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OPEN COUNCIL. 141
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To the Editor of the English Woman's Jou...
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To the Editor of the English Womarts Jou...
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Open Council. 141
OPEN COUNCIL . 141
To The Editor Of The English Woman's Jou...
To the Editor of the English Woman's Journal . Madam ,
I regret that "P . D . " should disapprove of my views of matrimony , and consider them singular . I believe marriage to be a solemn engagement or contract between
two x ) ersons _t ° live together and be faithful to each other through fulness life , and of that one this or _contract other of continues the parties binding . Both till parties broken , on by the the unfaith contract
whether being broken man , or oug woman ht to . be should at liberty be driven to marry from again society ; as but a criminal the guilty and one a , perjurerwhile the children , should be consigned to the care of the innocent
one . A , divorce I regard as the legal declaration that the contract has been so broken and is therefore at an end . If a divorce were granted on minor groundssubsequent union wouldin my opinionbe no marriage at
, any , , shall all . marry '' Whosoever another shall , committeth put away adultery his wife ; , and except whoso it be marrieth for fornication her which , and is put doth commit adultery '—Matthew xix 9 _JSTow far from being
original away or singular , this view , so . far as my observation . . extends so , is generally entertained .
serve "With that regard she to has the accidentall sentiment y against misquoted which my " words P . D . " , and protests , I think , I must , cons ob e- - quently misunderstood my meaning , which I might have expressed more
to clearl the y woman thus : " in One her great age , obj that ect position in the institution which her of beauty marriage or other is , to ch secure arms won Many for her a man in her unfortunatel youth . " marries for the sake of a pretty face
tired of it before long , and y would be glad to get rid of his wife and , marry grows another could he do so without injury to his reputation ; and if divorces were granted for incompatibility , he could effect this by becoming "
incomjud patible ge could , " and discover no care whether in the his law incompatibility courts could were prevent real him , or , onl for y no feigned human in losing order to her obtain position his freedom as a married . The wife woman , however and being , would deprived generall of y half dislike her
fairness children be ; and divided in cases between of divorce the parents for incompatibility , as is done , in the Prussia children . "We must know in how a separation much harsh from treatment the fear of women losing will their submit children to now but rather they than would app endure ly for
in silence a far , greater amount of ill-usage rather , than agree to a divorce ; for away who their could affections bear to , perhaps see another bkindness woman ruling , or worse over still her , treating children them , stealing with severity ? The power of marrying y again herselfwould not compensate for
, this I think misery . thereforethat the granting of divorces for incompatibility would not benefit , our sex , but , have the contrary effect ; and I believe this to be the
general a man can opinion among tired of women his wife . If and " wish P . D . to " reall get rid y doubts of her the she sad must fact have that spent her life grow in an Arcadian bower where newspapers are not , admitted .
I am , Madam ,
Yours A _Constant faithfully , . Rkadeii .
To The Editor Of The English Womarts Jou...
To the Editor of the English _Womarts Journal , Madam
I rejoice th , at your able Journal has mooted the point of an Association for Single Ladies . It has always struck me that some such institution would
afford a desirable refuge for many ladies of limited income , giving to those
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1859, page 141, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041859/page/69/
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