Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-09-23

vorces. Ii you want 10 know how easy il
~. you have ouiy 10 hook over the records
of the staies--in Massachusetts. GOO di-
vorccs In one year: IN Maine. liS in one
year: in Connecticut. iul divorces in one
year. ia the city of san Francisco. BIB
divorces IN one year; IN New England N
one year. lib divorces. and in 20 years
In New England. 10000. l. that not
easy enough. Ii the same ratio con
tinucS. the ratio of multiplied divorce aud
multiplied causes of divorce. we are not
far from the time when our courts viii
have Ia set apart whole days for npplica.
tiun. aud all you will have a. prove
against man will he that he left his
slippers In the middle Of the lloor. and
all you will have To- prove against n
woman will Ice that her husbands over
coat was huttonlcSS. Causes Of divorce
doubled in few years. doubled IN France.
doubled ia England aud doubled in the
United States. To show how very easy
IL Is. | have 10 tell sou that in Western
Reserve. Ohio. the proportion of divorces
To marriages celebrated was in one year
! 10 II. IN Rhode Island. To- IL: in Yer
mont. ! "a IL. l. not that easy cuoughf
want you Ia notice that frequency Of
divorce always goes along with the dis
solutcncss af society. Rom" for 500 years
had not one ease Of divorce. Those were
her days of glory aud virtue. Then the
reign Of vice began. and divorce became
epidemic. Ii you want t. know how
rapidly the empire went down. ask Glib
bon. DO yuu know how the reign ~ ter
ror was introduced in France by 20
OOO eases Of divorce in one year in Paris.
What We want IN this country and in all
lands is that divorce be- made more and
more difficult. Then people before they
enter that relation will bc persuaded that
there will probably he no escape from il
except through the door of the scpulcher.
Then they will pause on the verge OF
that relation until they are fully satisfied
that il is best. and that IL Is right.
and that IL l. happicSt. then we shall
have no more marriages in fun. then men
and women will not enter the relation
with the idea II is only Il trial trip aud IL
they do not like il they can get out at
thc first landing. then this whole question
will be- taken ont Of the frivolous into the
tremendous. and there will be NO more
joking about the blossoms in a brides
hair than about the cypress ON IA coiiin.
Uniform Inv Desired.
What we want is that the congress Of
the United States move for the changing
OF the national constitution so that a law
can be passed which shall be- uniform all
over the country and what shall Ice right
In one state shall he right in all the
states and what is wrong in one state
will be wrong in all the states. How is il
now: II n party in the marriage relation
gets dissatisfied. il is only necessary to
move TO another state TO achieve liberia
ton from the domestic tie. aud divorce
IL effected So easily that the first one
party knows Of il is by seeing il In the
newspaper that Rev. Dr. Somebody n
few days or weeks aftcrward introduced
into new marriage relation a member
Of the household who went on on a
pleasure excursion 10 Newport or a bust
Ness excursion To- Chicago. Married at
the brides house: no cards There are
states Of the Union which practically put
premium upon the disintrgration OF the
marriage relation. while there are other
states. like the state of New York. which
has the prc-emincnt idinry 81 making
marriage lawful M IL and II years OF
age.
The congress of the United States
needs 10 move for change Of Tie ma
tional constitution and then to appoin:
q committee not made M of single gen
ilemen. hut of men of families. and their
families Ia Washington who shall pre-
pare good. honest. righteous. compre-
heHsive. uniform law that will control
everything from Sandy Hook to the
Golden Gate. That will put an end to
broi.erages in marriage That will send
divorce lawyers into n decent business.
That will set people agitated fnr many
years on the question of how they shall
get away from each other 10 planning
how they can adjust themselves to the
more or less unfav0rablc circumstances.
More difficult divorce will put an cSinp-
pal 20 great extent upon marriage as a
| financial speculation There are men
who 20 into the relation just rs they 90
Into Wall street To- purchase shares The
female 10 be- invited into the partnership
OF wedlock is utterly unatiraetiyc aud ia
disposition II suppressed Ncsuvius. EV-
erybody knows il. Int this masculine can
didate FOR matrimonial orders. through
the commercial agency or through the
county records finds OFT how much estate
Is 90 he inherited. and he calculates IL.
He thinks out how long it will hr before
the old man will die and whether he can
stand the refractory temper until he
does die aud then he enters tie relation.
for he SAYS III | cannot stand IL. then
I through the divorce law | will back out "
That process il going on all the time. AMI
men enter in'o the relation without any
moral principle. without any affection.
and IL is a> much matter Of stock spec
ulation as anything that WIS transacted
yesterday IN Union Pacific. Wabash
and Delaware and iackawauna. Now.
suppose a man understood. a. he ought
TO understand. that II h. goes into that
relation there Is no possibility Of his get
ting out or no probability. lie would he
more slow Ia put his neck in the yoke.
II" should say 20 himself. Rather than n
Caribbean whrwind with n whole fleet
of shipping in it's arms. give me Il zephyr
of fields Of sunshine aud gardens of
peace"
Marrying ca Reform Men.
Rigorous divorce law win also hinder
women from the fatal mistake Of marry
\ ing men to reform them. II q Young
man. 10y - years of age or - years Of
age. have the habit Of strong drink fixed
on him. he is as certainly bound Tor a
drunkard's grave as that train start
| ing ont from the Grand Central depot at
= o'clock tomorrow morning is bound for
Albany. The train may not reach Al.
bany. for il may Ice thrown from the
track. The young man may not reach
a drunkard's grave. for something may
throw him of the iron track Of evil
habit But the probability is that the
/ train that starts tomorrow morning nj
4 o'clock for Albany will get there and
the probability Is that the young man
who has the habit 81 strong drink fixed
on him before - or 30 years Of age will
arrive alta drunkard's grave. She knows
/ he drinks although he tries 10 hide il by
| chewing cloves. Everybody knows he
! drinks. Parents warn: neighbors and
friends warn. She will marry him: she
will reform him. II she is unsuccessful
in the experiment. why. then. the divorce
law will emancipate her. because habit
aal drunkenness is cause Cor divorce