Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-13
THE GREAT SCANDAL.
Greeley has his say, and Hits Right and
Left.
The Philosopher is very Emphatic about
Free Love.
From the Cincinnati Commercial.

~ EM AOhNs 4fELNAlAbEA AUs--AoElaAl
G. Reed, ir., sends TO the Sun the fol-
lowing account OF an Interview which
he had with Mr. Greeley:
Reporter-AIr. Greeley, it has been
stated that you deny ever having
asked Mr.. Beecher to marry Albert ID.
Richardson to Mrs. Mcfarland.
Mr.. Greeley-Certainly; l never
asked Mr.. Beecher anything of the
sort.
Reporter-Then, sir, there must be
some misunderstanding, for Mr..
Beecher most assuredly told me, in his
own house, that you did ask him, or
at least that he was led to understand
that you asked him.
Greeley-WhOm did Mr.. Beecher
name as representing me in this re-
quest, or in leading him to understand
that / did.
RepOrter-Mrs. Calhoun.
Greeley can explain that. / was
not well acquainted or personally in
innate with Mr.. Richardson, nor did
l know Mrs. Mcfarland. But Mrs.
Calhoun said she knew all about them;
so l wrote a letter of introduction for
her to Mr.. Beecher, telling him that
SIT MOAAAA tJAeAAAA AANA BlAo1uNs1@s anu 4
presume she did; but / know very
little-neXt to nOthing-abOut the mat
Ter, and l certainly never asked Beech
er or anybody else to marry them, or
anybody else in the whole course of
my life. I have other things to think
about besides getting people married.
Besides, why didn't you ask Mr..
Beecher to show you the letter I wrote
him, introducing Mrs. Calhoun? If
he told you the rest, he would have
been willing enough, I should think,
to have shown you the letter, If you
had asked him for it.
ReDOrter-Well, all I can say is, Mr..
Greeley, that Mr.. Beecher certainly
must have imagined and believed,
from what he told me, that
it was your wish that the
marriage should have been con-
summated, or he would never have
promised Mrs. Calhoun, even cOndi-
tiOnally, to sOlemniZe it. He certain
ly said that he considered Mrs. Cal
hOun as your representative.
Mr.. Greeley-l have not the slight
est doubt that Mrs. Calhoun told Mr..
Beecher the truth; that you may be
sure Of You may depend what she
said was true, every word of it; but
I gave her no authority to represent
me. Nobody can represent nae.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are right, Mr..
Greeley: no one can adequately rep
resent 30 wonderful a man. Mutual
bows.
Mr.. Greeley-But 7 tell you what it
is, sir; there are plenty Of people who
can misrgpresent me, and they are
doing it just about all the time.
RepOrter-H0W?
Mr.. Greeley-in the newspapers; in
the Hfraid, the SugdUy HeFcHy-all
the papers. They have all told lies
about me, and the people believe
them. because they want to, or be
cause they don't kOw any better. Just
ike in the jeff. Davis cases. They
have all garbled the evidence in this
matter regarding the Silclairs.
RepOrter-In what respect?
Mr.. Greeley-Mhy, they have sup
pressed, or never published reports
all the material facts and the testimO-
nv. What if Mr.. Richardson and
Mrs. Mcfarland did occupy the same
roo,,7. or about the same room, as they
call it2 Don't tseY know well enough
that Mr.. Richardson was a wounded
and feeble mau2 But, no: it don't
suit the papers TO publish that. If all
the testimony was published the Sin
clairs would be all right. But, no
they must garble TO suit their ID
petty malice. No, the Slnciairs and
all the rest of us must be-must be
identified with "this free-iOVe crowd
By God bringing his venerable list
upon the desk, there is no such crowd,
at lgaat. not around the Tribune Of
fee. The whole thing has been got
ten up bv The enemies Of the Tribune.
Reporter don't exactly under
stand.
Mr.. Grselev-There's the W0rld, for
instance, talking about the morality
Of the Tribune, when it hasn't any Of
its own. Why, if it hadn't been that
the parties were in some way or other
connected with the Tribune, there
wouldn't have been a mothers son OF
the whole lot but would have thought
it all right that Mrs. Mcfarland
should be called Mrs Richardson; for,
after all, it was only the matter Of a
name.
Reporter-Only the matter OF a
name, Mr.. Greeley?
MF. Greeley-Nes. Whether a WO-
man should be called Richardson, or
whether she should be called McFaar-
land-nOthing more; becaUse7as Mr..
Beecher says, il was understood that
the marriage was not to be cOnsum-
mated unless Richardson was about to
die. In that ease, nobody could be
hurt by the marriage. & was only
matter Of beneftting the children.
Reporter - lInnocently) - Whose
children? McFarland's9
Mr.. Greeley-NO. They had pro-
tsctOr, at least they had their father;
but Richardson's children. mean it
was to leave his children with pa
rent. It was for Richardson's chill
dren that the thing was done. SIind,
l don't back out of it-(emphatically)
not BIT Of it. ] think that it was
rightly done that ibis woman should
be called Mrs. Richardson, not MIS-.
Mcfarland.
Reporter-But what had Mr.. Rich
ardsOn's dying got to do with his right
to marry McEarland's wife?
MF. Greeiey-Why,a as | understand
it-thOugh ! haven'C given the subject
much attentiOn-there was a divorce
between the original parties, which
seems to me to have been all right
enough in justice, though / don't
knOW about the technicalities Of the
case; aud, besides all this, Mr.. Nc
Farland had given mp all rights on his
wife long ago.
FrrIaoIf
Greeley-Yes, it will 90 against
Nae. at the trial, know il Will-but
viii have to testify toft all the same.
don't want to hurt Mac, but l viii
have to tell them about *.
RepoFter-About his relinquishiEg
all his rights on his wife?
Greeley-Ae5. He told me 50 him
self. You see / didn't know about
the case in any particular way, until
some time before the first shooting
Aap, called upon me personally, one
day, WhG2 ! was busted with some
American ilstitgte matter, and told
me definitely Mr.. Greeley, l don't
care about the woman; l don & went
to get her back again; but that man
has treated NE badly'-Or some
words meaning the same thing. L
! listened 10 him and tried TO comfort
him, and then the villian-the dirty,
deliberate, id yillgin-shOt Rich
ardson; and then be called on me
again, and / told him ] wouldn't has C
any more TO do with him-tYou're a
bad man, Mac" Yes, / told him
that he was a bad man; and 50 he is,
/ q very bad man. And then, (exci-
( tedly) Just look at that rascally Re
cOrderi What d id pretty Judge
he is. to talk in that style. He is a
disgrace. by Cd! But the whole
thing wiz be a nine-days' wonder,
and then the people will forget ali