The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-15
New phase OF womnn,s Rights.

The hearts of the sable legislators in CO.
lumbia were thrilled by the announcement
OF Wright that he intended to Test the Civil
Rights hill, though II should cost him his lust
cent. In his own person an outrage had
been inflicted upon the colored race, anu by
his own purse that outrage should be terri
bly, avenged. We are informed that Wright
'a7-os tnshe o, a,lawyer; II is u pity he had
moi = hni,9ressttlt S.. i,ssit would not he
easy 10 Kim 20 - ..i-aasnre
tagc; i.'s tasss ~ e oqr
plains unI tie plcAeu !o g sss,ss, ~: ~
grlevcd fcllow-citizens arc ruo....; r...ailo.
Wright complains that he was turned nut
Of the ladies' cur. What business had he
there? Does he not know that any man, OF
whatever color, unattended by Il domestic
responsibility, has no right TO occupy that
car? He is allowed 10 sit in it only by the
suilcrancc of the conductor, and may be
turned out at the will OF the latter. Nor are
VIC aware ihat the conductor is Obliged TO
give reason TO any intruder why he should
leave. Wrights seat may have been held
in reserve for expected lady passengers OF
his looks may not have bccn in his favor or
he may have ha,l too much musk-on his
pocket handkerchief. Who knows? Thu
whole wrong consists in this, that tile ag-
gricved senator tried to take Il ludy's place
and was ordered out of ii. There is no evil
dcnce TO show that lie or she carried the Gus
t0mary fan und unch-bnsket, or wore her
veil, her bonnet, or even her chignon. There
is 'aason 10 believe that she dressed like
man, that she disputed her place like lti-
Sous man, and clustered among the ladies
like an ill-brcd man, and that she was finally
carried out of the cars, and not kicked out.
This is the substance of Wright's wrong.
Now as TO Wright's proposed sacrifice,
not for the sex, rs one would suppose, but
for the race. Here the lawyer so clearly APP
pears that we must ask the outraged lady's
pardon for rcsorting sometimes TO the mas
culine pronoun. Nc do not mean TO prcju-
dice the case by this little change.
"Wc sec the Wright and we approve il too"
We know the cause is lost unless she can
maintain the character OF an outraged Indy.
But Wright before the Labor Convention ut
Washington, or the Legislature at Columbia,
is not IL whit more feminine than Mrs. DR.
Walker in her coat and pantaloons. We'll,
then, Mrs. Wright in Columbia proclaims
that he will spend his list cent In vindica-
ting her right TO sit in the ladies' cur, or as
she expresses it, in testing the virtue of the
Civil Rights bill. That bill shall be liquida-
ted by the turning inside out of Uncivil
Wrghts pockets. But, as Pope says:
''Woman's ut best contradiction siill.n
for ii was this same lady who engaged the
Labor Convention at Washington 'Io create
"a fund to prosecute any such case of ex-
"cluson under the Civil Rights bill, and TO
'test the virtue of thnts6oA" That is the
fund that Wright intends to work on, and
we have no doubt that he will even consent
10 receive his fee for his work. Whether he
succeeds in the case Or not she can certain
~ make more in that way than by stitching
or ,larning stockings. While women are 80
poorly paid, what can we expect but an
effort on their part To secure larger sphere
and more rcmnncra;ivc employment Let
Mrs. Wright go ahead with hcr railroad case.
He will make a good thing out of it and put
money in her parse!