v3 Chapter 414： Marriage Freedom in the Nineteenth Century

On July 20, 1868, an ordinary civil incident in the Netherlands aroused the attention of all the Dutch people, and even many European countries were looking at it.

Jay, 27 years old, a native of the Netherlands, originally a teacher at The Hague University, migrated to Melbourne with his family in 1865, and is currently an ordinary faculty member of the University of Melbourne.

Mereseyne, an Aboriginal from mainland Australia, 25 years old, became a Pacific Aboriginal language teacher in Melbourne in 1866. She is enthusiastic and kind.

Just like an ordinary love story book, a noble white man from the Netherlands fell in love with a dark-skinned Australian mainland female aborigines. In the end, the two eventually fell in love. The two wanted to register their marriage, but However, they were told that it could not be done, because the local government had not been notified that intermarriage between the two ethnic groups was allowed. At the same time, the two were also told that their beliefs were different from each other, so it was difficult for the church to hold the wedding.

However, due to the racial-ethnic differences between the two sides, the views of their families, and the unique "superiority" of Europeans, the two people's "love was soon made public", and it has become the object of hot discussion since the University of Melbourne.

At this time, it was rare in Europe to hear of white people marrying black people. Even in terms of identity, many countries discriminated against them, not to mention marriage.

Although the Netherlands is the first to practice the practice of enjoying Dutch identity for all ethnic groups in the Netherlands in recent years, in marriage, each ethnic group is still selective and searches for their own 'similars', at least the white Dutch are looking for objects other than their own native Dutch. In addition, the second object will be placed on other Europeans.

Even if there is an occasional 'accident', it will be quickly stopped.

So when Jay and Mere Seini, two advanced workers at the University of Melbourne, one of the top universities in mainland Australia, openly engaged in a love affair between white and black, this made the University of Melbourne aroused a frenzy of discussion. , the city of Melbourne, the entire state of William and the entire Australian continent were shocked.

"I treat love with sincerity, I think before God, love is great regardless of race." - Jay

"Jay and I are real. Although we know how difficult it will be, we really want to be together. I think the Dutch government and His Majesty William IV will agree with us." -Mereseini.

On July 22, 1868, Jay and Mere Seini publicly stood in the Dutch "Australian Times" and announced that the two would not be afraid of people's terrible speech attacks, and their hearts would not change.

On July 23, 1868, Jay was met by a Melbourne minister of the Protestant Church in Melbourne, the Netherlands, who asked Jay to keep his allegiance to Protestantism.

"I don't want to change Mere Seini's beliefs, because everyone can get their own freedom, including her freedom to change my beliefs."

Jay's words made many Christians in mainland Australia dissatisfied, and even many churches only accepted your request to propose Jay as a Protestant.

On July 29, 1868, the Protestant Bishop of Australia, Eudaud, met with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Far East, Flos. Alan. Feng. Hall, asked the Dutch government to continue to support Protestant matters.

This is to put pressure on. Obviously, the bishop has realized that the Dutch government has not been involved in the cross-skin 'love' that has become more and more troubled between the two for so long, which has made the bishop realize something.

That's why they hurriedly searched for the head of the Dutch government in the Far East, Fros. Alan. Feng. Hall.

Apparently, the people behind him have also begun to see that the Dutch government has loosened up on the issue.

The meeting between the two has not only become the focus of everyone's attention in the Far East, but also aroused huge attention even in Europe.

Because, this is likely to cause a herd effect, if the Netherlands continues to insist on the white Netherlands, then other countries may not make changes, but if the Netherlands considers the Commonwealth of Millikin, completely give those who have skin color the "inferior" People” have the same status, and even marriage is not restricted, so it is conceivable that as the core members of Western European elite countries, it is true that other countries may follow suit.

"We don't want the Netherlands to change, because we are also Germanic, and I don't want the blood to be thinned" - British Prime Minister Disraeli.

"Although Prussia has merged many territories, it implies that Prussian blood has always been on the European continent, and we are very white and clean" - Bismarck, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia.

"The French Empire is the most noble nation in Europe, and we are very pleased that the policy of Paris has maintained its purity until now" - Olivier, Prime Minister of the French Empire.

"Austro-Hungary is a great multi-ethnic country. We will not criticize any multi-ethnic country, but we are obsessed with our diversity. At present, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is limited to the white people of Central and Eastern Europe" - Austro-Hungarian Empire Prime Minister Rainer. Archduke Ferdinand.

"The Kingdom of Sweden will not criticize any actions made by the Netherlands, because we believe that the Netherlands will do things in its own right" - Swedish Foreign Prime Minister Radwig.

"Denmark is in the same situation as the Netherlands, and therefore empathizes with the situation in the Netherlands" - Prime Minister of Denmark, Monrad.

The positions of various countries have made the Netherlands, which was an ordinary domestic civil service, unexpectedly rise to the level of internationalization.

This makes people have to sigh, the Netherlands is worthy of being an international hot spot.

Of course, with the development of things, some countries that want to see Dutch jokes have begun to feel excited because of the church's participation in the pressure test.

Because the Netherlands is one of the Western sects, any of the three major Christian sects has a strong symbiotic influence. Although it is not the Middle Ages, people in various countries rarely violate the rules of the church.

Obviously, this incident in the Netherlands is likely to cause a gap between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the church.

Many people are speculating that the Dutch government should finally choose to retreat.

After all, it is said that missionaries have "worked hard and made great achievements" for the interests of the West. How could the Netherlands be able to provoke public anger?

So they all guessed that the Netherlands would end up in a hurry.

However, will it really be so?

On August 2, 1868, a group of Melbourne University saints took to the streets of Melbourne to demonstrate, demanding that the Dutch government contact the marriage restrictions. They were the Melbourne city government and went to the local church. They also asked Bishop Eudaud not to block the freedom of marriage. .

"This is something that God will not do, because God has never been so unloving. We think the church should persuade people to do good instead of breaking up marriages."

This is a group of progressive young people. They are composed of university students from mainland Australia and even the Far East of the Netherlands. With the connection of these people, they gradually expanded to various universities. Even, under their leadership, middle school students openly participated. .