Milford chronicle., 1895-03-22

in Rhode Island Is TO l3, in Vermont
to H. Is not that easy enoughf
Marriage In Fun.
want you to notice that frequency O
divorce always goes along with the disso
/ luteness of society. Rome for 500 years
had not one case of divorce. Those were
her days of glory and virtue. Then the
reign Of vice began, and divorce became
( epidemic. If you want to know how rap
| idly the empire went down, ask Gibbon.
What we want in this country and in
/ all lands is that divorce be made more and
more and more difficult. Then people be-
fore they enter that relation will be per
suaded that there win probably be no es-
/ cape from 1t, except through the door ol
the sepuloher. Then they will pause on
the verge of that relation until they are
| fully satisfied that It is best, and that it is
right, and that it is happiest. Then we
shall have no more marriage in fun. Then
men and women will not enter the rela-
tion with the idea it is only a 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 a
brides hair than about ths cypress ON a
coffin.
What we want is that tho congress of
the United States change the national
constitution so that a law can be passed
which shall be uniform all over the coun-
try, and what shall be right in one state
shall be right in all the states, and what
is wrong in one state will be wrong In all
the states
How is 1t now? If party in the mar
riage relation gets dissatisfied, 1t is only
necessary to move to another state to
achieve liberation from the domestic tie,
and divorce is effected so easy that the
first one party knows Of it is by seeing in
the newspaper that Rev. DR.. Somebody
on March II, 1895, introduced in new
marriage relation a member of the house
hold who went off on pleasure excursion
to Newport ora business excursion to Chi
cago Mari at tho brides house. No
cards. Th~re are states of the Union
which practically put premium upon the
disintegration of the marriage relation,
while there are other states, like our own
New York state, that had for long time
the pre-eminent idiocy Of making mar
riage lawful at l2 and IA years of age.
Uniform Divorce Laws.
The congress Of the United States needs
to move for a change Of the national con-
stitution and then to appoint a committee
not made up of single gentlemen, but
of men of families, and their families in
Washington-who shall prepare a good,
honest righteous, comprehensive, uniform
law that will control everything from
Sandy Hook to the Golden Horn. That
will put an end to brokerages in mar
riages. That will send divorce lawyers into
nil
agitated for many years on the question
of how shall they get away from each 9TH
er to planning how they can adjust them
selves to the more or less unfavorable
circumstances.
More difficult divorce will put an estop-
pei to great extent upon marriage as a
financial speculation. There are men who
90 into the relation just as they 60 into
Wall street to purchase shares. The female
to be invited into the partnership Of we'd
lock Is usterly unattractivo and in disposi-
tion a suppressed Vesuvius Everybody
knows it, but this masculine candidate for
matrimonial orders, through the CONNER
oial agency or through the county records,
finds out how much estate is to be inherit
cd, and he calculates it. He thinks out
how long it will be before the old man will
die and wheuher he can stand the refrao- /
tory temper until he does die and then he I
enters the relation, for 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, and it is as much a matter Of /
stock speculation as anything that tran
spired yesterday in Union Pacific, Illinois
Central or Delaware and Lackawanna
Now, suppose a man understood, as he
ought to understand, that if 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,
He would say to himself, Rather than
whirlwind, with a whole feet of
ihipping in its arms, give me a zephyr of
lelds of sunshine and gardens Of peace"
The Altar Of Sacrifice.
Rigorous divorce law will also hinder
women from the fatal mistake of marry
ng men to reform them. If young man
y 25 years of age or 80 years Of age has
he habit of strong drink fixed on him, he
s as certainly bound for a drunkard's s
,raYe as that a train starting out from
Srand Central depot at O'Clock temor-
ow morning is bound for Albany The
rain may not reach Albany, for it may
70 thrown from the track. The young
nan may not reach a drunkard's grave,
or something may throw him of the iron
rack Of evil habit, but the probability is
hat the train that starts tomorrow morn
ng at o'cloek for Albany will get there,
nd the probability is that the young man
Who has the habit Of strong drink fixed on
i'm before 90 or 80 years of age will ar
i've at a drunkard' grave She knows he
Kinks, although he tries to hide it by
hewing cloves. Everybody knows he
rinks Parents warn, neighbors and
riends warn. She will marry him; she
Iill reform him.
If she is unsuccessful In the expert
lent, why, then the divorce law will
her because habitual drunk
nness is a cause for divorce in Indiana
.entucky, Florida Connecticut and near
all the states So the poor thing goes
} the altar Of sacrifice. II you viii show
10 the poverty struck streets in any city,
will show you the homes Of the women !
ho married men to reform them. In one
ise out of 10000 it may be a successful
zperiment. ! never saw the successful
Iperiment. But have a rigorous divorce
w, and that woman will say, If am ,
iianoed to that man, it is for life. "
1
Iuoh to hinder hasty and inconsiderate
carriages. Under the impression that
10 can Be easily released people enter b
le relation without inquiry and without
Election. Romance and impulse rule the I,
~. Perhaps the only ground for the {
arfiage contract is that she likes his z
oks, and he admires the graceful way 1
10 passes around the ice cream at the d
cniol It is all they know about each 4
her. 1t is all the preparation for life. {.
woman that could not make a loaf OF Z
read to save her life will swear to cherish 4
ld obey. A Christian Will marry an Il
iheist, and that always makes oonioined h
for II a man does not be- b
eve there is God he is neither to be b
usted with a dollar nor with your life o
ng happiness. Having read much about E,
We in a cottage, people brought up In
lse will go and starve in hovel. Il
By the wreck Of 10, 600 homes, by the q
1locaust Of 10000 sacrificed men and :
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