The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-07-12
The Senatorship.

offensive exhibitions of political de-
pravity ever witnessed in free coun-
try, is the contest for the Senator
ship now pending before the Legis-
lature. On the one hand, is Mackey,
Collector of the Port of Charleston,
"Union man." so-called. But he
is said to have made one of the most
acrimonious secession speeches de-
ivered before the war in that city.
He now daily gathers q crowd of
white men and negroes together, that
they may see him weep crocodile
tears over the wrongs he has suffered.
During the Convention, he appealed
to the passions to carry his points.
Here, on the contrary. he appeals to
the sentiments, and undertakes to
perform the remarkable role of cry
ing himself into the United States
Senate. It is probably the first sa-
line outlay ever made in the political
history of the country. The tears
should, therefore, command q full
price as a curiosity of art, if of
nothing else. The injustice done
DR.. Mackey has been terrible. He
ought to cry. After the war, he went
North, and took up contributions,
amounting to several thousand dol
lars. He became rich. He was made
Collector of the Port of Charleston,
with an Office income of $4,000 a
year. Edward, one of his sons, was
Assistant Assessor, with q salary of
$4,000 a year; meanwhile, he was q
member of the Convex ton, at eleven
dollars day, and member of Com.
mission on Elections, with salary
enough to satisfy any three reasona-
BILE men in Christendom. Recently
he has been elected Sheriff of Charles
ton, with a prospective income of
over $780, 900 a year. Another son
also holds a fat office in the Custom
House. Still the family do not seem
to be satisfied. The old gentleman
continually cries for "more," and
the poor negro is made the monkey
to draw his chesnuts from the fire.
A clear case of subsistence on party
pap.
The other man is Mr.. F. A. Saw
yer, q citizen of Charleston and Col
lector Of the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau. So far as we know, he has
been fortunate enough to possess q
clear record. AS to his personal
character-and this is what makes
the exhibition on his part infinitely
worse-that radicalism has the power
to undermine mans character and
destroy his self-respect, is one of the
most infapous features of the creed.
Here is man, for instance, who,
while above personal reproach, has,
in a recent speech at Charleston, de-
clared sentiments in favor of the CO.
lored man-in favor of granting him
power and place-in favor of his re-
cognition as one entitled to fill even
the highest Offices in the gift of the
people-nay, almost in favor of So
cial equality itself-which William
Lloyd Garrison, Henry Wilson or
Charles Sumner, ten years ago, would
not have dared to utter in Massachu-
setts. And, as if to make these as
ooAoAOho t5oOu3 ohoio ~ uOU I'LL uOur
in the day that he does not plant
himself upon practical equality
with the negro, and, for all we know,
pledge his personal and official influ-
ence to advance his colored brother
to power and place. The time will
come when such men as Sawyer will
find their proper level. The love for
the negro, which he affects to call
.'principle," will eventually drag him
down from every attitude of self-re-
spect, and no decent white man will
dare, in the face of daylight, to take
him by the hand.
We accept the issue of Whipper,
"this is question of race" Let
the white man rule the white man; !;
and, if he can, let the colored genius
rule the negro. But when such an
individual as Sawyer-no matter how
sincere he may be in behalf of radi-
calism-attempts to claim the respect
of the true born Carolinian-put him
down-crowd him out-ignore and
make him hide his head in shame.
LOW COUNTRY.