The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-19

liE dbOui tic bAtcSpsUc III Il llAAN itetth
than about the cypress on coffin
What we want is that the Congress Of
the United States move for the changing
the National Constitution. 50 that law
can be passed which shall be uniform all
over the country. and what shall be right
in one State shall be right in all the
States, and what is wrong in one Sta.c
viii be wrong IN ali the States. How Is 1t
now? II a party in the marriage rela-
tion gets dissatisfied, il is only necessary
TO move to another State TO achieve lib
Grafton from the domestic tie. and divorce
is effected so easily that the first one
party knows of it is by seeing il in the
newspaper that Rev. DR.. Somebody in
treduced into a new marriage relation n
member of the household who went on on
pleasure excursion 10 Newport. or 4
business excursion to Chicago. Married 1T
the brides house. No cards. There are
states OF the Union which practically put
premium upon the dsintegration OF the
marriage relation while there are other
States. like the State of New York. which
has the pre-eninent idiocy OF making mar
riage lawful at twelve and fourteen years
OF age.
Cod and Right eous Statute.
"The Congress of the United States
needs to move for a change of the nation
a. SOAASAAtulAtIlt anu NiASil " dppOiul
committeeman made up OF single gentle
men. but of men of families. and their
families in Washington-who shall pre-
pare a good, honest righteous, eompre-
hensive. uniform law that will control
everything from Sandy Hook to Golden
Gate That will put an end 10 broker
ages in marriage. That will send divorce
lawyers into a decent business. That
will set people agitated for many years
on the question of how they shall get
away from each other to planning how
they can adjust themselves to the more
or less unfavoTable circumstances.
More difficult divorce will put an estop-
pei to great extent upon marriage as a
financial speculation. There are men who
go into the relation just as they go into
Wall street to purchase shares. The fe-
male to be invited into the partnership
of wedlOck is utterly unattractive, and in
disposition a suppressed Vesuvius. Every
body knows it, but this masculine candi-
date for matrimonial orders, through the
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 il will 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, If 1 cannot stand it then
through the divorce law / will back out
That process is going on all the time, and
men enter into the relation without any
moral principle, without any affection,
and it is as much matter of stock specu-
lation as anything that was transacted
yesterday in Union Pacific, Wabash.
and Delaware and LackaWanna. Now,
Srfn a nndarGtnp6 a NJ ought To
understand, that if he goes into that re-
latiOn there is no possibility OF his get
ting out, or no probability he would be
more slow to put his neck in the yoke.
He would say to himself. Rather then
Caribbean whirlwind with a whole fleet
of shipping in its arms. give me zephyr
off fields Of sunshine and gardens OF
peace
Marrying o Reform the Man.
Rigorous divorce law will also hinder
women from the fatal mistake Of marry
ing men 10 reform them. II a young
man, by twenty-five years Of age or thir-
ty wears of age have the habit Of strong
drink fixed on him, he is as certainly
bound for q drunk1rd's grave as that
train starting out from Grand Central
Depot at o'clock tomorrow morning is
bound for Albany The train may not
reach Albany for It may be thrown from
the track. The young man may not reach
a drunkards grave. for something may
throw him off the iron track Of evil habit;
but the probability is that the train that
starts tomorrow morning at o'clock for
Albany will get there and the probability
IS that the young man who has the habit
of strong drink fixed on him before TWEEN
ty-five or thirty years Of age will arrive
at a dTunkard's grave. She knows he
drinks, although he tries TO hide II by
chewing cloves. Everybody knows ne
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 habituaI
drunkenness is a cause for divorce In In
diana, Kentucky, Florida, Connecticut,
and nearly all the States.
80 the poor thing goes TO the altar Of
sacrifice. If you will show me the pow
| erty-struck streets in any city, I viii
show you the homes of the women who
married men 10 reform them. In one case
cut of ten thousand 1t may be a success
| full experiment. never saw the success
/ ful experiment. But have a rigorous di-
vorce Law. and that woman will say, II /
sm affianced 10 that man, II Is for life;
and If now In the ardor Of his young
| love, and | the prize 10 be won. he will
/ not give up his cups, wien he has won
the prize surely he will not give up his
cups And 50 that woman will say 70 the
man. No. sir. you are already married "a
/ the club, and you are married 10 that evil
| habit, and so you are married twice and
/ you are blgamist Go"
Romance and impulse ReIe
"a rigorous divorce law will also do
much 10 hinder hagty and inconsiderats
marriages. Under the impression that one
/ can be easily released, people enter the
! relation without inquiry and without re.
/ fection. Romance and impulse rule the
/ day. Perhaps the only ground for ths
/ marriage compact is that she likes MS
/ looks, and he admires the graceful way
/ she passes around the Tee cream at a
| church fair or picnici 10 II all they know
| about each other. II is all the Drepara.
4 ton for life. A man not able 70 pay bis
4 own board bin, with rot a dollar tn his
/ possession, Will stand al the altar and
/ take the loving hand. and say With al
| my worldly goods / thee endOwF won.
/ an that could not make a loaf Of bread
/ 10 save her life will swear 70 love ans
keep him in sickness and IN health. A
l Christian VIII marry an atheist. and thaf
always makes cOnlOined wrsteheGness
f, for II a man dOes not believe there - Z
God ne II neither 10 be trusted with dol
lar nor with your lifelong happiness Hay
Ing read much about love In cottage
I people brought up in ease will go an
I starve In a howell Runaway matches an
eiOpemenis. go out of 1000 OF whlci
means death and he'll. multiplying on al
! hands. You see them In every day.
( newspapers.
"Our ministers in some regions have n.
defense such az they have In other reg
ions where the bans must be preylousl,
| published and an Orfieer OF the Law mus
( give a certificate that all IL right, :,
| elersymen are left defenseiess. aud unif.
| those who ought never 10 be united Per
maps they are TOO young. or perhaps The,
I are standing already ~ some d0fusSfi.
I compact BY the wreck of 1000 ho,ne.
| by the holocaust OF 1900 sacrificed me,
! aud women by the hearthstOne 0f fh,
, family, which IL the cornerstone az ~.
State, and In the name OF that God Nh,
hath set up the family Institution an,
who hath made the breaking OF The r,er
ltal oath the most appalling OF all Der