Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1865-11-03

tuah WIN Tue ihuitla. the cOl0Led gar
u risons, which were at one time stationed
, throughout the country, have done infinite
o mischief, by inducing the negroes to be-
lieve that all the lands of their forme,
r owners were to be divided out amongst
t them. This has made them discontente.]
= and unwilling to make contracts for the
. ensuing year. In many portions of The
. State, there are serious apprehensions oi
> disturbance at the beginning of the mex,
year. Strong garrisons ought to DO con-
tinued in Charleston, Beaufort and George:
, town, where there is such preponderance
} of the negro population. But these gar
risons should not be permitted to exercise
any civil jurisdiction, and should be sub.
ordinate to civil law. Otherwise, thei r
presence would be productive of more mis-.
chief than good. You wilr take such ac-
tlon in this matter as in your judgment
shall seem best for the State.
The education of our young mon and
boys, during the past five years, has been
sadly neglected. Your College, which has
been the pride Of the State for more than
halt century, is closed, and should be ut
once re-opsnedA The buildings are all
standing and uninjured. Tie Professors
are ready 70 resume their lals,rs, and the
young men are anxious to commence their
College course of studies. / hopo you
will make the necessary appropriations for
sustaining the institution. But it may be
well, under existing circumstances, TO CON
slider the propriety of converting the Col.
lege into University, and making it, in
part, selfsustaining institution. Give the
Professors moderate salaries, and let them
aePena tor further compensation ON the tu.
't'on fund. In a University, the student
may pursue such course of studies as will
most contribute 20 the particular profession
or business which he expects to follow in
alter lite. In College, he is required to
spend four years in regular course of
studies, many of which wilt be of no ser
vice TO him in after life, and for which he
has no taste or talent. In conseonence of
the impoverished condition Of the country
there arc very few young men, pow,. able
to sief'ay their expenses for four years in
College. Having been so long in tile ar
my; and their education neglected, they
are not prepared to enter College. Mor,-
over, being advanced in manhood, they
cannot af1ord to 60 through College
course Of studies before commencing the
active pursuits of life. The University
system OF education will meet all these oh
Jeclons. 1t would bring TO your institu.
ton OF learning three tm.s as many stu
dents q; you could COLLECT in College, and
IN this way the salaries, of the Professors
might be paid out OF tie tuition fund.
Tho State Military Schools, in Columbia
and Charleston, have likewise been sus-
pended, and tho buildings Of the former
were all destroyed by fire during the ocru-
pancy Of the town by General Sherman.
IL IN Is Tor you to deterrnSle what course you
VIII pursue in regarI to these schools. In
them have been educated many Of your
most valuable and eminentIy practical men.
Very few have graduated at the Citadel
who have not been successful in after
life.
The Congress of the United States PASS.
ed an Act, during the war, authorizing the
Freedmen's Bureau to take possession of
AL lands which were voluntarily abandoned
ny their owners for the purpose of going
INTO the army, or aiding the rcbelion.-
under'a most understandable construction
OF this Act,:a large portion of the lands Of
the lower country, where the planters were
driven off iby the Federal Troops, or f-rced
to leave by imperative orders Of the de !
taeto Governments, State and Confederate,
nave been seized and appropriated, as
abandoned lands. In many instances, the
homes OF wldows and minors, and old men,
incapable Observing in the army, and never
aidiag, iu any way, the rebellion. have
been taken possession d. and kept, for tthe
use of the negroes, wllifsk lie proprietors1
we're starving wandslSrso hnd frtssYafees
throug hout the State. Hut With that sense
of justice and kiudneas Which, has chsraeey4l
terized everel every actyIdt Els aedt1iuistAa-
ton, the President has ordered dtlfaselan
to be restored to the propffesors oni&hais
taking the oath Of allegiance to Tie UuitsdII
States, or receiving special pardon where
they fall within the excepted Glasses under
the Amnesty Proclamation. The Conven
tion ofaeJed the Provisional Governor to
appoint a suitable agent to represent tie
State at Washington, in regard to these
lands, and other Matters. I Immediately
appointed the Hon. William Henry Tres.
coH, gentleman we'll known 10 YOU for
This high character, talents and Diplomatic
experience. His report will lie cotnmuni-
Gated TO you as soon .asi II is received.
AS soon: as the Convention. adjourned.
communicated to, the President aud Sec
rstary of State copies of the new, ,Const;tu.
ton OF South Carolina. l have the pleas.
ute Of informing you that President John.
500 has expressed TO me his qualification af
the amendments made Il, our Constitn,;on
and bis confident hope that we si. ould
soon be, once more, a united, happy and
| prosperous people, forgetting The past. and
looking only 70 the futura welfare Of our
common coansryp - i.o.,a,. g.,
4 There siA tppe uattersof embaHassment
ID your legislation. under tba new Consti-
tuition, 4whiehd think It. my duty it tos bring
4 to.-yopr notice. TIE sGtJosastsftutionai GtJs Gov
Esr9cr ywilEnpt and oap pes he luaneurated