Show MARRIAGE AND DIVOR DIVORCE the question of a ni syi tein of laws to br be applicable in ill nil ale flu states ii i i and probably on matrian matri marriage ae Z and divorce ii iq i i being agitated the laws in tl the ae N various sections of the country are so diversified and the results result of the tile diversification 11 fi arc are iu in thousands of instances so deplorable eliat it is ab nb no wonder public attention ta is 11 iveing ellig directed jo the matter adf tire question stand now tho the lige laws of the country havo have but small binding force beyond their geow lanying moral influence which iq i the callous aud and dot tot braved who enter into wedlock and assume its obligation and responsibilities biliti bili ties cs in one state can if they have tho the requisite amount of oft money noney cut loose from them by application to some other state or perhaps one of the territories riep the prodigious catal catalogue of untold as well a s exhibited cases of human woe resulting in from such mich a condition mit must at 11 necessarily be appalling and call for any adequate remedy that can call be applied tile question is beset with grave difficulties however congress can in do 10 lo nothing not nothing hinc a in the matter being barred by the constitution which provides that each state shall be sovereign in the tile regulation of its social relations would it bead be advisable for this position to be aldei cd ed by constitutional amendment it would be an irm irn in favor of an republican anti ten tend delley enc into which the country has bas been drifting drilling for some time concentration of the powers of government within a limited circle this policy N ii is i i against it dinst the genius of our institutions I and would lead the tile nation t into a i situation but little better thau that of a constitutional monarchy E ex president woolsey of ald ahle college suggests anie by li he thinks the object can be attained he lie favors the holding of a national convention who eliose se duty shall be ile the g framing of maixia marriage geo and ani divorce divor I laws tasi to be adap adopted ted by all au this would have hav i c to be done by hc ilic concurrent action of the state ul legislatures ii isla tures but it is very questionable whether the concurrence of all the legislatures could b be secured the tile failure of bur but one to harmonize on the tile subject would lit millia lie I whole apropo proposal sil |