideration does
be receive? II wife owes no duty to her
husband because the husband has violated
the contract. and has even assaulted her
life, Is It possible for her 10 feel toward him
any real thrill Of affection? II she does
not, what Is there left OF marriage9 What
part of this contract or sacrament remains
in living force9 She cannot sustain the re-
lation Of wife, because she abhors him; she
cannot reinain under the same roof, for fear
that she may be killed. They sustain. then,
only the relations Of hunter and hunted
OF tyrant and Wet M. Is IL desirable that
this relation should last through life and
that il should be rendered sacred BY the
ceremony Of church,