Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-03-21

county OF the state OF Illinois, In one
/ year there were $50 divorces. If you
want to know how easy it is. you have
| only to look over the records of the
! states In the city Of San Francisco
33S divorces in one year, ana in twenty
years in New England 10000 Is that
( not easy enough?
What we want in this country and in
all lands is that divorce be made more
and more and more dificult Then
people before they enter that relation
will Ea persuaded that there will prob
( ably be no escape from II except through
the. door of the sepulchre. Then they
will pause on the verge Of that relation
until they are fully satisfied that il is
best, and that ii is right. and that it is
happiest. Then we shall have no more
marriage in fun Then men and women
will not enter the relation With the idea
that it is only trial trip, and if they do
not like it they can get out at the first
landing Then this whole question will
be taken out OF the frivolous into the
tremendous. and there will be no more
Joking about the blossoms in brides
hair than about the cypress on a coffin.
What we want is that the congress Of
the United States change the national
constitution so that law can be passed
which shall be uniform all over the
country. and what shall be right in
one state shall be right in all the states,
ana what is wrong in one state VIII be
wrong in all the states.
How is II now? If a party in the mar
riage relation gets dissatisfied, II is only
necessary to move to another state 70
achieve liberation from the domestic
tie. and divorce is effected so easy that
a. g.F &c nv
seeing in the newspaper that Rev. DR..
Somebody on March II. 1895, introduced
in now marriage relation a member Of
the household who went off on a pleas
ure excursion to Newport or business
excursion to Chicago Married at the
brides house. No cards. There are
states of the Union which practically
put a premium upon the disintegration
Of the marriage relation. while there
are other states. like our own New York
state that had for a long time the pre-
eminent idiocy of making marriage law
full at twelve and fourteen years of age.
The congress Of the United states
needs to move fo- a change Of the ma
tional constitution. and then to appoint
a committeeman made up of single
gentlemen. but OF men of families, and
their families i'm Washington-who shall
prepare a good. honest, righteous. con-
prehensive uniform law that viii con-
troll everything from Sandy Hook 10 the
Golden Horn. That VII put an end to
brokerages in marriages. That viii
send divorce lawyers into a decent bust
ness. That will set people agitated for
many years on the question OF how
shall they get away from each other to
planning how they can adjust them
selves TO the more or less unfavoTable
circumstances.
More difficult divorce will put an es-
TOPPED to a great extent upon marriage
as a financial speculation. There are
men who go into the relation just as
they so into Wall street To purchase
shares. The female TO be invited into
the partnership of wedlock is utterly
unattraetive. and in disposition sup
pressed YesuVius. Everybody knows IT,
but this masculine candidate for matri-
montal orders. through the commercial
agency or through the county records,
finds out how much estate is 10 be in
herted and he calculates 1t. He thinks
out how long it will be before the old
man will die. and whether he can stand
the refractory temper until he does die,
ana then he enters he relation; Tor he
says. IF | can not stand it, then
through the divorce law I'll back out
That process is going on all the time,
and men enter the relation without any
moral principle. without any affection,
ana it is as much matter of stock
speculation as anything that transpired
yesterday in Union Pacific. Illinois Cen
trail or Delaware & LaclIawanna.
Now, suppose man understood, as
he ought to understand. that il he goes
into that relation there is no possibility
of his getting out or no probability, he
would be more slow TO put his neck in
the yoke. lie would say to himself:
Rather than a Caribbean whirlWtnd
with a whole fleet Of shipping III its
arms. give me zephy: off fields of sum
shine and gardens of peace"
Rigorous divorce law will also hinder
women from the fatal mistake of marry
ing men to reform them. If young
man Of = years of age or 30 years of
age has the habit of strong drink fixed
on him. he is as certainly bound for
drunkards grave as that train start
lnE ont from Grand Central depot at
o., lock tomorrow morning is bound for
Albany The train may not reach Al
hany. for IL may be thrown from the
track. The young man may not reach
drunkard'S grave, for something may
throw him off the iron track ofevil habit;
but the probability liz that the train
that starts to-aorrow morning at
O'Clock for Albany viii get there and
the probability is that the young man
who has the habit of strong drink fixed
ON him before IS or 30 years Of age will
arrive at drunkard's grave She
! knows he drinks. although he tries to
I } hnA
knows he drinks Parents warn. neigh
bors ana friends warn. she will marry
! him. she Will reform him.
| II shr is unsuccessful in the expert
/ mcnt. why then the divorce law will
| emaucipatc her because habitual drunk
! enness is a cause for divorce in Indiana,
! kentucky Florida, Connecticut and
! nearly an the states, 50 the poor thing
/ goes Is the altar of sacrifice II YOU
viii show ne the peverty-struck streets
| i'm any city. ! viii show you the homes
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