THE DIVORCE BILL.
[To THE EDITOR OF VIE "SPECTATOR."1
Sia,—Without entering into theological or ecclesiastical ques- tions, there is one point on which all professing Christians are probably agreed. It is that man was meant to be monogamous. Divorce in any form is a decline from an original standard. Our Lord's words are : "From the beginning it was not so." People are afraid to tell democracy the truth, and appear to think it cannot be expected to practise any sort of forethought or self-control. I have read hundreds of letters, speeches and articles on the divorce question, and have never seen any allu- sion to the simple, if unpalatable, fact that-there are bound to be unhappy marriages so long as ;people refuse to be guided in the choice of their partners •by the ordinary common sense they would certainly exercise in the choice of a pair of boots. It is nature's way of punishing them for their folly, and deterring others from following their example. The real ,points at issue are how far the erring minority have a right to expect statu- tory relief from the consequences of their own actions at the possible expense of the common welfare; and low fax the State by granting such relief is in danger of weakening the sense of responsibility in its individual members.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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