The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-10-17
z. :. .I.ETTHR Ills, 70 GOVERNOR ORR. :
WINNsBoRo, S. c.,
Santo,nhnr OF 1857

Sir: You hayc addressed an cGicia
letter to Cen. .Sicklcs, in which you
shank him for his administration
while ruler of this State. This you
do on behalf of those you "reprcscnt.
My astonishment at your course is
only exceeded by r1y modification in
finding my State so misreprcscnted
by you in your official capacity.
I would call your attention to the
following public acts Of Gen. Sicklcs,
and ask whether you consider the
author of them worthy of commcnda-
tion:
Before the Act of July created
General sicklcs military dcspot of
the Carolinas, he Oh his owp authori-
ty, enacted:
1. That negroes should sit on Ju-
RIGS.
2. That negroes should ride in first
class cars, and steamboat staterooms.
3. That negroes should vote at all
elections.
4. That negroes should be eligible
to all offices in the State, including
that which you now hold.
S. That no elections should be held
except. with his imperial permission.
he also committed the following
acts:
1. He degraded both the United
States flag and the Charleston fire
.pen, 5sbga5fsreiles saipstt
their uniform Practice before tlsc, war,
to display and salute the former at a
purely civic procession.
2. He refused to obey the AaJeas
corpus writ of thesU. States Court, a
process so sacred to all Englishmcn
and Americans.
5. He caused Capt.McNelty to be
tried by a Military Commission, (al-
though the United States sSapse ne
Court had solcmnly declared Militia
ry Commissions illegal in time of
peace and fined him heavily for not
allowing negress to crowd herself
with the ladies on his boat.
4. lie tried two youths Of Colum-
bia for assaulting two mischicf-ma-
kers from the North, by Military
Commission, and sentenced them to
confinement at hard labor in a fort in
another State, where, understand,
they are doing police duty and cook
ing for negro troops.
5. lie removed an honest magis-
tratc in Columbia, for not orer-doing
his duty in the above case; and re-
placcd him and degraded the Office
by appointing an ignorant negro.
6. He intcrfered with our laws &C.
nerally; and concerning rent: licen-
ccs, and the administration Of justice
thereby almost destroying. all ere
dit.
7. He disfranchiscd naturalized
citizens without any authority from
Acts of Congress.
8. Herdisfranclisel wilata'y off,
GERS against the literal provision of
1.-THE July act as interpreted by itself.
i 9. He slandcrcd one of the purest
Equity Judges of the State, and sew
eral of our most respectable and ho-
norable lawyers.
Much eulogy has been lavishcd by
you on Gen. Sicklcs for Order No.
10. Whatever might have been the
temporary relief afforded to debtors
by this extraordinary order, all lovers
of constitutional liberty have it fore
ed upon their reflection, that laws
similar have uniformly been pro-
nounccd by the Supreme Court Of
the United States to Io .unconstitu-
tional; and that a la": passed by our
Legislature, Which by no means in
terfered with the obligation of con-
tracts to the extent of Order No. 10,
7was declared by tho highest court in
the State, by ten judges against one.
TO be violative of the Constitution oi
the United States, Also, that the
Attorney General ofthe United States
in an argument that has not been,
and can not be, answered, has de.
clared the issuing Of this order to be