The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-04-05

glee began. aud divorce became epidemic III
sou want 90 know how rapidly the empire
went down, ask Gihb0n.
What we want ina this country and I'm an
lands "a that divorce bo made more nnd
more and more difficult Then people be-
fore they entor that relation VIII bo per-
muded that there will probably be no escape
from 10 except through the door Of the sep
uleher Then they will pause on the verge
Of that relation until they are fully satisfied
that it a bost, and that % Is right, and that
Il Ia happlesi. Then we shall have no more
marriage An fun. Then men and women will
not enter the relation with the idea 80 is only
"A trial trip. and ~ they DO not like 70 they
can get out At the FIRST landing. Then this
whole question viii Bee taken out OF the iug-
ol0us into the tremendous. and there viii DO
no more joking about the blossoms IN
BRIDES hair than about the cypress on q
e0fln.
What We want Is that the Congress Of the
| United States change the National COnstitu-
ton 30 that a low can be passed which shall
be uniform an over the country, aud what
shall be- right in one State shall be right In
all the States, and what d wrong In one State
win be wrong IN al the States.
How is a now2 II a party IN the marriage
relation gets dissatisfied, It is only necessary
20 move TO another State 20 achieve liberia
ton from the domestic tie and divorce Is
effected so easy that thenrst one party knows
/ OF Il Is by seeing in the newspaper that Rev.
| Or. Somebody on March ~. 1895, introduced
| in a new marriage relation o member Of the
| household who went on on pleasure excur-
/ sion 10 Newport or a business excursion 70
/ Chicago. Married at the brides house. No
/ cards. There are States OF the Union which
| practically put premium upon the disin-
| tegratiOn OF the marriage relation, while
| there are other States, like our own New York
State, that had for long time the pre-emi-
| nent idiocy Of making marriage lawful at
\ twelve and fourteen years Of age.
] The Congress OF the United States needs 10
| move for n change OF the National Constitu-
| ton and TO appoint committeeman made
/ mp Of single gentlemen, but Of men of fami-
lies, and their families in Washington-who
shall prepare a good, honest, righteous COM
prehenslve. uniform law that viii control
everything from Sandy Hook 10 the Golden
| Horn. That will put an end 10 broken ties
in marriages. That will send divorce law
yers into a decent business That will set
people agtated for many years on the ques-
ton OF how shall they get away from each
| other to planning how they can adjust them-
selves TO the more or less unfayorGble circum-
stances.
More difficult divorce will put an estoppel
TO great extent upon marriage as q tnan-
| cial speculation. There are men who 90 IN
TO the relation Just as they go into Wall street
TO purchase shares. Tho female to be invited
into the partnership of wedloek is utterly
unattractive aud In disposition a suppressed
Nesuvius. Everybody knows it but this mas
euline candidate for matrimonial orders
through tho commercial agency or through
the county records, finds out how much
estate is to be inherited and he calculates it.
He thinks out how long it viii be before the
old man will die, and whether he can stand
the refractory temper until he does die, and
then he enters the relation, for he says, 81
/ cannot stand it, then through the divorce
law I'll back ont That process is going or
all the time, and men enter the relation with
out any moral principle, without any aiiec
tiOn, and il is as much matter of stock spec
ulation as anything that transpired ye5teTda.
in Union Pacific, Illinois Central or Della
ware and Lackawanna.
Now, suppose a man understood, as h
ought to understand, that If he goes into tina
relation there is no possibility Of his getting
out, or no probability, he would be more sloy
to put his neck in the yoke. He would sa
to himself ''Rather than a Caribbean whirl
wind with whole feet Of shipping in it
arms give me a zephyr of fields of sunshin
and gardens of peace"
Rigorous divorce law will also hinder wo
men from the fatal mistake of marrying mel
to reform them. If young man by twenty
five years Of age or thirty years Of age hay
the habit of strong drink fixed on him, he
as certainly bound for a drunkards grave q
that train starting out from Grand Centr;
Depot at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning
bound for Albany. The train may not reac
Albany, for it may be thrown off the tract
The young man may not reach drunkard
grave, for something may throw him off tn
iron track of evil habit but the probability
that the train that starts tomorrow mornin
at o'clock for Albany will get there, an
| the probability is that the young man VIII
has the habit of strong drink fixed on hi
before twenty-five or thirty years of age wi
! arrive at drunkard's grave. She knows
drinks, although he tries to hide it by chey
ing cloves. Everybody knows he drink
! Parents warn; neighbors and friends war
She will marry him; she will reform him.
Ifshe lis unsuccessfulinth the experiment, wh
I then the divorce law will emancipate her b
cause habitual drunkenness is a cause for
voree in Indi8na, Kentucky, Florida, 90
neeticut and NEARLY all the States. So Il
. poor thing goes to the altar of sacrifice.
: you will show me the poverty struck stree
= in any city, will show you the homes of Il
= women who married men to reform them.
= one case out Of 10 900 it may be a SUGGEST
experiment. / never saw the successful Q
= pertinent But have a rigorous divorce la
= and that woman will say, "If am aflanc
. to that man. it is for life"
z rigorous divorce law will also do nut
. to hinder hasty and inconsiderate ma
= riages. Under the impression that one CT
. be easily released people enter the RELATE
Il without inquiry and without reaectio
Romance and impulse rule the day. Pt
: haps the only ground for the marriage col
= pact is that she likes his looks, and he q
y mires the graceful way she passes aroul
I, | the ice cream at the picnic! 1t is all tn
: know about each other 1t is all the prepal
" ton for life. A woman that could not ma
d, q loaf Of bread to save her life will swear
!, cherish and obey. A Christian will mar
10 an atheist, and that always makes &C
= Joined Indebtedness, for If a man does l
. believe there is a God he is neither to
u trusted with dollar nor with your lifelo
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