Show THE DIVORCE QUESTION T I 1 IT is singular haw strong bands educated as the term is usually applied will differ on important public questions here is lin an epitome of certain supposed of public morals on the question of marriage and divorce and the desirability of a national law regarding the same the comien communications uni were made to the new york speaker carlisle the laws should be made as nearly uniform as an possible Sen senator stor Sher sherman maw athe the marriage relation y should not be dissolved wept except on the ahe clearest and strongest proof of a breach of the duty imposed M kate field alg legislators isla tors had bad fletter ter beware how they put a premium on vice by forging the marital chains so tight as to make a separation too difficult dr howard crosby easy divorce breaks up families and leads inevitably ab y to a low standard of morality marion harl chariand Ha and neither of the divorced parti parties es sho uld be b permitted permit tM to marry again francis E wis 1 lard Di divorce is easier than marriage there should be a national law joseph cook loose di booe is becoming a vast mischief A national national law is needed bishop dewmaw the difference between utah and some other states is that in tile former plural wives are simultaneous while in the latter they are successive f president de costa of the white cross society we ask ash for a national marriage law in accordance with which a domn legally married in one state would find herself legally married in every state annie jenness miller make the gateway of escape as wide as possible congressman mcadoo make divorces odious no national law is wanted let the states manage their own business 11 1 1 mayor hart of boston let us all blush for our marriage and divorce laws bishop whipple of minnesota marriage is a divine institution which is desecrated by divorce sarah K bolton having worked in benevolent and christian societies all my life and seen women and little children made dependent on charity through intemperance and failure to support I 1 cannot think that infidelity should be the only cause for divorce bishop whitehead whitebead iq 1 I am heartily in favor of a national law william S hol man marriage belongs exclusively to the field of state legislation pl we think the consensus public of opinion is that there are other causes than the one offense encase supposed to be be the only thing to justify divo divorce ree which render the dissolution of some marriages proper and necessary necessary essay who would say that a woman ought t to be compelled to live with a man as his wife when her whole nature has come to loathe and repel him when she has neither love nor respect for him when he beats or otherwise abuses her when he is an habitual and confirmed drunk ird ard or when his conduct and habits are such as to render him an object of her utter aversion some people will quote tile the words worda of the author of the Christ christian christaan lan religion on this subject but we understand der stand the saviors inhibition to relate to a mans manlo putting away his wife there are many reasons why this might not apply to the caw case of a woman unable to endure the brutal ity or other oiher misdoings mis doings of her ber husband the oases ewes are different and christ was speaking ming of the mosaic custom which permitted a man manto to his wife we a bill of divorce divorcement and put her away against her will god hates putting away this has reference to the treachery which many a man displayed toward the wife of his youth J under the old rule of the mosaic law As to the diverse civil laws of this country there then can be but one opinion among thoughtful people they need unification or conformity but there may be two opinions concerning the manner in which reform hould should be effected it must either be done by national law or by mutual arrangement among adiong the states we must say aay that we are opposed to the first named method an amendment to the national constitution would be the first necessary step in the movement and this would require a radical change in the very foundation of our political po t c a I 1 institutions marriage is a mitter matter to be regulated ineich in each state it Is a domestic institution which belongs to local self government the regulation of divorce implies the regulation of marriage make divorce laws national and you at once open the way to make marriage laws national we believe the better way to be by friendly conference uniformity fifthe laws relating to marriage and divorce can be brought about without relinquishing any more of the powers of the respective states to the federal authority we believe the encroachments encroach ments of the latter upon the former have gone qt quite alte far enough for the common good and that true patriotism will seek to prevent any further fur their strides in that direction for therein lies hes danger to the form of government established by the file founders of this republic |