Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-12-03
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CASE OF MCFARLAND AND RICHARDSON
March 18Th, 1867 while the latter was in com
Iany with Mrs Mcfarland, Mr.. Mcfarland
shot Albert ID. Richardson. Rightly or wrong
.y, hastily or reasonably. the husband was pro-
vok to this step by the concod ed attentions
Passing between his wife and another man. -
Siuc, then, Mrs Mcfarland, not returning to
hcr husband AMI her dusy, has been assisted
0y persons whom it is not necessary to name,
50 easy are they OF inference, to carpet, bag to
lnllaul, where she obtained divorce, good
.or that State alone, from her husband, on al
legations o! cruelty. We all know how much
or how little such an allegation means We
u know that the allegation was not eveo pre-
tended until Richardson came across the peace
and Tire purity Of this family. We all know
that it /, rs easy to get divorce as it is a cup
.i COLI water IN the State Oh Indiana. We all
snow that the hu u,bau1, Mr. Mcfarland, knew
nothing ut this divorce, - called, until 1t was
traGl ACCOMPLISHED. We all know that
divorce un Ter Indiana laws doesn't count for
- muvh in tha sentiment OF our people as u
deed o. Parliament House executed By Guy
Fawkcs would amount 10. We know that the
laws OF the State OF New York recognize no
divorce as total, aud as emitting the party
ru,nth to marry again, unless adultery, or
inbecty, or bigamy be clearly proved. We
q.i know that this so called, wild cat, straw
divorce in Indiana was expressly procured so
n> % let one man have another mans wife,
/ was not a divorce for cause. 1t was d.
cucr for a rcmarriage. 1t was not divorce
from Kan. 1t was divorce for a man.
We protest in the name Of Christian morali-
O., against any more Journalistic condonement
ot this in!amy upon the marriage relation,
up,r the laws OF God, the laws Of the State,
the rights of the real husband, aud the moral
sense and social security OF our people. We
solicit rom all horror at the mummerles and
mouS;rosities last HiSht perpetrated in the name
and bv the priests Oi religion. We desire TO
700 how Henry Ward Beecher will answer at
the bar Of public opinion for his part IN this
lonl deed The whole business is base and
ba,barou, beyond definition. The popular SEN
rmept that can applaud it is rotten to the core.
The journalistic charity which can let 1t pass,
covers. in the other sense OF the term, muI
uude Of sins.
"Ca deeper sin than bottomless conCcit
Cau comprehend in foul imaginationF'
Commeot is Invited by the heroic style in
wEich the deed is thrust forward IN the papers
Il is time tor tie recoil to be felt. The lowest
possibilities of endurance have been sounded IN
the Cfrontcry and success OF the conspiracy
alajnst true aud legal marriage. by the side
ot the crimes against HIM and against social
morality, the deed Of Mcfarland becomes
ysnial. Him we DO not endorse in his conduct.
He took the law in his own hands, and is not
fully Justified because fortified by custom and
the consent of mankind. But look at the other
side Rather do not look at it, Draw back
irom the horribly real drama, in which the
priests declare the union which Is no union,
receive the VOWS OF those held by other vows,
and bind the biGamy with bcuediction -
N,tc loE R,pab',c.