The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-14
THE FREE LOVERS VICTIM.
THE MrARLASD CAsE IN CHICAGO.
UJ,eiy Discussiou In the Social Science
Coreress-The Rev. Messrs. Collier ut
Loggsrhca ds-An mother Apologize for Free
Iove-A Just Rebukc.

e. " Peace. praee"-tbat there never weie .nco
nes these, and that I'll century WIS the bright.
fe author Of this paper, he believed they we're on
ne lroncr Of one Of the dorkest periods American
ffoaing immortality was tue tone taken by Chris.
ihn newspapers dpioIos Of tile Mcfarland mur0er
n J. in reference TO The crime OF seducing a mans
srt. and tie consequent reaction, resulting In the
AQuittal o. a man who had committed murder. Our
rulTits aud payers ought TO strive to rescue the
totfse. A nation could only be regeperated By ago.
y ofsou. lie had seen no agony in the faces OF
he G0 s%9Srs present the pss'oss da the s, y
ton VI things Of which the paper talked. The social
evil was 70 be found not only on Wells and slier-
they must ROD up their sleeves, go into the bride.
wells and reform schools, and 80 TO work to reform
society, and nEht spiritual wickedncss in high
phces
The Rev. Robert coiyer wa. loudly called for.
he said lady once wrote to him rom Coldwater.
tnNtinE him 10 speak ON vomen's rights, but IL was
on condition that he should be follow ed by Dr. Hat
reid who would take the other side. lie would not
g. on thefe terms, because he did not want ~ tight
brother Hatfield. Perhaps something like this was
In the minds OF those who called out Robert Coll
yer" so Justify lie did not feel SO dishesrtened at
The present aspect OF things as brother Laird Col.
Her. lie believed there never was as good show
,or humanity as there Is to day that instead OF
xafd and was bound TO get there; and that oil the
devils In the pit would not be able to stop the pro-
GTess OF this trumphai car, but that 1t would go
through the celestial gates and humanity TO the last
would be saved There vus one par, Of bro.
heart. Albert Richardson Was his dear friend-one
Of his dearest friends and he would not be tho
ootsd a. thai nsn md .ie uspse ~ ne had
uiel to weigh him after these breaths Of suspicion
had been biea,hed AGAINST him and he had asked
tnau he did diving IN New York, while he was in
Chicagol, Tell me what you think about Ricnard-
SON." Noble men, truo-hearted mon and women
whom lie would trust as he would trust the angels
o. GOc-said, " Robert Colyer, believe Albert ID.
Richardson Is as pure and true as You yourself
n M nm ran a In 1fa
To this woman. do not believe there is ANYTHING
wrong IN it; 1 believe he i nigh minded, and pure,
summoned out OF this world. Applause.
Rev. n. Laird Collier-I simply take the pr,n,ca
correspondence-that II enough. I would cali a
man .edueer Of my wife who would write such
Rev Robert. cclTer-I want the printed CORE
spondepee, and all the accounts that have been
nate affair, TO be weighed by th0se who will weigh
evidence, and come TO fair and true conelnsion
in tbs ecnny after the the %1rs s%esss
bad been Published, and I have said to them.
