The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-10-27
The soapIe.., ConbIes. Negro.

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Parker Pillsbury is penitent. He has
been down South, and for the first, time
in his life he has seen the negro in his ma.
tive lair. And he does not like him. -Du-
ring the earlier portions of this ancient alb
olitionIst's career, although often earnestly
urged to visit the Southern States, and af-
feetionately assured that upon arriving
there he would he furnished with. a free
ride and arrayed in an elegantly fitting
suit of clothing composed ingeniously of
the product. of North Carolina pine and
the feathers, of domestic fowls, he unhap-
ply declined to avail himself of these in
vitations and remained in the North, where
he evolved out of the, depths Of his own
inner consciousness an ideal negro, set him
up on pedestal in the sanctum of the
Anti Slavery Standard, and worshipped
him.. But now, having at last be.aken
himself to The South, lie has seen his idol
as he really is, and in some letters to the
Revolution, he gives expression to his dis.
gust and amazement. He found nothing
as he had expected to see it. Even the
liquor at the South is bad-at least, the
festive bowl which Mr.. Parker Phlsbury'b
colored friends in Charleston commended
to his feverish lips was filed with heIi
broth. ''The whisky here is diabolical, y
exclalms poor P. P, and yet they ttBe
eClOred people, appear to love 1t more
than anything else, women as well as
men. We certainly would never haYe
thought of selecting Mr.. Parker Pillsbury
as a faster; but hsspeaks so authoritative
ly concerning the quality of the negro
whisky in North Carolina that we no Ion!
ger doubt his capability. If the whisky
there is worse than The World Commits.
siOner found it to be in New York, we
pity poor P. P, and pray for his speedy
return ere ne finds snakes in his boots.a As
for the negroes, they must be abandoned
70 their fate. They drink it red hot from
the barrel, clean and pure, he continues,
still harping on the whisky, and have
Seen mothers pour it thus down the throats
of their six months old babes. .-iTH
But this was not the greatest shock ex.
peIienced by Parker PillsbaIy. Not only
did he tind the negro idol whom he had
worshipped a drunken sot, but he saw that
even that wonderful panacea for ali human
Ills, the ballot, was useless, and worse than
useless, to him. If he had his way Just
now, while suffering from the diabolicaI
whisky of the negro quarters in Charles
ton, he would reconstruct the reconstructed
South once more, and shut out the man
and the brother from the ballot box. He
certainly must have a low estimate OF the
solemn responsibilities of governments, he
exclaims,S siWho would force the ballot on
thousands and thousands to be seen ali
over the South, And forced it was on
many men, wherever the slaves have ,vo.
ted. =" = They knew no more and
cared no more for what they did in voting
than if they were as infantile in years as
they are in political experience. AS fol-
the social condition of these wards of the
nation" these 'tnationaI freedmen ifol
whose sake Charles Sumner demands thai
the country shall be kept In turmoil few
years longer, nothing can be more fearful
than the picture drawn by this astounded
aboIitionist. Marriage does not exist among
them very few children are born; infan.
ticlde is common in their Wretched homes
no family meal seems ever to be provided,
each member Of the family doing his OWL
cooking and eating what he can get; theil
hnts have no floors, no windows no deceni
table, chair or bed, saw infants and yery
young children naked from morning I'll
night says the penitsnt Pllsbury, AnI
boys of at least q dozen years with only {
single garment and that but scanty, apol
ogy. Many women, young and old, had
little on above the wsiAt, and nothing or
below the knees and then Parker Pills
bury gOes=into= details where we canno
follow him, lest We shouls lprn, the stem
aeh' of New York this mornIng at 1t
breakfast table. 4sthis a;scene from If,
N Dahomey or among the Digger Indians
tnat hr. PinsbuEy Is describing, or ar
eA-tt eAAS Wives eAuQ
} OF the men, for whom the land has beel
soaked in blood and the nation irHpOver
ishedl The ballot may be the one thin
/ needfpl there, adds. Mr.. Pillsbury, but
seems to me, soap sand, Hne tooth comb
pots, kettles chairs, tables, knives, forks
spoons decent food, cooking, clothing
glass windows, and looking glasses, ,shoub
at seast so side by side, if they may no
precede the rights Of suffrage and of SOY
ereIgntY. Oh, Parker = Oh, PillsbuIy
t Why werenot yOu and all the other faaat
, ical'fool in the country warned in time
why were you and they deaf to the voic
of common sense and prudence, until III
! mischief you now deplcre was done beyoHt
| remedy - World. aga -ag7 xfu- ~.
. q. -s. -. rggs s,u.
CALL at Jonn McI3regor's Bool
Store, Empire Block, tor SchoO