The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-18

bad Mt enc case Of 0ivofee. In0oe were
-ber days of ,giofy and virtue. Then the
reign Of vics began. and divorce bccame
epidemie. II you want TO know how
rapidly the empire went down, ask Glib
bon. Do you know how the reign of ter
ror was introduced in France? BY 90
600 cases Of divorce In one year In Paris.
What we want In this country and In all
lands IL that divorce be made more and
more difficult. Then people before they
enter that relation will be persuaded that
there will probably be no escape from 1t
except through the door Of the sepulcher.
Then they will pause on the verge Of
that relation until they are fully satisfied
that 1t is best, and that 1t is right,
and that it Is happiest, then we shall
have no more marriages in fun, then men
and women will not enter the relation
with the idea it Is only trial trip and il
they do not like 1t they can. get out at
the 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 brides
hair than about the cypress on q coflin.
Uniform Law Desired.
What we want Is that the congress Of
the United States move for the changing
Of the national constitution 30 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 state
will be wrong in all the states. How is it
now? II party In the marriage relation
gets dissatisfied, 1t is only necessary to
move to another state to achieve liberia
ton from the domestic tie, and divorce
is effected 30 easily that the first one
party knows of It is by seeing 1t in the
newspaper that Rev. DIR. Somebody
few days or weeks afterward introduced
into a new marriage relation member
Of the household who went off on
pleasure excursion to Newport or a bust
ness excursion to Chicago. Married at
the brides house; no cards There IRE
states of the Union which practically put
premium upon the disintegration Of the
marriage relation, while there are other
states, like tho state of New York, which
has the pre-eminent fdiocy of making
marriage lawful at II and IA years Of
age.
The congress Of the United States
needs to move for change of the ma
tional constitution and then to appoint
a committeeman made up Of single gen
tlemen. but of men of families, and their
families in Washington-who shall pre-
pare good, honest. righteous. compre-
hcnsive, uniform law that will control
everything from Sandy Hook to the
Golden Gate. That will put IN end to
brokerages in marriage. That will send
divorce lawyers into 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 unfavorable circumstances.
More difficult divorce will put an estop-
pal to great extent upon marriage as
financial speculation. There are men
who go into the relation just as they go
into Wall street to purchase shares The
female to be invited into the partnership
of wedlock Is utterly unattractive and in
disposition suppressed Vesuvius. Ev-
erybody knows 1t, but this masculine can
didate for matrimonial orders, through
the commercial agency or through the
county records finds out how much estate
is to be inherited and he calculates 1t.
He thinks out how long it 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 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 1t Is as much batter of stock spec
ulation as anything that was transacted
yesterday In Union Pacific, Wabash
and Delaware and Lackawanna. Now,
suppose man understood as he ought
to understand, that il he goes into that
relation 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 should say to himself, Rather than a
Caribbean whirlwind with whole fleet
of shipping in its arms, give me zephyr
off fields Of sunshine and gardens Of
peace"