The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-10-26
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llieLetter to Governor Orr.
sWINsss1noaInuo5,, aIu5, s. T. Sept. 9th. 1867,


Sine You, hare addressed m official letter
to General Sicklea I'M which you thank him for
his administration while ruler of. this State.
This yen do on. behalf of tbose you ''repre-
sent" y My establishment at your course is on
y exceeded by my, inorti6cationi in finding my
States SO misrepresented by you in your oficial
capacity. ua i...7,bsn ,s.a. r.,a Ia
4 would call your attention to the following
publicacts of Gen. Sicklcs, and ask, whether
you consider the author of them worthy of
comlnaRdation. ~, lid,
Bcfore tho Act of July created G len. sicklcs
military dcspot Of the Cnrolinns, he on has. o,rn
authority, enacted, ea& .. s.r
lst.f That negroes should sit on jurics
. I'd. THAT negroes should ride in first class
cars, and steamboat state-roon,s .i..o--rn yici
3D.. 2gIhat negroes vote at all elections i
4th.i That negroes should be eligible to all
Offices. in. the State, Including that which you
now hold. 'Nhi''
5th{,That no election should be held except
with his imperial permission.
He also committed the following acts
lst. FHe degraded both the United States
flag and the Charleston frcnicn, by forcing the
latter, against their uniform practice before the
war, togdisplay and salute the former at pure.
ly civicsprocession. ieH
I'd. sIIe refused to obey the hoJcas corpu.
writ ofthc United States Court, process SO
ssacredsto all .Epglshmcn anil Americans
3d. H4e H4.e, caused Capt. ,McNulty to be tried
by Military Commission ,(although the IT, S.
S"l'rcape. Court had solcmnly declared Military
Commissions illegal in time Of pcacc;) and
fined Hh heavily for not allowing a ncgrcss to
crowd herself with the ladies on his boat. II.
4th@'He tried two youths of Columbia for
nssaultihgf two mischief makers from the North,
hy Ali.ss"ry con',niss;nn, and snntcasSd them
to confinement at hard labor in 4 Port in an
other State, where: understand; they arc now
doing police duty and cooking for negro troops
9TH. lie removed an honest magistrate in
Columbia for not orcr-e'oi"g his Eduty in the
above case; and replaced him and degraded
the Office by appointing an ignorant negro.
9Th. He intcrfcrcd with our laws generally
and concerning rent, licences, and the admins
tration Of JUSTICE thereby destroying all
credit
9TH. Tic DISTINGUISHED aaturalzcd citizens
without any authority from Acts of Congress
Sth. Hc DISTINGUISHED military officers against
the literal provision of the July Act MS inter
preted by itself.
9th lie sandcred one Of the purest Equity
Judges of the State, and several of our most
respectable and honorable lawyers
Much culogy has been lavishcd by YOU en-
General Sicklcs for Order No TO- Whatever
mny have been the temporary relief afforded to
debtors by this extraordinary order. all lovers
of constitutional liberty have it forced upon
their reflection, that laws similar have uniform
lily been pronounced by the Supreme Court of
the United States to be Unconstitutional; and
that q law passed by our Legislature, which by
no means interfered with the obligations of
contracts to the extent of order No. 10, was de-
clared by the highest Court in the State. by
ten judges agaim,. one, to be violativc of thu.
Constitution of the United States Also, that
tile Acknowledgement of the United States in
~ :" 5oA''N 'ii"o c1uilOt
answered, ha declared the issuing of this or
der to be dcspotic stretch of unauthorized
power. Finally while temporary relief has
been afforded to drbtors, we have the fact
forced upon US, that large class of creditors,
among whom arc numbered many now dcsti.
tute widows and orphans, have been great suf.
fcrcrs thereby.
In this connection, would ask if YOU do
not know that the application of Order No. 10,
to the Federal Courts was nm afterthoucht on
the tho part Of Gen. Sicklcs and that lie did
allow the process of this Court to be freely ex-
ccutcd in this State, until it occurred to him
that this Court might on proper case made, do
clare tho July Act unconstitutional and thus
destroy MS supe,. Cxuric power?
am constrained to charactorize your letter
rs your second bid for Radical favor. Your
speech in Charleston, when yot ungr;tefully
aspcrscd the Democratic party which gave you
prominence, was your first bid. Your letter has
furnished the Radical party with a ipretcxt for
the prosecution of its ncfarious designs for tho
oppression of the South, that has been seized