Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-06-06
Sights Not to beHseen in Any Other
Show

Vt tie South CarOllna Leader i. is o weekly |
ournal, in the interest of the Freedmen, publih-
ID in Charleston every Saturday. Not owned or
,dited, however, by frec:msn. 1t is published
BY 7. HURLEY & Co., and edited by TIuorHY
HURLEY, ESQ, who, We suppose, is q Northern
man.
Some unknown friend'has sent US the South
Carolina Leader Of Saturday, May 9Th and:
when we finished reading it, We said to our
selves: We'll, here are sights not to DO secn in
any other show: FIRST and foremost, Mr.. HURLEY
achieves powerful and very dreadful Onslaught
upon our old friend DR.. FRENCH, who, it seems Is
still in the low country Of our State, aboring in
behalf (so-called) Of the freedmen. We earnest
ly hope Mr.. HuRLEY's nose will not be'brought
10 the grindstsne, as ours was, last fall, for doing
however, has wisdom and moderation enough TO
stop short of any expressed desire to knock tho
old Parsons head of with stone This fact
coupled with the absence of the head grinder,
Gen. HATCH, will probably save his nose harm
less.
Not long ago, tho Wentworth Street Baptist
Church, Charleston, was sold to the Northern
Methodists. 1t i, now a Church for colored peo-
pie; and Parson French and one Parson Webster
are its ministerins priests. Here, according to
Mr. HURLEY, himself friend of the freedmen,
4ud editing paper in their interest these two
"saints" preach and teach the most dangerous,
pcrniciuus, infamous, hypocritical and outrageous
stuff. Mg HURLEY seems shocked at their goings
on, and is holding them up to public reprobation'
On Saturday, April 2sth, Mr.. HURLEY published
in his paper 40 article under tao caption: "Save
US from our Friends" whiC1 cle was aimed, as
the editor says, at the head centre Of Pharisee-
ism," which means, we suppose, Messrs. FRENCH,
WEBSTER, and "the mutual admiration society
of the Methodist Episcopal Church North, assem-
bled together at Wentworth Street, Charleston,
in general.
On Sunday the 10Th, Parson French held n
sort of "poitical meeting" at the Church in ques-
ton; Parson Webster, and perhaps some huG
drei or two head of niggers forming his audience
and .co-adjutora. Parson French mounted the
pulpit, unfurled the offending Leader, and flung
its folds to the tainted breeze. Mr.. HURLEY de.
scribes tho scene in mort ludicrous manner, and
concludes his description thus:
The pith of the discourse wss that, now tba
Leader had counselled peace and goodwill among
all classes of tho community, and harmony among
the States Of our Union, it should be patroniset
no longer by any brother who had the interest .
"thc cause" st heart. To show the amimus tina
actuated this pious man, he aseended the pulp
not TO refute what We had stated, but to gratii,
his spleen in an attempt to destroy this paper, b.
depriving it of means of support. o you sim
ple-minded people, could you hut have perceived
the willy fox pulling the wool down over you
| eyes, and laug ching in his sleeve the while! Wha
unlucky blunder could more easily subject you t
| the taunts Of unftnesS for self-soverninent tha
YOUR willingness to bo thus led by the nose with
ersoerer those presunptuous and self-delcgate
| apostles choose!
| After this follows second very severe castiga
ton of Parsons French and Webster, in the cours
of which the feathers of those reverend birds ar
made to fly in every direction. Then Dir. HUI
LEY, very so!omnly, very wisely, and at gren
length, warns tho freedmen against the preach
| ings, toachings and influence OF "vampires wh
feed ON the cause" We copy one or two para
| graphs.
Our course i, straightforward. We stand upo
the safe platform of Peace and Reconciliation
We bait not one jot in our advocacy Of oil jus
claims of the colored man. Ho is MAN, and ht
as we'll as those Of our own celGr, comes With
the pale of our Saviour's sacrifice. But to brin
4 about tho harmony and good feeling so desirable
We must meet the whites Of the South in the prope
] spirit. Henceforth we shall Know no "rebel,
| henceforth we shall know no "loyalist," in III
sectional sense of that term. 0pprobrious epi
thets have been employed long enough by pre-
tor Ied friends Of the colored men, and we hav
yet to learn what good has flown from their course
| On the contrary, they have tended only to kee
alive ill-feelings, and alienate the races NOR
than ever. We believe the opposite course to b
| Christianlike, as well as more prudent; mt
with Gods blessing, We will pursue it. Other
may rs::. interpret the writer's motives: :-he can
not holp that but, as he hopes for grace an
mercy from the Great Judge, his prayer is that
good understanding muy speedily exist amon
mon of al! sections and colors of our Union.
Mr.. HURLEY then concludes the whole articl
thus:
AS for Brother Webster and Parson French,
they have had enough Of war lot them send in
Gag of truco. If they desire to nse portion
our columns in order to set themselves right, tbt
shall be accommodated. Heaven knows the
have much need to be set right.
So there is war between the abolition Press an
4 Pulpit in Charleston and cutting away of fea,l
ers, and vigorous application of The cat-o-uin'
tails. As far as we can sec, the Press is in II
right. Therefore we soy: Harraa Press lay
on soundly!
And other sights to be seen in this show, al
tho following extracts from O letter of colorc
gentleman of Columbia, to the Leader.
Things here are not so lively now as they ha'
been; and, excepting now and then fight h'
tween the colored men and some members Of thi
ietestable regiment the 25th Ohio (who are
leave here for Otangeburg, to lord it over tt
poor people there,) Colupil;e would beaver
quiet and orderly district. But this regimen
time will be soon up. May God hasten it, II
| them go-we arc sick Of our "proectors."
This is what the negro thinks of tho.25th Obi
the Federal Regiment which. of all others, Ii
white people of South Carolina respect and &C
miro:
The smallpox is raging at present in this city
and the manner in which our people ore treate
by those whose duty it is to look after us is a d
grace to humanity. A few evenings since nun
Der of our citizens waited upon General Ely an
uked him that justice be done us. We told .hil
that twenty-nine women and children were crowt
ed into u small room and left to take care of then
selves as best, they could. Yes, Mr. Editor twer
ty-nine human beings crowded into small room
| and in tho same building, in room twice Q
large, one white man had every comfort. We, fo
90 fault Of ours, are left to die like rotten shee
in the Black Hole of Columbia, ana all owing
want of Justice towards US from those who wer
sent To look after our interests but who spen
their time in cotton planting. Yes, let the trut
be know, that "looking after tho freedman" mean
looking after him on our plantations. But
are not all fools, even if we are neglected.
Every line of the above is strongly corrobora
tive of the Reports concerning the Freedmen
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