.W What do you think Of this =" They have
told me, TO man, that they did not believe
Richardson was guilty OF any such thine as that
which has been charged to him and this said
woman herself OF that fearful life she had TO live
With nat man year stter year year in and year out
don't want any man to be hung for any crime. he
cause believe the worst use you can make Of a man
ss a as c sSoIs h thought before me
ought to have been hung for Ills behavior TO his
However, let Us understand each other. Tha, ia
ony one o. those things sbou, which We necessarily
disagree. What believe is that this da, the 9th
oi JuHe, 1870. this world Just bad as IL can he
thlt II has many bad men and women in n A. The
Lurd Almighty will suffer; but that on the other
band tits just as good as II can be, and has Just as
many good men and women In II NJ the Lord Al
MIGHTY can ret erammed into it, lCheers.l VIVA,
Ne have cot to do is TO stand MP and fight against
t'h OF overs sort and Brother Laird are 10 be
us 6yht
accordine to our best convictions by word Of moutb'
md when word Of mouth will mot do, and PRAYER
tat "ith muskeis and cannon, but hght /,
" ,n al means u3til it Is put down, and the
kinsdoms Of the Lord and OF Ills Christ. and
he shal. reign forever and ever. remember, on
shattered II Fort Sumter, l took for text Jesus
said now he that has Word. let him sell his coat
that MS cs-ay-Vhich I did not hcar-was feeI,nc
after truth; Tint an these thirgs are feeling afer
uuh. aud while we have diversity OF operation yet
v, t"Ne 'he SANE spirit, and depend upon Il, thou
.ai'. o. men and women feeling after truth 10 a
thousand different ways. will be FAR more likely to
cWe 10 TIE truth and mike " effective TO the pull
~ Gown oi the stronghold OF iniquy than any thou
t'hl i.u AND women having but one idea, and
lre" O.. The "or d. want u see the broadcast pos
tuc Gis'l ssiol and under standng OF these great
: .'a' PROV 90, while AZ The same time want to
l"At .N, .u- g. everything that belongs to the MT
Ihe Re-; H. L.iri tuller-I nope l am not mis-
anv question Of morality. | have regretted exceed
incy lat ms brotler Coll,or has seen ~ ever To
sy anything on tie sile Of richardson which he haa
y.l &c s~yS II Lelause he believes IL OF al mcn |
btSo ever known In this worl Il say this known;
wat say. ebert COllyer is The last man to HON
Would aurihntc wrong motive or TASTY iudg-
meh' or anything 81 that sort I am exceedingly
tSrIj that he has seen fit to Ike his position on
that question. As 10 the law. we all know where
Niat MAS II Any man should have been hung Tor
truIecI prob,hiy Mcfarland should have been huns
Il. / "
I've 10 sec tile day when lie VIII say It'll do say that
back OF MI Inn, Mr. Richardson had no moral righ;
To pursuc tie course that the open spondeHco
wives that he did pursue, With regard TO another
mans wife ana do say that neither Mr.. Robert
any tueh tTeatn ent. II that man Mcfarland was a
brute, the wife could have pursued a nobler course
Dlek upon him. | know how optimistic Mr.
.onyet Is. do not know whether Dr.
Thomas or DR.. PATTERSON would eal Il
Cs.VhisrI-it IL eitLer CalVinism or ntlsm-
10 say that Nc world /. as good a. il can be. I
ten you this world is no better than ia should be-
teer than God Would have so0I Inc SGi thing for no a,
70 eco is that IT Ia Rad enough, and then 10 90 10
Fo Itb as tGIIgn We ga see IT, tell YOU Obi.
that Jesus Christ redeemed the world witn.S II
wa. tie agony OF the garden and the crucidxon
md mon must nave the agony IN their souls befor9
thty can elevate IL an atom Il We going TO re.
going 10 redeem the world and In out Of its
dcpraviY. y must be by tie agony of soul that
Jesus Ahflht Knew, ana WIN which he redeemed
ihis world. and though l am an optimist and a
restorionist, though | believe with Brother
Coilyer II IL all 10 come out right In the world
because God rules, and will reign until He has
lut all enemies under His feet nevertheless, 1
know that Home alter It's splendor decayed i
know that Greece, alter it had reached It's zenith
power OF artistic philosophy and glory, decaved:
and know that there Is no reason in the provi-
Len'e OF God or in the antecedenu OF history why
TIE, repauhc OF America may not decay, II virtue
ena lerrr, aud domestic morality decay; and
Mt5n 10 ~ that there IL no peace anywhere In the
miust VI Ills social anarchy and this political in
The Rey. Robert Colyer again protested aeainat
what Mr. Lara collier said OF his Richardson naItrr
Albert d. hie ardson did not seduee maj v,o,nnb
away from Mcfarland; but Mcfarland drove her
Rev. r. Laird Collier-He did not drive her into
The arms OF Richardson. 1''' "ef Ni'o
Rev. Robert Colyer-IIe drove her away by the
most Internal conduct any man could e1Libit 10 a
vile that Il tie truth OF H. AZ 10 the rrst we
both believe that We have got TO 20 in like good f
lows, every one OF US; but say that TIE agoby of
Unitarian minister ID not the only agony tla IA re.
CURED in this world. Laughter and cheers The
tatstican's heart bled as freely ours over these
things. There Is another class who suffer as muca
IN this world. whom en outsiders--our RachclL
whose lair 10 gray before their plougi od
before ours, Who 20 bsreiOoted while we wear SIS
touts am not going to isy claim to extra sguay
III Ind 1 am somewhere down abUui their level