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Show '" Wl V ' iihii: tMim.oiKr, ' TO l ' . W,t ,,,MIS"1 t0 nutlets that the W t, ' " thee,10 '??"' Ur "c"" f I! u ' l " tl"," " Utah. Tho Z l' hlnk:U'at U' Wi".re. .f 'ik. U"'1""u' l"'' awllcatlou than 4' A' one Is at first dlspowl to accord It; lie slated a rluclple which Is or ought to In constitutional with the whole American people. "The American Immo is the bottom fact of our American Ameri-can clvlllsillin And Institutions, and any evil Invasion of tho home,whether under political, social or religious guise, Ii to he reslstej to the ex trenie of forco. If necossary. We have b-en almlttlng to our khoros hordes of (eoplo whose home habits aro nit llko ours, and who have little appreciation of what we mean by home. Wu need not only to mako thu rlteof marrltga more sacred, and to guard the muriate relation with the strongest emotions, hut hi nuka It osslhle for every family living on our soil to have a true liotur, guarleil from all Intrusion and consecrated to Ainrr lean family life. In tlu purlieus of our great cities and perliai In tho lMrer iiuarters of our smaller cities, home life Is toirccly sslble. And while we aro thinking lmw to mako the Mormons obey the law, wo liato problems nearer home which are quite asdinicult to solve, hut which mustlu soiled If wu moan to preserve the Integrity of American home life." Alluding to another phaso of the samelnterrs.tlng ajbject, the New Ur leans ilwiyune quotos statlstlu which show that In the Unite.) HUteafor the twenty years eadlng In I8S0, there were 3:i,7lodlvnrcei granted, of which IffVW! were of couples with children. Thla prompts the lScayun to ask what tsgoltigtoliodonaalnut It. Congress having never undertaken to Inlerfero with the Institution of msrr laga In any of the Utiles beyond an effort to sup-j sup-j rcs polygvmy In Utah, may It under, take to Inlerfero In cases where the Institution of divorce Is. becoming so Alarming In Its client an I teudeuclca? That It ought to, or that an attemt at uniformity In rttate legislation on the sjlject should ho sought, few 'tor sons will dispute who are familiar with the variety of the usages that am to be met Willi In different parts of the Union. In Houth Cnrollna,for Instance, there Is no cause that can lead to n divorce, not eveu the scriptural one; "whlloln Arlioiua irhJ of descrtlou extending overslt months la n suffl clcnt pica. Habitual drunkenness Is a causelnmany Mtatee, but In Mvsv chusctta alono the opium habit Is recognltid as a Justification for legal eo.aratlon. In Kentucky "uugoveru able torn per" Is a legal ph a; In l'lorlda, "cruel treatment, outrages, or such exiesH'S as to render their llv Ing together Insupportable;" In Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennesseo and Texas,"suoh Indlgultlts as to render llfo burdensome;" In (leorgla, "thresi jeara with any religious society that bellevia marriage unlawful;" In Virginia, Vir-ginia, "fuglllvo from Justice;" In Illinois, "refusal of wife to move Into thoHtjte;" "imprisonment for felony" in all HUtei eice't Florida, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New Vork, Utah, and, of course, Houth Carolina. Then, as lo restrictions on remarriage remar-riage by divorced persona, we find that ouly In Connecticut, Maine, Kentucky Ken-tucky and Illinois ara both parttea allowed au unrestricted choice In the matter. In other HtaUa the plalntlir may ronmry, hut tho defendant Is prohibited during tho llfetlmo of tho plaintiff, or for a term of years, and In some laws remarriage In violation of the law Is declared bigamy. All thtse rerutuders go to prove the truth of tho Hprlnglleld Union'i first obsrrvatlon: that Iho President's remarks re-marks may II nd applicability In other parts, Indeed In all parts, of the great American republic, wherovtr the American homo Is supposed to ixlst. Wo agrui with that view most heartily. |