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Show If piVORCE BLESSING, SAYS HDTEB JUB1ST 1 1 no Reason Wliy Matrimonial I I Partnership Should Not Be U I Dissolved for Cause. 1 OLD POINT COMFORT, Vn.f July 0, S Describing ns a "jrrucsomo picturo" i' flhnt drawn .by Cardinal Gibbous in his N ' f views upon divorce, Henry B. Brown. J J former .iust.ioo of thn supremo court of ' u tlie United Slates, spoke yesterday at ft 'the meeting of the Maryland State Bar f' .association, j , , "The law and its procedure in dill di-ll ..vorcot" was the subjocL discussed by f Mv. Brown, Ho held that divorce fairly ohfaincd and on duo and personal no-i no-i lico to the other side generally redounds i io the wolfare of both sides and proves i I : a veal blessing. ? '-'The head nf thn Ionian Catholic jij i church in America, a man for whom 1 I" havo profound respect." said Mr. Brown, "has painted divorce as a 'monster,' licensed by the laws of J1 Christian states, to break hearts, to ''If wreck homes and ruin souls.' Tliis is I! ' certainty a gruesome picture, j " "Xo system of laws adopted by an ! idealistic" 100 years ago and taught by i'f a following ot pious and conscientious I enthusiasts can maintain its authority Li forever, however exalted its origin, if j ; it run counter to the traditions, customs y and general moral standing of the pco- ' P'e. "It is not proved why the partner- j ship created by marriage should be so ; : far different from a cnminenMal partner- : ship that one. niav be dissolved at pleas- I: uro while the other is absolute!' mdis- v' soluble. I "A proper regard for the interests of jO the state, as well as tho preservation of It domestic happiness, would seem to re- quire that when tho whole obligation M of tho matrimonial pact has been de- t featod bv tho habitual, persistent and ? uncontrollable conduct of either party m nnd that relation which should represent K the acme of human happiness is made JU to stand for all that is most repugnant ju to our desires and anticipations,. a se.v: Ijji erance of tho tie should bo permitted i The story of domestic unhappiness is j only too familiar." |