The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-29
A WORD TO THE OPPONENTS OF EASY DIVORCE.

Tending or guilty party WHOM Goa
hath joined together let no man put
asunder,' is safe rule and law for
public guidance and should certainly
never be violated in granting absolute
divorces for any less reasons tha0
those mentioned in the present Code
by adopting this law few hard
ships may follow and some deserving
persons may be made to suffer, but
the benefit to the general public aud
the cause of. good morals Will more
than outweigh the injury sustained in
q few cases.
Marriage is most holy and sacred
contract and should be entered into
only after due and prayerful consider
alton. but once Solemnized, should
never be dissolved for less reason than
those in force in 1888.
when people find they cannot be
easily separated, but indeed take each
other for better or for worse, they
will bear and forbear' with each
cther's frailties, thus preserving the
sanctity of the marriage VOW and adj
ding TO the safety, purity and peace of
home life
TO the people Of North Carolina
who regard the Home as the basis OF
our civilization and who wish to re-
peal all lax divorce laws: There is
work to do. The able attorneys,
whose zeal for clients in need of spe-
cial legislation. makes them active,
will make Roadway in their effort to
secure additional causes for divorce
unless the sentiment for repeal max es
itself felt and unless the men who
have been delegated to press the me-
MORALS of $4,000 petitioners are as
aggressive us those whose friendship
for a few people in exceptional cir
cumstances causes them to ask for adj
| Gitional causes for divorce.
Before the new Constitution. parties
having suffered because of unhappy
marriages. applied TO the Legislature
for divorces. The applications took up
much of the time of the Legislature
and were not always iudicially deter
mined. Therefore the new Constitu-
ton declared that 1.-THE General AS
sembly of the State shall have power
to pass general rules regulating di-
Vorce and alimony, but shall not have
| the power to- grant a divorce or secure
alimony in any individual case" And
yet. i'm spirit that section of the Con-
| Legislature is persuaded to add an adj
ditional cause because of an 'indiyid-
ual case" This Legislature will be
asked to add additional causes because
| of individual cases. Isn't such action
violation of the spirit. if not the let
/ n a.
Legislatures granting "a divorce in
any individual case -
Gentlemen of the General Assem-
| bly,: Pass the McNinch or the Stew
art bill-the first is prefera ble-and
| vote down every proposition to add a
new cause, no matter how eloquenuy
an eloquent lawyer pleads that the
| bars be let down for the benefit of his
suffering client. Governor Aycock
answered all these appeals on behalf
| of aggravated cases when he said: lit
is better that II few indiN iduals should
suffer from being unhappily married
| than that the public view With refer
CAGE to the soIcmnity and pcrmancIice
of the marriage relation should be i'll
the slightest degree weakened" Gov
crnor Glenn rings clear along the same
! line saying: by adopting this law a
few >hardships may follow and some
deserving persons may be madc TO
! suffer- but the benefit TO the general
public and the cause OF good morals
! will more titan outweigh the injury
| sustained i'm :, few cases.