The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-19

General SickIes.
The following clever article We take from the
Columbia Cdrolinian Of yesterday:
A TEMpEsT IN A TEAPOT.
CoLLEaE CAMpuH,
>, - COLUMBIA, 8. c.. July 1e. 1866 I
F: G. psFentain, Esq, Editor South Caroiinian
sIR-haJor General Sickles Commanding this De-
psrtment, has been informed that "a number of Con
flags were DISPLAYED in this city on tho Sd
ins on an orcason set apart to perform cero
against tho United States and fell battle during the
war, and am here, under his ORDER to investpats
tne matter and report upon the truth fasty Of
TO that end, will thank you to acouaint mo with the
source OF the information which based your
article In your issue of the 9Th inst in which you speak
haRs being placed therein"
ihn Sir, very respectfully, your obedfant servant,
B. i. FOUST,
BreVet Col and Asst Ins. Gen.
The above communication camo to hand last
week, In the absence of the editor from the city,
and as 1t refers to a public matter, we use our
turally calls forth. d p'''' W 'n0 comments IL ma
Answering the Colonel sent horo from Head
quarters Mt Charleston, 10 investigate the grave
offence, we would state that ''the information
upon which was based the article in our issue of
the 9th inst., in which we speak Of the Temple of
Mourning, and OF Confederate flags being placed
therein" was our own personal eye sight. And
that there may be no misunderstanding as to the
language uttered on the occasion. we reproduce
Temple OF Mourning, we said:
rwned around its pillars hanging from its arcbes
an
dottng the whole structure cards. b airing the
sss 9o e pVs Not
twiated around swords which recalled the memory Of
Gr Gregg and Jenkins
| affection Of tho living"
And again, referring: to the silent enoampment
Of the dead, We observed: GAS if by magic the en-
| closure was filed with ladies and children, and
| one hundred and fifty mounds OF earth bloomed in
dowers and wreaths Of green. Numerous little
Confederate flags, too, peeped out of tho new COW
ering, to tell that, il in life the soldiers were re-
membored, in death their cause was not for
| gotten"
To these simple exhibitions OF woman's love-
these little tributes offered by children to the
memory OF the dead-General Sckles lends 80
much importance as to send to Columbia Brevot
| Colonel OF the United States to investigate the
| circumstances and learn whether s'tresson" be
| really again rampant in our midst. We trust thR
officer has been satisfied. He need have gone no
| further than the courteous officer commanding
this post, or his subordnates, to have learned
that there is no locality in the South where better
| order, better obedience to law, and better mani
| festations Of loyalty to the General Government,
are observable than in this city Of Columbia On
| the other hand he need only to have accosted the
the first woman or child met on our streets to be
informed that If it is crime to wear, in memory
of our dead, Confederate flag ooer their hearts,
then is every drop OF blood that courses through
them dyod with the called iniquity.
"reminiscences, and as Grape WAS used en-
blem OF sorrow for departed friends, 30 diminu-
tive Confederate flags were employed to typify
sorrow for q lost cause.
Much as some Federal officers may desire to dis
, cover evidences OF disloyalty in the South tina
shall keep up standing armies and continue lib
eral salaries, think that in the present instance
General Sickles has slot far below his mark il
taking the impulses Of women and children as hi
text for report to Secretary Stanton on the un
reconstructed condition Of South Carolina. From
Beast Butler we might have anticipated it
from a man Of tho world, like Daniel e. Sickles
who knows something OF lie and its sympa
thies, and who expects, young man as he is, on,
day to doff his uniform andlhold high civil offices
we had no thoughtthat 30 email o matter wouli
command his attention or excite his fears
With such acute eyes upon us, scarcely
knows where disloyalty ends and patriotism be
gins. We may be indicted for not celebrating th,
4th of July; or called upon to answer for the color
of our wifes ribbons; or held to account for dis
sipation that leaves too much red at the tip O
ones nose. The day of email things appears t
have come. We can only say in conclusion, tina
il the commander Of the department will leave tn
care OF Columbia to Col. Green his officers an,
regulars, now stationed at this post, than VIII on
we have not had more quiet or courteous soldier
since the close OF the war, he will be promptl
admonished of any disturbance of the public peac
, sufficient to provoke the sending of paragrapl
to Washington, and we shall be spared the troubl
, Of writing editorials to explain why the ladies an
children of Columbia, on mourning occasion, in
duge in the innocent display Of that which will b
remembered and respected for generations t
come.