Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-12-07

their lessons, let US emulate them in love
OF country and respect for the Constitution
and the laws.
eS!" Last week we were unable TO
publish the Governors Message entire.
We give below the most interesting part
OF that which we omitted in our last issue:
JURISDICTION RENTED BY THE MILITARY
TO THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES.
The Acts passed at the late extra session,
were transmitted to the Military Command.
ant of the Department Of the Carolinas, at
Charleston, and on the first day of October
last, by General Orders, he RENTED all
cases in which the inhabitants of this Stale
were concerned. civ! and criminal, 10 the
civil au'h"rilies. Ii equal and exact Justice
IL T'rted out to all the inhabitants of the
State 10y courts and juries-if the freedmen
| receive that protection Of person and prom .
er'y which the laws now guarantee them,
We will not again he adjui .ed bv Proves,
Courts and Military Commissions, and We
will vlndica'e before the world, our high
sense OF moral right, by enforcing impartial
Justice. whether the sutor be humble or cy-
allied.
Experience will demonstrate the wisdom
"' your enactment authorizing negroes to
testify in all cases. 1t takes away the i'm
pun'ly which bad man have long enjoyed,
in tempting these ignoran, people to pvipe-
irate crime for the benefit of the temp,ors.
The result OF the experiment at the late
Fall Term Of the Courts has been entirely
satisfactory, and most Of :hc freedmen who
have been called to the witness stand. hay.
manifested IL highly c.cs,tabe desire to tell
The truth. The extension Of the privilege
has had saIutary Influence in encouraging
and elcvatlng their moral sense. Many of
them appreciate their obligations to society,
and readily assis. in bringing TO punish
ment evil-dners o. their own color. They
are Invaluable to the productive resources
of the State, and il their labor be lost by
removal to other sections, it will convert
thousands o! acres ofproductive land into n
dreary wilderness. For this reason. | have
felt it to be my duty to discourage their
migration. The short crops Of the present
year should stimulate the planter and far
mer to renewed energy and enterprise. H.
will, however, find his lauds Of little value, if
he cannot command labor TO cultivate them.
If the negro remain here, his labor must l,e
made sufficiently re,nunerative to subsist
and clothe him comfortably. Schools
must he established TO educate his children.
and churches built for his moral training
The experiment Of free labor, whilst il
has not been entirely satisfactory, is far
from proving failure. Where the blacks
have been adequately compensated and
kindly treated, they have generally iabored
faithfully. Suddenly relieved from the con.
trolling will of others, and exempted from
the compulsory labor which had, through
life, been exacted from them, they have
performed, during the present year, an
amount of voluntary labor which may well
excite susprise. The Incidence of some,
and the improvidence of many, will doubt
less cause them to undergo much suffering
before they are educated fully to the neces.
sity OF constant and untiring labor, and to
proper thrift and economy.
Humanity and sound policy mite in dc
manding that we should provide for the
aged the infirm and the helpless, and I
tl.etefore respectfully recommend the pas
sage Of nm Act making il incumbent on the
Commissioners Of the Poor to provide suit.
able buildings at the various Distric, Poor
Houses for their accomm cd alton, and to
subsist them.
The Regents Of the Lunatic Asylum have
wisely and hunanely made provision for
the reception and Treatment of insane color.
ed patients, and the Commissioners of the
Poor in the several Districts should be re-
quired to make The same provision for their
support in the Asylum as now exists for
white. pauper patients. in that. Institution.
The idiotic and eplleptic may be we'll taken
care of at tue District Poor House.
: ..': TIE rundHAsss or CORN.
Pursuant to. the resolution Of 21st Sep
tember last; passed by the General Asses1
bly,, lappointed Colonel .. Wyatt Aiken. d..
Agent !of the State 20 make purchases OF
corn. Having satisfied himself folly .ths,
tho double restrictions imposed in rhe reso-
lutios rendered il Impossible effect pur-'
cfssss, be- declined the appoinims1i., !
coneurred fully IN Lis CONCLUSION. hat the
double restriction leDdefed The. whole
scheme n1gatorys and Lhays not thsrefors,
appointed anOthsr Agent i The rssolut;on
required that thres hundred thousand doia-;
lass eE Ebonds should purel,ass and deliver
10 abetS susie shtes hundred thousand bush.
els Of corn. It is reasonably certain that
ths bond codid not iiaye been sojd .tos inofa
uian. seventy cents To- ifha dsjiaf, and corn rii
cnnLl mt .ba .n6rAhnas.I IN eu :, sa..Eo. .;.xl