The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-08
HOT SHOT FOB BEEcHER.
ConiWgal Insuranee.

ConiWgal Insurance.
from IN, New York SUM-
would 1t not be well for some speculative
ranius to start the project OF Conjugal lnsur-
Among the Questions to be answered by appf-
sants for insurance, the following would not De
Ire free-loyers numerous in you neigheorhoedf
VINO are the clergymen In your parisnf
The Eulogists OF tho seducer.
From the New York World.]
Be,ch friends OF Richardson as Vice-President
troffax and the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher
had not afIronted the public Sc nse OF decenCy oy
cstentatious sympathy for sedaccr aha !uS'in IN
oetion OF his conduct. the press would nave no
other duty in connection with this Tragedy than
D laid upon it in the similar cases which are OF
{ guch frequent occurrence Richardson was no
inch novice as not to know that man who Sc
auces wife from her allegiance carries MS lie IN
Ais hand, and may expect TO forfeit il to the ven
reance OF the outraged husband. He dared the
and sney came and d the Sorlss
ana We will do him the justice to say that, 30 1ar
e the public Is informed, he met his tate WITHOUT
any unmSnly Quailing, or any protest against ts
.-i4hteousness. The ayengihg Nemesis, which is
Uyer on the path OF such transgressors, speeoIy
overlook him; and If his eulogists had not NJ.
tempted to blunt and pervert the moral sense OF
tAe community It would be safe. as well as charl-
1able TO dismiss him to his reward without any
But when the most popular and eloquent divine
4 n the country, and the second functionary IN the
royernment undertake to .'blazon evil DEEDS and
sonsecrare a crimen their attempt to lower the
moral tone OF the community cannot pass VILE.
ent rebuke whatever lenty mgns, pc 10
consideration OF their terrible punishment Is
1lEalloWed up in feeling Of indignation and dis
grst against those who have p.ostitutMed M snelr M
which the moral sentiment OF the community con-
0ennB.
Hr. Beecher cannot escape by turning upon the
publlc, as he did In his funeral remarks yester-
day. and denouncing, In strain OF coarse vitu-
,peration, those who regard the marriage ne as
. sacred. sgThe lion in his strength" said ne,
leaning bp M mo no sooner has the ar
row or the buntsman laid him low, than ne IS SCI
upon on euery ufte thing, ecerY ~, eueTy eravl-
10 norm. Now that he is down fresh lies are
an around about him, and death, that Is to most
.Iaen truce to old enemies, Is tne very arraJine
a battle against him." 1t iS not against the
dead seducer, but against you, MT. Beecner, ana
gpeh as you that the public indignation Is lei
.21use. on this truly Rournful occasion. Had
Sass silent mantle OF charity over the
.WhicS Won have shocked the sensoilities OF right
tshinking people, there would have 6een no oGca-
teion for you 70 stand de1antly on the defensive,
and nterpose me o05pse o. ih Sour n1se
sensure. It is against you and sucn as you tns.
ne scorching breath OF ncensed virtueis directed;
Sou, who. without the apology Of temptation, .,sH
iree from the passions which blinded those Illicit
lovers c0olly insult Christian community oy
5ulsome and indecent praises Of their guilty con-
nection But for YOU and such as you, this terri
Die case would have operated as an lmpresssive We
warning. BY your eulogies and your marriage
ceremony, you hold IL up as an example.
The indiana divorce was fraud and sham.
You married the parties knowing u 10 oe mere
E3zdidnn divorce procured on e1 pdrte represeE-
tbtions without notice to the onended husband
IN . place distant from the real residence OF the
parties You know. Mr.. Beecher, and everybody
Knows that Mrs. Mcfarland would not have dar-
a. to apply for divorce here In the State OF New
York, where the parties resided and the facts
Z would have been Investigated. In the eye OF our
laws and by the rules OF our courts the marriage
Win Mcfarland has never been dissolved; and
your performanceof the marriage ceremony made
you not only justiner Of seduction, but an abet-
Yer OF blgamy.
NcEarand's application for the custody OF his
children, this Is as clear case OF seduction as
/ was ever proved by evidence. Tne andlady OF
the house In Amity street swears 11at mis-; NC
, Farland applied to her for room Tor Richardson,
4 and that he came there in consequence OF an ar
Yangement which she had made Tor MIN. Inc
room adioined hers and the inmates OF the house
testify that she frequently In 1t In the absence
Of her husband. All this might be innocent
enough, II 1t were not for the light thrown back
s upon 1t by the subsequent developments. she
a safscrw ards abandors her husband and puts her-
J self under Richardson's protection. When he
{ Is wounded, she goes to Mr.. Sinclair's house
Snd takes care Of him. passes whole days and
whole nights alone with him, bestowing the
5 most endearing caresses upon him, and per
mitting 1t to be understood In Mr.. Sincair's
family, and by other acquaintances, that sne ana
3 Richardson were under an engagement OF mar
rage It Is impossible to resist the conclusion
: that she forsook her husband in the expectation
y sof marrying Richardson; that he had knowingly
excited that expectation. and had thereby alienst
ed her from her husband; and that the indiana
= kivorce-procured probably by the friendly inter-
,yention and assistance OF Mr.. Collax-was the
sonsummation Of purpose which had been
termed while the parties were occupying ad-
= Joining rooms in Amity street.
And upon conduct such AZ this Mr. Beecher pc
\ slows his blessing and benedction With this
history before the public In the shape OF sworn
testimony. he had the efrrontery to stand up De
side Richardson's corpse, and declare that "ooth
!. ne;and she who is left to mourn his absence,
] NeSe ay,oavs li0ed In O pyIidenttalnl0nYaer Z"
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