The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-11-18

and what IT, wrong In one stare VIII DO
wrong in all the states' How Is IL now!
If n party in the marriage RELATION gets
dissatisfied, 1t is only necessary to move TO
another State to achieve liberation from
che domestic tie, and divorce ia effected so
ensi ly that the first one party knows OF IL
Is by seeing 1t in the newspaper that rev.
DR., Somebody a few days or weeks al-er-
ward introduced into a new marriage rela-
tion d mem Der OF the household who went
hfY ot, a pleasure excursion to Newport or |
a bu siness excursion to Chicago. Married |
Mt the brides house; no cards. There are
States of the-Unlon which practically put |
A pfsmirir ri upon the disintegration OF thc
marriage relation, while there are other |
States like the State CT New York, which |
ha the pre-eminent idlocy OF making mar |
rage lawful at twelve and fourteen years
Of age:
The Congress OF tho United States needs
RI move fer a change OF the national con-
stitution and then to appoint committee
-hct made up Of single gentlemen, put OF
men OF families; and their families In wash
ington-who shall prepars GOOD, honest.
riehteous comprehensive uniform law that
viii control everything from Sandy H0oN
to the Golden Gate. That will put an emo
to brokerage In marriages. That Will SEND
divorce lawyers into decent business.
That will set people agitated for many
wears on the question OF how they shaii eee
can adjust themselves to the more or less
unfayorable circumstances.
More difficult divorce will put an est?p'
pal to a Great extent upon marriage US
| financial speculation: There are men VINO
| 90 into the relation just as they 20 INTO
| Wall street to purchase shares. Inc ie
| male to be- invited into the partnership OF
wedlock Is utterly tnattractiye and In DIS
| posltion suppressed Vesuvius. Everybody
| knows II. but this masculine candidate for
matrimonial orders, through the CONNER
| ciai agency or through the county RECORDS,
| finds out how much estate Is TO pc IN
| herited and he calculates 1t. He thinks
ont how long 1t will be before the old man
will die and whether lie can stand the re-
! fractory temper until be does dis, and tnen
| he enters the relation, for he says, III
cannot stand 1t, then through the divorce
| law will back out" That process 10 60
ing on all the time, and men enter into tue
| relation without any moral principle, with
ont anv affection, and 1t Is rs much mat
ter of st ock speculation as anything that
| was ira t,sacted Yesterday In Union Pacinc,
Wabash and Delaware and Lackawanna.
Now, gu ppose a man Understood rs he
ought to understand, that II he goes into
that relation there IL no possibility Of his
getting ut or no probability: He would
be more 81 ow to put his neck In the yoke.
He should say to himself, "Rather than
Caribbean whirlwind with whole fleet OF
shipping 10 its arms, give me zephyr OH
fields OF sun shine and gardens OF peace"
Rigorous divorce law will also hin.ier
women from the fatal mistake OF marrying
men to reform them. II n young man, by
TWENTY-FIVE years OF age or thirty years OF
age. have the habit OF strong drink fixed
on him, he Is as certainly bound for
!. drunkard's grave as that train starting
out from the Grand Central depot at .
| O'Clock tomorrow morning Is bound Tor
| Albany, The train may not reach Albany,
! for it may be thrown from the track. The
/. ! Young man NAV not reach dfnnkard5
, grave, for something may throw him OF
, the iron track OF evil habit. But the proba-
! bility Is that the train that starts to-mor-
row m orning ut 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 twenty five
, or thirty years OF age Will arrive
at drunkard's grave. She knows
he drinks, although he tries TO hide II
by chewing cloves. Everybody knows
, no drinks. Parents warn; neighbors
= and frlendI warn. She will marry him,
. she will reform him. II she is unsuccess-
4 full in the experiment, why, then, the d.
i, vorce law will emancipate her, because
:. habitual drunkenness is cause Tor d.
a vorce in indiana, Kentucky. Florida, Con-
y nectieut and nearly all the States. SO the
q poor thing goes to the altar OF sacrifice. Ii
, YOU will show me the poverty struck
:, streets In any city, 1 will show you the
!. homes Of the women who married men TO
70 reform them. In one case out OF ten thou.
!. sand 1t may be a successful experiment. l
\ never saw the successful experiment. But
- have a rigorous divorce law, and that
- woman will say, eff am affianced to that
Ia man, it Is for life, and If now, In the ardol
"a of his young love and I the prize to be
" won, he will not give up his cups, when ne
!, has won the prize surely he will not give
| hat VT c
,. to the man: mo. sir; you are already mar
" ried to the club, and you are married x
"A that evil habit, and so you are married
4 twice. and you are bigamist. Cor,
ID Let me say to all young people, before
4 YOU give your heart and hand In holy al
!, lance, use all caution. Inquire outside a
"a to habits, explore the disposition, scrutin
h lie the taste, question the ancestry ant
% find out the ambitions. Do not take th'
"a heroes and heroines Of cheap novels for
n model. Do not put your lifetime nappi
y ness in the keeping OF man who has
III reputation OF being little loose in moral
nt or in the keeping OF a woman who dresse
- immodestly. Remember that, while goo
:, looks are kindly gift of God, wrinkles o
ma accident may desl oil them. RememDe
in that Byron was no more celebrated for hi
a beauty than for his depravity. Remembe
r. that Absalom's hair was not more splendi
70 than bis habils were despicable. Hear II
- Hear It'll The only foundation for bapp
is marriage that ever has been or ever wi
ID be is good character. Ask the counsel
al father and mother in this most importan
step OF your life. They are good adviser:
ca They are the best friends you ever haC
nj They made more sacrifices for you tina
,, any one else ever did.
nd And let me say to those OF you who NJ
al in happy married union, avoid flrst qua
nd rels; have no unexplained correspondent
an with former admirers; cultivate no su!
ba picions; in a moment of bad temper do NJ
"a rush out and tell the neghbors; do not IL
-, any OF those gadahouts OF society unloa
no in your house their baggage of CAB an
,as, little tattle; do not make 1t an invariab
ay rule to stand on your rights; learn how
~ ar ologze; do not be so proud or so stu
~ born or so devilish that you will not mai
Al up. Remember that the worst domest
CIV misfortunes and most seandalous divor'
AZ cases started from little infelieites. ri
az whole piled Up train OF ten rail cars tel
An sccped and smashed at the foot OF an er
&c bankment 100 feet down came to that C
AN tastrophe by getting two or three inch
~ | off the track. Some OF the greatest dome
-. tie mistortunes and the widest resoundir
M divorce cases have started from little mi
me understandings that were allowed to go
al and go on until home and respectable
ga and religion and immortal soul went doV
mr. in the crash.
avs Fellow citizens as well as fellow Chr
to tiaps, let US have a divine rage again
his ANYTHING that wars On the marriage stai
all Blessed institution Instead OF two arr
ian to fight the battle OF life. four; Instead
vas two eyes to scrutiDize the path oil life, foI