The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-19
A RadicalvReviewing his Work.

| tne heCOtuHOH, luo oiSon oA 49,
rights. Cady Stanton and Mrs. Dr. Walker
AS the brother of Gilbert Pilsbury, the Radi-
cal. Mayor of Charleston, Mr.. Parker Pllls-
bnry was doubtless shewn the brighter po-
/ Etical side of the colored man and brother,
and his personal experience of universal SUI
fraoe in South Carolina leads him to write to
the petticoat politicians Of the Reootu-i
ton these burning words: Push woman
.tsuffrage at the North, against all obsta-
,scles and oppositions; sparing nothing,
asacred or profane, that lies in your way"
This is sufficiently energetic. The phrases
which quickened the cold heart OF New Eng
land in the cause OF the benighted African
| are Made to do service in the cause OF the
unprotected female. Asthe fanatics OF New
England did push negro suffrage against
call obstacles and, .oppositions, sparinlg
/ "nothing sacred or profane," so are they
urged to push forward the movement whose
success shall give women the ballot, latch
KEYS, cavalry boots and pantaloous at dis
cretion. Only the satisfaction with which the
Massachusetts, pilgrim contemplated the
crowning mercy in poor Carolina could in
duce him to urge so boldly the further ex-
tension Of the ul-right % vote. Mr.. Pills
bury saw negro, supremacy in its pleasant
est shape; in State where there is o large
negro majority, where colored men, and the
less reputable scalawag and carpet-bagger,
monopolize; every office and score all t the
honors Of the And yet, while he
pushes woman's suffrage atthe North, hesay !;
but meantime we may rest hefsuffrage
'equestion here, Hdh South oarolina1 fora pc
| "riod at least, until some much more elemen-
i",tary culture and elevation is secured" The
North, where there are no negroes, may
stand negro suffrage and go further still;
but in the South the suffrage question may
rest for aperiod. And why! Mr.. Parker
Pillsbury makes answer in these significant
words: .u -..sr. 100.
"He surely must have low estimate q
"the' solemn responsibilities Of a govern
'' ment, involving the liberty, the person, the
/" property and life OF every individual in that
/. government, ,cho arould force the ballot ON
|.tsshousands and thousands to be seen all
"over the South. And forced it was on
"many men, wherever the slaves have
"voted; as much as were ever their tasks
"in the cotton field. They 6,'e,O no more
land cared no more for 'nhat Mey did
an voting than if they acere as fwant1e in
"years as they are in citizenship and poltti-
'tscal experience" :; 60 8 f.a--.aa '-,s.
That is to say, the political fanatics, Of
whom Mr.. Parker Pillsbury is one, ovsrleap-
Hing all obstacles and sparing nothing sa-
cred or profane that lay in their way, forced
this negro suffrage down the throats OF the
Southern people, and gave the control Of
this noble State to men who know and care
no more for what they do, in consuming our
substance and voting away our hard-won
wealth, than if they. were "as infantile in
'eyears as they are in citizenship and an po-
"litical experience" Well may we say that
the men who "forced the ballot" on thou
"sands and thousands y Of Ignorant freed
men have "a. low estimate Of the solemn
Responsibilities Of government involving
g the liberty, the person, the property and
"life of every individual :" in South Carolina.
And Of these men Parker Pillsbury was one.
Had he seen and known less Of negro rule in
this State he could not have, expressed our
feelings and our belief So tersely or so
well. 20 iigo1 .
Not content with showing that the SUI
frage question must stop here, because OF
the ignorance and infantile condition OF
g thousands and thousands Z" Of colored men,
Mr.. PiIlsbury tears. away the curtain OF
charity which hid the vices and frailties OF
the freedmen, and holds them up as dread
examples of intemperance, squalor and de-
bauchery. He says: "The whiskey here is
diabolical, and yet they appear to love it
"more than anything else, women as well
s'as men. They drink it red hot from the
"barre!, clean and pure, and l hare seen
"n,others pour ii thus dorm the MroatS Of
"thei,. sic months old babes.
And, with ghastly wit: "The marriage tie
sis not even beau knot among them.
"There is no tie about it as a general fact.
"On the plantations, very few children, very
"few, are born. Infantictde is common,
"n is said, bit marriage is raTe, unlcSs
'to,'ced upon The parties, and that is not
{" frequent. In the towns it is somewhat
"better than in the country, but everywhere,
apparently. among these poor beings, the
illegal restraints of marriage are but little
regarded. AS to any idea of comfortable
housekeeping in the rural districts, and
"they comprise almost the whole South, it
lis all mystery yet to be revealed, even to
& its first principles.
Again: 81 sac infants and ve,y young
"cAiltlren naked from morning to ''igM; /;
"and boys of at least dozen years, with
"only single garment, and that but a
"scanty apology. Many women, young and
"old, had little on above the waist, and
"nothing below the knees, and were doing
"day's work that not white man in New
england or New York could perform"
This is the testimony of an eyewitness. Of
one who is proiudicad in favor OF the negro