That the decree granting the divorce or separation shall bear the number, name and age of the children born of the marriage, together with the annual sum that each party is bound to furnish for their maintenance and education. That this decree shall state to whose custody the children are entrusted, whether by natural consent or by familial or judicial authority. That it shall be placarded publicly in the courts, and inserted in the leading journals of the vicinity. That this instrument shall accompany the publication of the bans of a subsequent marriage, under pain of heavy penalties. READER. These measures are severe; if it would be easy to become divorced, it would not be easy to marry afterwards. AUTHOR. I do not deny it; but it is better to prevent divorce by the difficulty of marrying afterwards, than by placing restrictions upon it; in the first case, the difficulty comes from the fetters which the individual has forged for himself; he makes his own destiny; in the second, individual liberty is infringed upon by social authority, which is an abuse of power. READER. Let us enter upon the legal reforms concerning morals. AUTHOR. We demand that every promise of marriage which is not fulfilled shall be punished with a fine and damages. That every man whom an unmarried mother can prove by witnesses or letters, to be the father of her child, shall be subject to the burdens of paternity. That the investigation of paternity shall be authorized like that of maternity. That the seduction of an unmarried woman under twenty-five shall be severely punished. That no unmarried woman can be registered among the public women before twenty-five years old, and that she shall be put into the house of correction if she abandons herself to prostitution before this age. That every abandoned woman who receives a man under twenty-five years of age shall be punished with fine and imprisonment, and that the penalty shall be terrible if she is diseased. READER. It will be said that paternity cannot be proved. AUTHOR. I do not deny that it may be possible that the father attributed to the natural child will not be the true one; but it will be necessary to establish by proofs that he has rendered himself liable to be reputed such: it is the probability of paternity in marriage extended to paternity out of marriage. So much the worse for men who suffer themselves to be caught! it is shameful to attach impunity to the most disorderly and subversive of selfish desires; women must no longer bear alone the burden of natural children, and no longer be tempted to abandon them. READER. But what if it be proved that a married man has rendered himself liable to become a father outside his household. AUTHOR. This should be first a case of divorce; next, of punishment for him and his accomplice. As to the child, the man should bear the charge of it in concert with the mother. READER. These are indeed Draconian laws!