There is certainly no country in the world where the tie of marriage is so much respected as in America, or where conjugal happiness is more highly or worthily appreciated.

In Europe almost all the disturbances of society arise from the irregularities of domestic life.

To despise the natural bonds and legitimate pleasures of home, is to contract a taste for excesses, a restlessness of heart, and the evil of fluctuating desires.

Agitated by the tumultuous passions which frequently disturb his dwelling, the European is galled by the obedience which the legislative powers of the State exact.

But when the American retires from the turmoil of public life to the bosom of his family, he finds in it the image of order and of peace.