tions?

_Answer_. I think that Liberals should do all in their power to
induce people to regard marriage and divorce in a sensible light,
and without the slightest reference to any theological ideas. They
should use their influence to the end that marriage shall be
considered as a contract--the highest and holiest that men and
women can make. And they should also use their influence to have
the laws of divorce based on this fundamental idea,--that marriage
is a contract. All should be done that can be done by law to uphold
the sacredness of this relation. All should be done that can be
done to impress upon the minds of all men and all women their duty
to discharge all the obligations of the marriage contract faithfully
and cheerfully. I do not believe that it is to the interest of
the State or of the Nation, that people should be compelled to live
together who hate each other, or that a woman should be bound to
a man who has been false and who refuses to fulfill the contract
of marriage. I do not believe that any man should call upon the
police, or upon the creeds, or upon the church, to compel his wife
to remain under his roof, or to compel a woman against her will to
become the mother of his children. In other words, Liberals should
endeavor to civilize mankind, and when men and women are civilized,
the marriage question, and the divorce question, will be settled.

_Question_. Should Liberals vote on Liberal issues?

_Answer_. I think that, other things being anywhere near equal,
Liberals should vote for men who believe in liberty, men who believe
in giving to others the rights they claim for themselves--that is
to say, for civilized men, for men of some breadth of mind. Liberals
should do what they can to do away with all the theological
absurdities.

_Question_. Can, or ought, the Liberals and Spiritualists to unite?

_Answer_. All people should unite where they have objects in
common. They can vote together, and act together, without believing
the same on all points. A Liberal is not necessarily a Spiritualist,
and a Spiritualist is not necessarily a Liberal. If Spiritualists
wish to liberalize the Government, certainly Liberals would be glad
of their assistance, and if Spiritualists take any step in the
direction of freedom, the Liberals should stand by them to that
extent.

_Question_. Which is the more dangerous to American institutions
--the National Reform Association (God-in-the-Const