THE INNOCENT DIVORCED [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--Your
American correspondent, Mr. S. J. Fisher, seems to blame me for not knowing, or not stating, in my letter of September 26th, what was the trouble in the Thackeray family. I was perfectly aware of the fact, but I also know that the ardent advocates of divorce contend that incurable illness, including insanity, should be made by law a ground for the dissolution of wedlock. I would like to remind your readers that the controversy in the Spectator was not started by those of us who affirm the indissolubility of marriage, but by some who are discontented with the measure of divorce already allowed them. And I may add that should they raise this question in Parliament or the Church Assembly, we, Of course, are not going to remain silent.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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