New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-06
POPULAR OBSERVATIONS.
rrsrRA1Nr OF THE DIVORCE EVIL
f., n,scussIoN TO BE HAD AT CONVENTION IN
,1o.nvAy TABERNACLE NEXT TUESDAY.

,,,s-,.esrox TO BE HAD AT CONVENTION IN
ROADWAY TABERNACLE NEXT TUESDAY.
=. ~. Editor Of The Tribune
e., In an issue Of The Los Angeles Times
.,,na ago undo- the heading The Crime OF
49, Nineteenth Century" the following concerning
divorce occurs
r.,s is one Of the awful crimes of this generation
Tine against high heaven. against all that is
sacre .ha sanctify of the home. Break away from
s n binding sense OF The marriage covenant and
tne strtke a blow at the very foundations Of So
you The hest and the highest element that Is
clets spS In our social polity, and lay the axe at
W verv roots OF social order ana purity
,b,s ,s \ sentiment that finds echo In the bosom
,,,o.,enths OF the people in America. 1t Is
orr,ed that at least 90 per cent of the people Of
W. ,-u,ted States Catholic and Protestant Jew
ao,+ue are In favor OF Christian marriage
or. one man and one woman. and wellnigh
-. number will concede the Scrptural idea OF
$50 for one cause alone. II this be true, It fol-
- tha, one-tenth Of the peope-Anarchists, So
.,a,,s,s Atheists sceptlcs. constituencies people
"a freebooters generally-have run us into
.hs greatest crime OF the nineteenth CEN
- I'm We have IN the States and Terri
-. ~ his country forty-six different sets
- a,yo,ce laws and for more than thirty DIFF
-, reasons South Carolina is the only State
-. has no divorce law-will not divorce for any
inca. New-York the only State that divorces only
a.. tho RIble reason. All the other states nave
rom four to fifteen reasons
a. che worst feature is that II is alermingly on
AZ increase. Carroll D. Wright, the Commissioner
49,. a., his most valuable book OF statistics.
- ,hs, an the twenty years between 1867 and
sss th.re were granted in this country S2s,1e di-
.,o-.os" And the proportion now Is said 10 De
-, t,vantv-hve thousand year. Isn't that SIM
-, annalingo So many families wrecked yearly
- .i,o,ssnds Of children thrown into the great
s,,,,ated that in twenty years OF such
"~ soc there are children enough unparenteo
=. Constitute IN number the army OF Grant ana
= nut together. And whence this evsT IL Is IN
,ho isv our legislators have been overseeh' OF
so,o,,ed or gulled, bribed by the plea OF hu-
,,ortprers the magnfying OF human causes lhe
arovation Of self-bred wrongs, to cut loose from
',s s,,,ne and adopt the human policy. And at
,s,s noint as well as every other where they nave
- the same fatal blunder. they have introduced
~,re and suffering and crime and misery INTO
The social being -,ho.,o
rbe convention that opens in broadway IsueiH ma
ala on tuesday evening December o. at ''So cio0A'
has this as one OF Its prominent suD' ,hs Right
5,ecussed on Wednesday afternoon by the Nle lN
D.. William {. Doane Of Albany. All VIM
-. the purity Of the home should come 10 mean
This eminent speaker , -, A,o.,as
p,rs,,,np the same subject, "The Los AngeieS
,rtmes" further says to good purpose:
Tho. our divorce laws should be SO IesI I5 ne
40, this prevalent evil of the century snoni1,ins
ma irorossbe of repetition without IeSe1 80
naae h. IsT its nerited punishment IN no o td
II, "u an Inc sanctity Of the home DC nlai'
~ .;bs ntrity OF society be established
uere come the right and duty OF every pure
-.,rded man and woman Of the country 10 sPeaA
-, end demand that this iniquity be stopped io'
-, rev,spaper on the side Of purity ana virtue 70
at saarlessv and for every pulpit ana pia'Ioi IL
- cive forth no uncertain sound on sueh d pueS
80 nd never rest until the fundamental Ia" Oh
ar lad shall be a constitutional protection OF the
family. , ,,. M, Sim
And u law 10 protect the family, why not SIM
,a- Law, 70 protect the Sabbath? The Christian
ssbbsth Is Slipping away from US. Can we exist as
q Nation without it? And If law for the SAP
n,b vbv not like law TO protect the unnuIno perez r,
Thousands from the rsvages of drink ana al ike
evils? . ~, 81. .tts ,houeht for the
5,scussion Of lust such questions. ana espeSLairs
the relations Of such questions 10 the STATE =,
Sention has been called to meet In broa. -. ~
rsharnacle on Tuesday evening OF next Week 70 De
addressed by speakers Of a National reputaiV9tii
THE Conventions aim is the lettering OF our
condition and all who desire a better stats %
fnnras are requested 10 come ana lehu tIle nop "a
rher presence and sympathy and eo-oper3uohE;
New-YOrk. Nov %, 1&s H. H. "SO