The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-01-12
THE LATEST YANKEE SCANDAL.

nigh overlooked the latest outrage upun
Religion, Morals, and public dcccncy, in
that Moral vineyard. and very superior
region Of this very superior land. or
course, the United States is "thc best
Government the world ever saw its
Yankee citizens are the purc>t III the
earth and ii il were not Tor the be.
nighlcd scmiciyilizcd, and wicked South,
it would be II land without stain aud
without bIcmish U"l,aprily, they of
the Norh cannot get away irom us
They are tied to our car. while we
hang about their nrcks like huge
milestone. an incubus, irrcmovahla aud
irrcmcdiabl,. l'u' with all this dcccnc,
aud moral superiority. wc are under ,l,c
painful necessity OF dcn"uncing that la
test outrage. to which we have JUS re-
icrrrl. aud Which We miah, have w II
looked were it not I"r the storm ui in
tlignatlnm which il has called iuri even
in The North We aiiuIe 10 the Richard.
*rn- AirFa, land ease, viii. the p,r.cn
lars "t which the newspapers have bcrn
tc"minS inr some timc. Richardson u
disciple at til. meek Humanitarian
Gi",ly and an employee Of hat u,:,ct-
able sheet the Iribnur, havin. sr,iuc",i
Mrs Mcfarland i, shot anu nur,aiiy
wounded in The street. OF New In,S ;ty
by The injured husband The wom,n
laNin" obtained Il divurcc from l,,v
t"nr:> "i irdiauha. is marri, i 10 Rich
;ro>"r. upon his death bed; ana e
ceremony is performed by t,.., h;n
upon Christianity. "lhc So, vs!!. F" R.v
Henry Ward Brerhrr. OF ~, ,uu.i,
(hurch. assisted hy two u,trr ,Ilallv
eminent bivnrS- the .l,cv> Dr f,r,,i.
anu y B Er"'hihaham lr rr,r.mp..y
,sshort and sweet, un,; the officiating
Par<on asks II !cSsing nr,n L.. aiui;cr
ous AMI uniali"wr,i nni"n lA,n Rich
nr.!s"n dies at,i ere hi, bay is con.
si"l";l IN the earth. this sane B,. rhrr
Pr"noInc"s Il rHi @y.,.' ~ >" ~, !, {
"l the hinn. n.i n"ln hi, .r,. .!,r;s
but upon that awful rr:nc whith llu had
cnmiultci
.Ani this drC:,iiul affair i, the yr>,.,
ot'hr i'rr" i."rn. r"',r.rri,c, C..n.aunis
tic. Woman'> ii'.h,S i>n,> wn;rn live
and flourish Il. ;hv North The barrier,
ut 'li.inn are torn ,!rwu he htna-
aries oi good morals are uvcrleaprd ; ana!
ihr restraints oi good society cas-, aside
Where is The security ur the marriage
tic. when the wife is, u. any mn,urnt. to
be released from her obligations permits
ted To desert hor ia,nilT, and allowed 10
marry another man. whose affinity"
she Is Supposed To he! What is To b.
the consequences, when mDn, protesting
4 j, hr Minister'S III ttl,ci.t 4.
aid am, cnnntrnamcc in the sun,lrrny
Of that tie 0f which Our Saviour said.
"wlai God hath joined lei no m,an pat
aSS"nGer; and uniting the parties ia
another and a,lnltrrou> marriage. Surely
consequences must he Iatal To the
family. fatal 10 Soc'c'y, fatal to every
thing that man hniiS slcrel and lear in
l'c Oh the horror. the shame, the
crime ui such deeds Cod g"ant that our
people of the South may never. never
hrconc familiar with them. tat!,"r lcl
us be ground down forever ur,lcr the
iron heel nf oppression. starvr. freeze,
perish, than such scenes should ever
diSgrac" the annals "I onr history. t;ul
preserve the dear .nul women nr of ou
sunny South from the dreadful TEACHINGS
ct New England moralitv---and keep
them always, ~ they are now. pnv. and
without rrrroach. Yes lc, the North
miserable ScandIls; bar let us here main
tain the Sanciiiy uI the inarria.c tie, the
honor oi our w'mcl. and the purity of
our society. The shock which ,I.,
scandal has given M the ..orth. ia les