The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-12-06
, GOVERN oR's MESSAGE.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, /.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Nov. II, 1866

COLUMBIA, S. c., Nov. 27, 1866.
Gentlemen Of the Senate
yonr annual assembling at the seat OF
t,overnment has heretofore been the occa-
SION of congratulation by the Executive,
unon the continued happiness, prosperity
and .improyement of the commonwealth
I regret that no such greeting can be ex-
tended to YOU on the present occasion.
We NO longer hear the clash OF arms, nor
the tread of hostile armies, and our peo-
bic have escaped the scourge, OF that ter
Tihie disease, which revels in the shocking
carnival of death. Whilst the general
health has not been good, the yirulenee
and malignity Of disease have been mltl-
GATED and comparatively small fatality
hes visited the sick room. For these
BLESSINGS. our thanks are due to the great
Ruler Of the Universe. In the depths OF
humiliation and contrition, let us invoke
Him to avert the evils that are upon US
to STAY the hand of our prosecutors, to
turn away the wrath, and bring to nought
the counseis of those who would oppress
and destroy us, and to restore to US the
happiness and prosperity Of former years
fhe toll of the husbandman has brought
him scanty return from his tlelds-tne
grain crop is alarmingly small-the cot
ton 70 crop in. many. portions of the State
viii not suffice to furnish the means OF.
supplying provisions-our population,
white and .colored, are abandoning their
s,ld homes and country, and are emigra-
ting to strange places, where they can
ind bread. With the loss of labor, our
farms must dilapidate, our fields remain
untitled, our granaries continue empty,
and our progress in developing the re-
sources of the State must be arrested
The failure of the earth to make gem;
erous return to the toll of the husband
man. causes the goods of the merchant to
rest unsold on, his shelves-and keeps the
tool of the mechanic idle-the learning OF
the professional man useless. Fhe politl-.
cal condition of the country-the intoler-
anee of our conquerors-the proscrlptlon
foswhich we are subjected. by those who
should be our loving brothers, and who
WELD the destinies Of this great nation
these evils intimidate capital, paralyze
enterprise, disorganize labor, and destroy
hone and confidence. The enormous tax
on cotton discourages production, and ag-
grayated the financial embarrassment OF
the people.
Newer, therefore, in the history of the
State, has a Legislature assembled under
less favorable auspices, to provide for the
wants of an impoverished and dlsheart-
ened constituency.
: But these extraordinary embarrass-
n 1nts mustbe met with wisdom, patience
and courage, with energy and hope, and
a manly resolve, to subdue and overcome
them. We must keep our population
here-we must provide for their present
nseessities-we must stimulate our white
population to 60 earnestly to work, and
let them see that labor is honorable and
'idleness reprehensible. Entering a new
wear with this fixed determination, our
fields will be better cultivated, and the
next harvest time will find our garners
well filled with the products Of the soil.
The staple crops will be more abundant,
and the financial embarrassments OF the
people will, by consequence, be greatly
relieved. Let us cherish hope and prac-
tiee such industry as shall merit the full
Gilment of these anticipations.
therefore proceed to make such re-
commentators as vii, lin my Judgment,
promote the interest Of our common con-
stituency.
DISTRICT COURTS.
q, The third Article of the Constitution of
this State, in the third paragraph of the
first. Section, directs that "the General
Assembly shall, as soon as possible, es-
tablish, for each District in the State, an
inferior Court or Courts, to be styled the
District Court'-the Judge whereof shall
be resident in the District, while in Office
shall be elected by the General Assembly
for four years, and shall be re-eligible-
which Court shall have jurisdiction of al
causes wherein one or both OF the parties
are persons of color, and of all crimina
cases, wherein the accused is a person O.
color; and the General Assembly is EN-
;nowered to extend the jurisdiction of the
said Court. to other subjects" 1t is un
fortunate that this clause was inserted il
The Constitution The first paragraph O
the Section declares, that "the judicia
mower shall be vested in such superior
and inferior Courts of Law and Equity
as the General Assembly shall, from time
time. direct and establish )" and this il
sufficiently comprehensive to authorlz'
the establishment of an inferior Cour
which the wisdom of the General Assem-
bly, may determine, whether it be 70
lice, District, County or Magistrate.
Court. Here, the largest discretion i
given to you; and such tribunals may b.
Established as experience or necessity may
dictate; but tho clause already quote'