I am persuaded that much good would result from such visits. I know of no remedy for the evils arising from women leaving their husbands especially as many of their marriages are far from being agreable to the females especially when matched with their conquerors or with their children. I do not wonder at their running away from their husbands to their friends and families. When their contracts are voluntary and grow out of mutual attachment there will be much less running away. All we can do is to persuade to peace and point out the way we should act, and do act, under such circumstances. We are first careful in making marriages and if by mutual consent consider the contract binding and for a wife to leave her husband is considered by us as her degredation