The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1862-10-29
COMMUNICATIONS.
lroR THE LANCASTER LEDGER.

MR. EDIToR Much has been said and
written in. reference l" the O..im auc-s
and Resolutions Of the Governor and
C'u"cil since they nave assunr, Il 10 them.
selves the Judicial, executive and L-yr>la-
tive bowels Of The State. Their action In
the main has been very pronp ~. AID u
is concseded, very justly con :emned. b.
spubEc spirited peor 6. VIII" are ever
watchful and j-nIou- of their rights
Enough has been developed during lli-
abort Administration, to teach US iha,
'eterhsl vIzIauce is tho price Of liberty"
The people Of the State will doub. less t-
glad TO lie able to point /" one single Or
dinance, Resolution or O,d-,--I do Il"
know that express i, IN Council pariance
II Allude 10 Order No. 3s, of October
the lth. This Order will he regxr :.d
by all good men, as ,oise, patriotic and
statesman like, while O,der No. SO. "i
September 22d. will ever I've p"in rd A..
as the mos, absurd and unputriotic "i
any order ever issued hy ANY set OF u.rn
short OF !he most complete despot. J am
glad indeed to be able to poin, to one
single ac, Of this Council upon which tie
whole State can join in a hearty. Amen.
We trust for the pride and pres,age OF
the State, that this first returning raw %,
reason to this Council may 10 followed
up hy other rays and streams nf light,
until they reinstate Il emselves in the con
fidence Of The people Of the St.te |.
mus, be admitted, even toy their tew to
pored apoioyists, that this Couci. ha,.
done more to stulify tie Stale Of 5 .nt,
Caroiua in the eyes Of her sister South
srn States, than any act South Caruins
ever did. This thing of An Execuuvr
Council is degrading, not ouIy to the Exc,
ulIve Office. but it is equally degrading t.
the proud name Of South Carolina. it :.
ta"t"mount TO saying that South CaroIrn,
has no single man within the Safe v b. |
has sufficient grasp of intellect q. he Cav
srnor Of the Stale Am told hat il h,.
passed into n sort Of rrov.rb wnh the
Georgia soldiers that they ar. told ". OF
South Carolina have fee Governors, and
that these five Governors are kept bn>y
IN organizing the Reserves, and as f.s,
as iLey organize. Congress Cnn-crip;s,
and throws these Governors horse de com
bat. Now that they have been in,s fered
with the second time by acts of ,hs Con-
'edera's Congress, it is far TO presume
they will y eId to the Davis Government.
10 what are we indebted to these Cover.
nors for this manifest alton of returning
reason ! Is i: to he attributed TO their
tew tauored opoiogists. or, is it TO Ls Ut
tribuled TO n wholesome, well directed
public opinion, which WAS rising up in i,s
might 10 meet and crush the ryrsus -
That this Council have WELDED TO n well
defined public opinion, there can he no
doubt, and they have not y,e!d-.l to puh
|lc opinion by implication merely, which
would be sutficisn, in law IN many IN.
stances, but they have yielded TO public
opinioa"expressed, and tina, too in unmis. /
;akabls terms. All VINO are famiiia with '
he history OF Rome when Carthage rival. y
ID that proud ancient city, the oft rspea. !
ed phrase Of q certain Roman Senator.
bsse were his closing words i'll all { hi. I
peeches, both in and out "f the S-ust-, .
'slsdda Est Carthage, Carthage mus, ,
, d.s,roysd.". sS frs'n this VT repeated ,
'rs.o Gao ,sk4ed ~ tbioe po~es x q