Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-09-23


quent ADMINISTRATIONS. which did moth
ing but talk. talk talk. Even at this
late cay and with the Edmunds act in
force the evil has not been wholly ex-
tirpated. PolyCamy in Utah. though
outlawed. is still practiced in secret. IL
has warred against the marriage rela-
tion throughout the land. II is impos-
sible 10 have such an an full sewer OF in
iquity sending up SIS miasma. which H.
waited by the winds north. south. east
and west without the whole land being
sffected bv II.
Another influence that has warrec
against the marriage relation in this
country has been pustulous Heratare
with It's millions cf sheets every week
chokcd with stories OF domestic wrongs
and infidelties and massacres and OUT
RACES. until Il - wonder TO me that
there are any decencies or any common
sense left on the subject Of marriage.
One-half OF the news stands OF our greet
cities reek with the filth.
The congress Of the United States
needs 70 move for change OF the ua-
tioral constitution and then 10 appoint
acommittee-no made u7 OF single rcn-
tlemen. but OF men OF families. and their
families in Washirrton-who shall pre-
pare 4 good. honest. righteous. comrre-
hcusive. uniform law that will control
everything from Sandy Hook TO the
Golden Gate. That will put an end 20
brokcrarc~ in marriage. That viii 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 10 planning
how thev can adjust themselves To tie
more or less unfavorable circumstance
More difficult divorce will put an es-
toppel to a great extent upon marriage as
q financial speculation. There are men
who go into the rc.Rtion just as they go
into Wall street 20 purchase shares.
The female TO be invited into the part
nership OF wedlock is utterly unattrac-
tive and in disposition a suppressed
Nesuvius, Everybody knows il. but this
masculine candidate for matrimonial
orders. through the commercial agency
or through the county records finds out
how much estate is TO he inherited.
and Ne calculates IL. He thinks out how
long II will be before the old man will
die. and whether he can stand the re-
then he enters the relation. for he say
III I cannot stand IL. then through the
divorce law I will back out That proc
ess is going on all the time. and men en-.
ter the relation without any moral
principle. without any affection. and Il
is as much a matter OF stock specula-
tion as ANYTHING that was transacted
yesterday in Union Pacific. Wabash and
Delaware and Lsckawanna. Now. sup
pose q man understood. as he ought q
understand. that IL he goes into tha'
relation there is no possibility OF hit
getting out. or TO probability. H'
would be more slow TO put his neck II
the woke. lie should saw 10 himself
Rather than a Caribbean whirlNiu,
with whole fleet OF shipping in il
arms, give me a zephyr of fields Of sun
shine ard gardens OF peace"
Rigorous divorce law will also hinde
women from the fatal mistake OF mar
rying men 20 reform them. II your
man. by 25 wears OF age or 80 years O
age. have the habit OF strong drink fNe
on him. he is as certainly bound for
drurkard's grave as that train star
ing out from the Grand Central depo
AZ eight o'clock tomorrow morning
bound fer Albany. The train may nc
reach Albany. FOR Il may be throw
from the track. The young man ma
not reach a d-unkard's grave. for som,
, thing may throw him of the iron trac
of evil habit. But the probability
that the train that starts to-morro
morning at eight o'clock for Albany wi
get there, and the probability is tn.
the young man who has the habit
strong drink fixed on him before -
30 years of age will arrive at a drum
ards grave. She knows he drinks. q
though he tries TO hide IL by chewir
cloves. Everybody knows he drink
Parents warn; neighbors and frien,
warn. She will marry him; she will r
form hir. IL she is unsuccessful in Il
= experiment. why, then. the divorce la
I" will emancipate her. because habitu
drunkenness is a cause for divorce
Indiana. Kentucky. Florida, COnnec
l. cut and nearly all the states. So q
= poor thing goes 10 the altar of sac
n fee. II you viii show me tse power
!" struck streets in any city, / viii she
. YOU the homes Of the women who ms
ie ried men 70 reform them. In one ca
y out OF ten thousand il may be a succe.
a. full experiment. 1 never saw the 81
q cessfuI experiment. Bp. have a rigC
&c Gus divorce law, and that woman W
e say: IF l am affianced TO that man.
n is for life. and il now. in the ardor