The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-04-03
THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT.

1t is scarcely necessary to invite attention to the
General Order issued by the officer commanding
this Military District. The pervading interest in
this subject will induce all persons who have not
been favored with perusal of its contents to scru-
sinse every word uttered in this authoritative de-
s.claration of Military Law. The mildness OF its
utterances ana the fairness exhibited in this brief
enlnciation of the important fact, that from this
: time forward the people of North and South Caro-
lima are nnder military government, will beget
confidence and trust the part Of the people that
: the intentions of Gen. SIcKLEs are kind and hu-
name, and which will rebound to his credit here
after. We are certain that the annexed paragraph
will meet hearty response, and that the "people
and authorities will cordially unite in the dili-
gent, sconsiderate and impartial execution of the
hws enacted for their government" The follow
ing extract from the General Order referred to, is
worthy of Communications:
s.The Commanding General, desiring to preserve
. sstranquiiify and order by means and agencies
most congenal to the people, solicits the Jealous
sand cordial cooperation of civil officers in the dis
charge of their duties and the aid OF all good cil
"zens in preventing conduct tending to disturb the
..peace and to the end that occasion may seldom
.sarise for the exercise Of military authority in
.tmatters of ordinary civil administration, the
commanding General respectfully and earnestly
..commends to the people snd authorities of North
sand South Carolina unreserved obedience to the
aauthority now established, and the diigenty con
..siderate and impartial execution of she laws en-
.sacted for their government"
In this connection, we would echo the sentiments
of an able cotemporary, the Charleston Ners, in
The following paragraphs;
sThis order places before our people, hot harsh
" but very distinctly, the fast that from to-day we
are under Military Government The Command
ing General possesses over brave, sensitive and
a suffering people, more absoluts authority than
is welded by any but one of the nonarchs of Eu-
rope We beleve.that he feels the solemn respon-
sibilty Of his postiony and that he wishes to use
His great power wisely and generousy-that it is
hisfhonorable ambition to carry us peacefully and
safely through such crisis as old and civilized
society has scarcely been forced to pass. With
our aid honestly given. as has been frankly
asked, we believe he will achieve his purpose
And when better days shall come, we trust that he
and wise intentions, but upon lasting and happy
results. And for ourselves, let us doour duty like
wise and resolute men. 1t is not an easy nor q
pleasant duty, but we ought not to forget that
however pure our purpose and unscffsh our sacr-
fee, we have brought this misery upon the land
we love- And if God has taught US that we are
not to serve the State in the way We thought best,
let us in spirit Of equal sacrifice serve it as he
permits,
"yesterday for the first time afscr q long and sad
silence the old bells of st. Michael ran out their
we'll rem embered chimes and there was not native
heart that did not throb in unison. Many manly
> lib ouivered, many gentle eye filed, for who
could forget how often they had pealed in exulta-
tion with our hopes, or tolled in sympathy with
the brave and good who perished in the bitter
ntrugele. And as those sounds of peace foated
away from the cid spire into the Sabbath air and
vibrated over the blue waters, dallying with the
folds Of the great banner that shadows our for
tunes, whispering softly over the green mounds Of
abandoned batteries where those we loved fought
for us even unto death, and dying away in the far
off woods of distant islands, where friend and
enemy lie mouldering together, did they not in
deed
Ring out slowly dying cause
And ancient forms of party strife
and is not the nobest tribute to that cause and the
wisest experience of that strife the manly resolu-
tion to grapple boldly with the future"
We find. the following in the New York Herald
Of Tuesday last ..Blt 5aew weeks ago we chroni-
cled the death of Mr. ]. ID. 5B.sDeBow, the South
ern reviewer and Statesman, at Elizabeth, Nj
We have now to announce the death of his brother,
Mr.. B. f. DeBow, which took place ut eight O'clock