The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-16

dents Of tho oMarch-Spoechcs at tho II o.
tcI Tho serennde-Niot On Calhoun
street-How tho Clubs spent Yesterday
The Programme for To-day, &c.. Sc.
1t 10 hardly necessary to remind our people
OF the dsgraccful scenes which attended the
departure OF tho Savannah Base Ball Club
from Charleston three weeks ago; nor do we
desire to kindle public indign alton anew by o
description of the attack then made by negro
mob upon number OF white men who came to
Charleston for the purpose Of playing match
game With the Carolina Base Ball Club. ThSho-
lice then wore "powerloss;" tho citizens were not
ready. The consequence was that our friends
and grests were assaulted and abused, while
Charleston on the morrow learned with acute
pain that the gallant Sons of sister city had
been exposed to the vioienceof an insolent ne
gro mob. 1t was then resolved that if the
Savannah Base Ball Club again came to Charles
ton, tho citizens would show by their presence
that they diso0untennuced tumult and riot and
we're at the Same time ready to ACT as o guard
of honor to shield their friends from insult and
from harm. This spirit caused the white citi-
zens Of Charleston TO assemble in large num-
bers upon the arrival OF the Savannah Base
Ball Club on Saturday evening last. There
was no concerted plan or purpose. ALI that
was intended was to show that thero we're
white men as we'll as colored men in Charles
ton.
Nayor Pillsbury ha6 been informed that
there wonld be no procession outside OF tho
line formed by tho two base ball clubs and
their personal friends. No general procession
vas formed; but the Chief OF Police, acting
under orders from tho Mayor, marched upon
the limo with detachment Of armed police,
and insisted upon acting as an armed escort
j, to q body Of peaceful and inoffensiye citlzens.
This unWarrantabIe action wellnigh led to a
disturbance, which every decent man would
have daplored. The citizens who met tho Sa.
vannah Club were ready and willing to defend
that club from the attacks of the negroes; but
nothing was farther from their thoughts than
collision with the police or withxthe munich
pal authorities. They deslred TO give the Sa-
yannah Club tho protection that the Mayor had
found himself "powerless' to give them. and in
the event OF trouble tuey would have fought
side by side with the police to restore pea 20
and quiet. lhere Wss. however, no sgo of
disorder. and we rissS;s;sseJ to believe that Tho
srmed police were. thrust Upon ;ae procussion
BY Mayor P,llsbu,y and his hasehnaau, Alder
man L. j. Lackey, with rho expectation of pro-
Yosiug ariot in hjch the white cliizcns should
be wholly in the wrong. Our peopic did not
fall into the trap; nor will they for any reason
permit themselves to be brought into collision
with the police. The aim OF the citizens is
fka e.. x,o1o ill,
the municipal authorities.
Mayor Pillsbury was asked again and again
10 withdraw his bayonets, and was assured
that the TWO clubs would then march quietly
to the hotel. But he was deaf to all remon-
STRANGE. saying, in answer to oil inquiries, that
hs was charged With boin6 unable to preserve
the peace, and he sas noW determinea..ov 10 snow
that he could keep 8fder IN the city. And how
did he prove it2 By calling outa detachment
ofUnited Ststes soldiers and body Of forty
policemen armed with Winchester rifies. The
police we're to escort the procession, and the
United States soldiers to lend helping hand.
The sum OF the whole is, that when there was
negro riot the Mayer could not suppress II,
but when there was q procession of white men
heoould guard them in front and rear and on
the tanks with Federal and municipal soidiery.
Ont upon such oowardtce.
Mayor Pilisbury. as the chief magistrate OF
the city, has the right to make oil necessary
preparations for putting downa riot. In this
way he may station forces 80 that they will
be IN striking distance IL trouble should como.
II is, however, an understandable interfer.
ence with the rights OF the citizen where pro-
cession OF responsible men Is handed over to
the tender mercies Of a guard, and is ordered
to be escorted with all the care bestowed on
prisoner on his way to the gallows. Did
Mayor Pillsbury call out the Federal troops
or even the police whom the negroes serenad.
ed him, and, yelling like demons, marched
through the streets Did he call out the
guard on the OCCASION Of any Radical pro-
cession7 MOI And yet there was then
Thousand times more danger to the pub
hc peace than there was on Saturday last.
There was no warrant for the conduct OF Mayor
Pillsburry, and 1t Is hoped that he will learn
wisdom before 1t is too late. But brethren
WE ARE WHITE MEN. That is crime which
May.r Pillsbury cannot pardon. Yet one
thing Is certain, the white meD Of this city oan-
not and must not be provoked into fight with
the soldiery and police. Our, duty is to watch
over our friends. That, and nothing more. :
THE ARRIVAL. 80. Il. u ~ $.
Tho members OF the Carol ma Club and o
largo number Of citizens assembled on the
South Atla.tic wharf ABOUT five O'Clock satur.
day afternoon, and an4iously awaited the
arrival of the steamer Dictator, which tele.
gram, received in the morning, stated had left
Savannah at ten O'Clock with the Savannah
Club, and the Washington Cornat Dand; color.
ed. on board. The steamer was soon DESCRIBED
of Morris Island and Ler approach announced
by joyful shouts. As she turned her head IN
towards the wharf, the members OF tho Caro-
lima Club wore drawn mp In line Under Peesi-
don't MoCabe.t When within q hundred yards Of
tho wharf q gun in The bow OF the steamer was
frod, and the band on board commenced to
play. This Was greeted with choer after cheer,
and The proposition from President McCabe
Tor three cheers md a;tioer for tbo 20 von,ah