Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05

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proportion Of divorces to marriages cee-
hratcd Wa, in one year to Il: in Rhode
Island. 10 ); in Vermont, to a. Is not
thai easy enough
want you TO notice that frequency Q,
divorce ALWAYS eoe. along with the tiisso.
luteuess Of society. Rome for 500 years
had not one case OF divorce. Those were
her days Of glory and virtue. Then the
reign al vice began, and divorce became
epidemic. II YOU want to know how rap
Idly the empire went down, ask tiibbon.
Do xon know how the reign of terror was
Introduced in Franee> BY 20 900 eases Of
divorce in one year IN Paris.
What we want is that the Congress "a
the tnlted States move for the changing
OF the national constitution 50 that law
can be passed which shati be uniform all
over the country and what shall be 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 party in the marriage relation gets
dissatisfied, 1t IS only necessary to move to
another State TO achieve liberation from
.he domestic tie. ana divorce is effected SO
easily that the first one party knows Of il
is bT seeing II in the newspaper that Rev
DR.. Somebody few DAYS or weeks af.er-
ward Introduced into new marriage reIa-
tion member OF the hous ehoId VINO went
of on q pleasure excursion to Newport or
a business excursion to Chicago. Married
at the brides house: no cards There are
States. OF the CnioA Vplich practically put
premium upon thahisintecration d the
marriage relation, while there are other
States, like the State & New York. which
has the pre- eminent idiocv Of making mar
riage lawful al twelve and fourteen wears
OF age.
The Congress Of the United states naels
to move fer a change OF the nutionat con-
stitutIon and then 10 appoint committe.
mot made up of single gentlemen but OF
MA : For,1 tafr fo,,,
inston-who shall prepare good. honest.
righteous, comprehensive uniform law that
will control everything from Sandy Hook
to the Golden Gate. That will put an "nt
to brokerases in marriages. That will send
divorce lawyers into Il decent business.
That will set peopie .agitated for many
years on the question OF how they shall ger
away from eacn otne- to Planning now tnev
can adjust themselves to the more or less
unfayorable circumstances.
More difficult divorce will pu. an cStop-
pal to a great extent upon marriage rs u
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
wedioch is utterly unattractive and in dis.
position Il suppressed Nesuvus. Everybody
knows it, but this masculine candidate for
matrimonial orders, through the commer-
| eiaI agency or through he county records,
! finds out how much estate is 10 be in
| herited, and he calculates it. He thinks
! out how long it will be before toe elf nan
will die and whether he can stand the re-
fract ory temper lntil he does die. and then
he enters t he relation, for he says If I
i cannot stand it. then through the divorce
| law will back OUT That process is 60
| ing on all the time, and men enter into the
! relation without any moral principle, with
! out any affection, and IT is US much mat
| ter OF stock speculation as anything that
! was transacted yesterday in Union Pacific,
Wabash and Delaware and Lackawannu.
| Now, suppose man understood he
| ought to understand, that If he goes into
| that relation there is no possibility Of his
| getting cut 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 feet Of
| shipping in its arms, give me Il zephyr of
fields of sun hne and gardens OF peace -
Rigorous divorce law will also hin Ter
| women from the fatal mistake Of marrying
| 1nen to reform them. II n young man, by
twenty years Of age or thirty years Of
age. have the habit OF strong drink fixed
on him, he is as certainly bound for u
drunkards grave as that u train starting
out from the Grand Central depot at 3
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 drunkaris )
grave, for something may throw him Off
the iron track Of sssi habit. But the proba-
bility is that the train that starts to-mor-
row morning at 9 O'Clock for Albany will
get there, and the probability IS that tho
young man who has the habit OF strong
drink fixed on him before twenty-five
or thirty wears OF age will arrive
at a drunkard's grave. She knows
he drinks, although he tries 70 hide il
bv chewing cloves. Everybody knows
he drinks. Parents warn; neighbors
and friends She will marry him.