The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-10-02
Sf4ov. Orr and Gen. Sickles.
sFbe following correspondence has
'nassed between Governor Orr, and Gen.
se;t,less s; relative to the removal. OF the
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latter:
.ExEcUT1vE DEPT OF So
81 a@' CoLUMB1A, Sept Z, 1867; } -
mise D. E. i9ickles, Charleston, 81 u:
HSIR:s ] have learned from the pnplic,
Dress, although I have received no omelal Ia
notice Of the fact, that you have oeen 70;
.lieyed from the command OF lhe second
Mii;tarv District, embracing this State and
North Carolina; and that by order OF the
President, Major General Candy has sue
ceeded TO the same. ys
aIsaesire to express to you the great re-
rrett: v whieh I feel, personally and ofhclally,
!at the course taken by the President ana
hiss.adyisers4in this matter. There are
.many,.o .of the orders which have been is
sued bysyoni since the passage OF the he, :.
ssonstraetion bills in, March last which dld
not meet my approval, but 1t IS due 70
YOU, and to- my official action that l should
hear voluntary, testimony to the wisdom
and enccess, of your administration, and
toIes.xpIress the opinion that the almost ln-
limited mowers with which you We're IN IN
vested by5 the acts of Congress have been
exereiseti..withg moderation and forbear-
anee. Your General Orders No 10, SO Tar
as this State. is concerned, were, last
spring, in my opinion, absolutely necessa-
~. lookingsto the impoverished condition
OF the country, the shortncss OF the pro.
vision and. staple crops of last year, to the ne.
seeaerai pecuniary distress pervadlng the
Country and to the necessity ofprotectlng
the small means of farmers and planters
ut that time from the process OF courts:
-Tbey5. were. thereby. enabled to subsist
theirfamilies and grow the present crop.
This crop promise be, in many re-
spects, and in many sections OF the otate'
the most important and largest that has.
been grown for several years, and, when
harvested. you could, without hazard or
;ynprehension, have executed your pur-
nose. nos as declared to me, of.modifying Gen
eral Orders No. 10, SO that creditors
rould have enforced their demands With
/; outproducing. general distress, if nothing
more. r sItis also due3to5you to say that,
in ny. judgment, if General Orders NO.
10 had not been issued last spring, a very
considerable increase in the number OF
troops in this State would have been ne
eess;lry to have been stationed at many
of the court houses, to have preserved the
oublic: records from destruction, and IN
sure $ the safety of sheritfs in executing
civil ,pr,ocesse@in. their hands, which they
hadbSeeh ordered to levy by thought!ess
and hcartless creditors In my opinion,
General Orders No 10 received the ap-
prevail OF very large majority OF the
titizeis of South. Carolina, and your gen.
eYag administration, as commandant OF
the district, is approved by majority
nearly as great.
In all tile official intercourse which We
have had, Ibeg to tender you my thanks
for the uniform Kindness and courtesy
with which Ehave been treated personally,
and foY the disposition you have always
manifested to make esthe burdens OF the
a,ilitar,y government light for the poo-
,,iewl,om / represent as it were possible,
hinder the circumstances. | have not the
pleasure of personal acquaintance with
Yonr successor, Gen. Candy, but hope that
INV official relations with him may be
mark ed5with the same harmony and kind
feeling which have characterized our OIL
cial Intercourse for nearly two years past.
/ have the honor to be, General, very
truly and respectfully, your friend ana
obedient servant, onn
Governor of South Carolina.
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