The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-23
honor to be- General very truly and respectfully youa
friend and obsdient servant, JAMES j. ORR
Governor Of south Carolina

friend friend and cSedisns servant. JAMES I. ORR '''
Governor Of South Carolina
GENERAL sIcKLEs' REPLY
! WASHINGTON. Sept n, 1857
sIR-Your Excellency's letter OF the 7h instant wss
forwarded at New York, and was received % the
I4th. The cordial terms in which you pleased 10
rer 10 our ocial and personal relations during nv
service in the Caroinas are gratefully appreciated In
meet With officer whose ample experience and dsta
gusheC service have justly commanded him TO the
%sns srssy made By General Candy adopting and con-
rmng the orders heretofore IN force In the second
Military dstrcs, Il is mot probable that any material
change In the command.
In my retirement is q source Of much satsfAstton
to compare the present condition OF South Carolina with
that which found assuming command in the
autumn 1885, the system OF free labor has besn sue
invested With civil rights By tho voluntary cot Of your
Legislature; the tranquility and order which have oes1
maintained attest the general desire OF ~ Gill; o. Ae
abundant has rewarded industry grain 10 ncW
exported from Charleston registration has proceeded
any serious Interruptions OF the ordinary svocstoas g
she people, since October 1896 the courts OF the Unite
Ordinary powers wistsu Sindrsnes. The jur:dctica q
the cours although permitted Jurisdiction nas never
- the ss Son
civil authorities IN gener! have been upheld and CIVIL
law hes been administered with only such limitations e
beoems necessary the xecution OF the severed 80 Il
TSs particular usa.urs Of my .dmluisrasis. WHOA
Dismissal from COMMEND You have justly described
10 make good crop this esr and thereby obtain the
means to support themseIv, " and pay their debts IL
my removal had been provo yeH ~ so%s h hcs
Of more regret TO myself Az IL IL, lind NO reason =
reproach myself for endeavor ng TO restore IN some o.
gree the material prosperity an Impoverished pop1-
ation aud 70 avert the serious disturbances that would
followed the prosecution more than thirty thou
general order No. 10 was issued In April last.
Although my official relation to the Departments OF the
Carolnas has ceased cannot be Sadcrent 10 the well
fare Of communities whose SIS were SO long con-
ded my CHARGE is their Or usperity matter e
indifference to the people Of the On ted States or the
The population OF the Caroiuas ha not tried 10 pro-
vent the organization OF legal civil governments IN the
rebel States and only just for 70 state thas your
own prompt and patriotic acquiescenc In the require
meu Of the government relieved the eope you repre-
and at the same time removed some OF IRE most serious
impedmens to the execution Of the ace9
trust your people viii not suffer any detrimsnt BY
reason Of complications for which they respons
BILE. It only remains for them to comply Win the
conditions prescribed by Congress- and South Carolin
will be restored TO the Union with all her anciene
rights and dignity. AZ sovereign State unimpared
These conditions have other object than ~ make our
institutions truly republican substance and FORM
that Justice be done and that no occasion or pre-
text for conflict may hereafter be found.
There ia not in my Judgment any sufficient reason a.
apprehend that the oolored people will not make good
ctizsuG Freedom and education are rapidly developing
this long dormant and helpless caste. With Advantages
far inferior to the other races which have found their
oy. q snd oSsdsns to the Law.
fostered and Justly treated the freedmen Will oecoms
n: bone and nsw 81 ts a%C
of the asperss incident 70 long war, the Caro!nas
will enter upon new career Of prosperity alike .t:rsc
fellows. and gratifying TO statesmen whose ambition u
gr.tined 10 the progress Of the Commonwealth. {,
Remembering with pleasure the courtesy and conside
ration ALWAYS shown BY your ExcellenCy In aaL