Tracts Issued by the Marriage Law Defence Union, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Tracts Issued by the Marriage Law Defence Union, Vol. 1: ScripturalThe urgency of considering this question is also evident from the fact that, whereas in the year 1880 the number of votes in the House of Lords for removing the restriction was 90, in this year it amounted to 128, and was less only by four than the number of the votes for maintaining theprohibition. And there can be little doubt that if the Bill for abolishing the restriction had not been negatived by this narrow majority in the House of Lords, it would have been carried in the other House of Parliament.We must therefore be prepared for a renewal of the struggle in a short time.I do not underrate the argument against this measure from social considerations, and I have often dwelt on it formerly.ale But this argument has little weight with those whose interests and passions are in favour of the proposed change, and every succeeding year diminishes-not the force of the argument - but the chance of its success.The appeal made to men's feelings on behalf of the large and increasing number of innocent children, the issue of these marriages, who are now under a ban of illegitimacy, has great power to move their tender compassion. They are swayed also by the fact that one after another the Legislative bodies of our English Colonies, and our English and Scotch Municipal Corporations - which were formerly op posed to the change, and can hardly be said to ignore social considerations - have pronounced in favour of the relaxa tion of the law. Germany and America have done the same.The appeal also to 'natural instincts' will be equally fruitless. This is evident from the practice of the most civilised nations of antiquity. Among the Greeks and Romans their principal deity, Jupiter, was said by them to have married his own Sister. Ptolemy Philadelphus, the celebrated King of Egypt, did the same. The Persians did not scruple to marry their own daughters, mothers, and sisters.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.