The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05

burg's heights. We ar@sproud of our
country boys, but God forbid that we
should ever file that pointing to DIR. Buff
faloe), marked as an exhibit of the coun-
try boy. And / am glad to say he's the
only one of the kind we have. We want
the country boys here, but we don't
want any more like that.
MIR. BUSBEE ON DIVORCE.
Mr.. Clas NJ Busbee followed Mr..
Ryan, making the only speech for the
defendant. He Began by expressing inf
mite sympathy for the plaintiff, but ask
ing justicee for the defendant.
'"The trouble with us men," he con-
tinued, is that it's so hard to do equal
and exact justice when there's a woman
i'm the case I'm her name, as in the
name of liberty, many crimes have been
committed and many mistakes made.
This should not be so before the bar Of
Justice. Here no age, sex or condition
should be known. Let there be Justice
equal and exact, though the heavens
fall"
Touching divorce and the sanctity of
the married lifesMr. Busbee said, among
other things:
is divorce and the ease of obtaining 1t.
l have always thought that one of the
best things in the constitution of our
siSrcr State. South Carolina, rs the fact
that mo divorce can be granted IN that
State. Man and wife take each other
for better and for WORSE and whom
God hath joined together let no man put
asrmder. Who are we that we should
into ,sfn5s, i'm Gods o1pat law
1.-THE divorce evil is growing SO rapidly
that the churches are protesting and the
very basis of society is threatened. Un-
der these circumstances the courts should
make it as hard as possible for THESE
divorces to be obtained"
He quoted from ST. Paul: II say unto
you let not the wife Depart from her
husband 1t were better, he said, THAT
woman here and there should suffer
rather than that society should be bro6-
en- up. the marriage relation brought into
contempt and the public morals corrupt
ed. This, he said, was the Apostles idea
when lie wrote these words.
THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY.
The issues submitted by the plaintiff
were taken UP seriatim by Mr.. Busbee
and discussed at length in connection
with the evidence. The whole trouble,
he thought, was caused by the fact that
Mrs Buffaloe was disappointed an not
being supported in the manner and style
she expected
"She said ON the stand that she
thought no honorable man would marry
a woman unless he could support her.
She found after marriage that she had
to do some work and she was disap-
pointed. That's the trolrble with too
many girls nowadays. They expect to
be supported Gun luxury and ease, and
when they are not they, too often sulk
and are disappointed"
Touching the might ON which DIR. but
faloe is charged wit having whipped
his child, Mr.. Busbee said, there is no
| evidence that he did This angrily.
''And even if he had whipped the child
there is none to question his right to
chastise his own child. Not even his wife
had the right to do so. Way back III
the early years Of the world, old King
Ahasuerus, who ownetf 127 provinces i'll
/ Asia. had a quarrel with his wife over
child, and he sent her away from
| his presence. Then he wrote Law,
| which the Bible says is as immutable as
the law of the Modes and Persians-he
wrote a law and had it proclaimed
| throughout the kingdom: The husband Is
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