The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-10

est clNillZatlOl KNOWN. - ti!'' "'i'i, ~ w.
recognized divorce: From >"r f"undHtI"n
nm TO the wear 1858 when the D!vur'w Courts
were established. !l:c law u! niarrI:!-,e il
ENGLAND was the exact Law tha. We haE" III
South Carolina TO-DAY. ~ an English 'rl"nN
the common law became our law. ami Ii ~inl-
plv remains today unchanged. South Caro-
lima has not ''put herself above UthrrS1itrS.
She has firmly maintained her a!"l"nt laws:
while the other States have sunk hcncath
der. Wht should she descend to their lrvrl:
But: Mr.: President: the gentleman from
Charleston; in glowing p"rl"''s that rha:in"a
the earl they did not convince the JUG
ment. has warned uS that it is vain tor South
Carolina to undertake. t. resist the divorce
movement: He tells us that it has swept
over the world: and that public sentiment
elsewhere more and more strongly approves
it. He SAYS that it is wrong and intIle lor 4
people to undertake. to resist such {. move
Nient OF this sort because il is 'Gou 'Iire"ttd.
Mr.. President, deny il. With all the cner-
gy Of my nature l dcnvit. deny that the
lax notions Of the obligations OF thu mar:
riage vows in some Of the Northern and
Western States are "GoI directed. } VIII
t,ercr helirvt that God directed or contrm-
plated with anything bat IL Il frowminG. lw-
ful disappointment the picture uf Il man
with half Il dozen living wives: or a MIC
with half a d0zrn living husbands.
deny that the Divvrr" Courts o. South
Dakota and Oklahoma. the latest aGd most
typical development and prodact OF this
movement: with their ninety days resi-
,lppcc'' aud divorce while you wait for
any trivial causr', upon prrlured testimony,
5 hGod directed" | assrrt that He looks
upon the whole vile scene with Il fierce
anger. modified only by the iililul comparl-
sou, that. in spite Of all. II" still holds for
His poor fallen creatures. All. Mr. Prrsl-
dent, the institution Of marriage in the Car
den Of Eden w;lS God directed. but not
that in the Territory Of Oklahoma.
And now, sir why make this rash export
,neEt? Why venture upon this stormy sea
that has wrecked the homes o[ so many
families and the social institutions Of SO many
States2 ANY one who reads the cnrrcut lit
rrature cf the DAY knows that the enprmcu"
increase CT divorces is cne Of the most ap-
paiing social problems OF the day HhF
fake it On ourselves? Surely We have enough!
to deal with now. That eases. numerous
cases. if individual hardship occur will no.
pretend to deny. but that these woaid he hui
little benefited, and that others much llardH!
and much more numerous would spring UP
I Internationally assert. The war swept
away almost all that was precious III South
Carolina; except the social system. That we
have retained intact. except dGrinG hrIct
period already mentioned from lS6S TO 1913.
when Mr. Farrow's ''God-C'ircctcI move
ment" struck US.
The sentiment OF our people demands it.;
experience justilies it; tile sources Of our
law are authority forit, and the great Estah-
Usher Of our marriage sanctions it. Let us
resist the entertainments Of modern drSen-
eracv and stand fast by our ancient laws.
Let marriage be. Us it h"-, eve" been in South
Carolina, a solemn and sacred uEiJu Of one
man and one woman for life. TO the eXclu-
sion OF all Others; ian honorable estate. ill.,
stituted Of God in the time OF mans inuo-
cency. sighiiyinS unto us the mystical union
that is betwiXt Clr:::= and Hi. Church; which
holy estate Chlist adorned and bcautifed
with His prn>e1ce and 1i.S; miracle that He
wrought in Cana If Gal!-' and is commend
ed OF st. Paul 10 be honorable Of all men;
and therefore IS not by any to be entered
into inadvisedly or lightly. but reverently,
discreetly. advisedy. sobcry and in the fear
Of Cod where the man and th" won.ac take
each The other for better or for wors". for
which, forever, in sickness and in health. to
love and to cherish. till death them do part,
according to Gods holy ordinance