The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-16
.TgE CoM1Nq CoNeREssMAN.

District.
The most prominent candidate for the posi-
ton OF Congressman from the Second District
of South Carolina, comprising the Counties OF
Charleston, Beaufort, Collector and Barnwell,
appears. at this moment, to be General VIM.
Quincy, who will receive at least one half of
the colored vote, and will doubtless receive In
addition the vast majority of the votes of the
white citizens. General Quincy ls very we'll
known to most of the citizens Of Charleston,
but the following particulars Of bis history
and public record may not prove unlnterest'
ing, now that he Ia about 10 represent the
people of this district on the floor OF Con.
grees:
General Quincy was born at Flushing, Long
leland, in 1921, and lived during his boyhood
upon his fathers farm In that pleasant suburb
| of New York. In 1887 he went to New York
and began life as a clerk In the wholesale pro-
vision establishment of Messrs. A. N. Brown
| g. Co., on Dey street. he continued with this
house and at the same stand until the war,
| rising first to the position of q Junior partner,
and afterwards becoming the senior IN the
same house, which then changed ls I'm
name to Messrs. Quincy & Underhill. At the
breaking out of the war, Mr.. Quincy was
q frat lieutenant In the famous SeVenth
R~ep,ment. New York National Guards, which
was then. ss 1t is now, the crack militia regl-
ment of the country, and, In April, 1861, ne
entered the United States service With mat
regiment for the three months term. Re-
turning from the three months service, be
accepted q commission as captain In Colonel
John Cochrane's sixty-hfh New York Regl-
meut. uhe Fighting Chasseurs,) aud served
with that regiment through the early cam
paigns of the war. In 1852, he was appointed
an assistant inspector general and examin-
ing officer on the staff of General Nor
gan, the Governor of New York, In
which capacity he was required to
pass upon the qualifications Of gentlemen
applying for commissions In the New York
regiments. In July, 1852, he received authori-
ty to raise a regiment Of bls own, and In thirty
days he recruited the l27th Regiment New
York Volunteers, at the head of which regl-
ment he returned to the field, joining the 22d
Army Corps. In October. 1852, he was as
signed to the command of the I'd Brigade Oh
General Abercrombie's Division, and In 1854
he came with his brigade to The command oil
General Gilmore, then operating upon the
South Carolina coast. In December, 1864, lie
was severely wounded at Denoe's Neck, and
was sent North for medical treatment. While
convalescing from his wounds he was as.
signed to duty as the permanent CON-
nauder OF the post Of Charleston, and be re-
turned to this city in that capacity. While In
command of this post he manifested q great
| spirit Of fairness and Justice, bringing with
him none Of that sectional animoslty which
seemed to animate some OF the Federal OH
GERS, and manifested no spirit OF revenge or
Bitterness against the members or families Of
the gallant Confederates who had lately been
| his enemies. One of his orders, Issued while
Ia command of this post and addressed to the
freedmen, gives a fair Illustration OF the prin-
| ples that governed him In his delicate duties
in the management of the multitudes of newly
| emanclpated colored people who were congre-
| gated In Charleston. The order was as fol-
lows:
Il HEADQUARTERS ClT1 Vi OhAhLEolON,
CHARLESTON. 8. o., April 4, 1855.
To the Freedmen of Charleston
FREEDMEN I! The Union army brought you
the Right TO be tree, but not TO be Idle. Wnen
the United States Government destroyed sla-
very, it had no power to abolish the Bible
| command that all men should earn their bread
by the sweat of their brows. Neither white
nor black can escape this law. 1t you would
| BIZ worthy Of the freedom we have given you,
initiate freemen by labor, whose wages no
longer belong TO q master, but to yourselves.
Every dollar you can earn Ia 80 much toward
your W independence and The comfort and
happiness Of your families. Thousands OF
freedmen are pouring into Charleston, threat
ening famine In the city and desolation
in The country. Field meu who have been
all their lives raising corn and rice are
flying from their homes on the farms TO en-
10y tneir new freedom by idleness In the city.
Do you expect us always to feed you here,
where everything is consumed and nothing
grown How are we TO get the food, II none
| of you remain on the farms where iood alone
| can be raised The farm ls the true home of
| independence and plenty. The soil Is waiting
| to reward your toll. A kind government is
ready to help and protect y9h In ! possessing It:
the Ediste, along The Ashley and the Cooper,
In small or large parcels, can be had for the
labor of them, and will you remain IN the
town to suffer from want, or to be tempted
| Into crime that must c0nslgn you TO q grave
or jail? Remember that the hoe, the
spade and the plough are the true RENE.
dies for idleness, wrong and misery.
| The United States Government Is doing
| all 1t can to keep your families from want. but
| they cannot do everything. The labor Of the
| white man has made him strong and great.
Let not the colored people be behind him In In
dustry If they would prove to the world their
right to enjoy that liberty, which during 80
| many years has been denied them. Go to the
Iarm. Send rs your rice, your corn and your
| vegetables. We will pay you well for all you
raise. Thus both will be benefited, you with
the wages and We with the produce OF your
labor. This Is what freedom means, duty de-
| mands and your government expects.
WILLIAM GURNEY,
Colonel Commanding Post.
While In command at Charleston General
Quincy was promoted, tor gallantry In action,
to the rank of brlg~adier-general of Uoited
| States volunteers, but he returned to New
York City with bis regiment, (the l27th New
York; and was there mustered out of the
United States service In July, 1865. He had
concluded, during his residence In Charleston,
to establish himself In business here, and
make this his home, and In October, 1885, he
returned to Charleston and opened a large
| store at No. l02 East Bay. as o wholesale
! grocer and commission merchant. This busi-