The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-09-11

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General Sickles' Removal-And Order No. 10.
A general uueasiness prevails amongst
our people lest the removal of General
Sickles may result in the revocation Of Gen.
eral Orders No. 10. The point at issue BE-
tween him and the President, and which
led to his being relieved of his command in
the CarolinaS, was upon the application of
that order to the process of the United
States Courts. The question arises whether
that order will be interfered with in its ap
pfieation to the process of the State Courts.
It will no doubt be pressed with some force
upon General Candy, that if this order be
allowed TO apply tothe State Courts and not
to the United States Courts, 1t will operate
unjustly and unequally that an advantage
will be given to the foreign creditors over
the home creditors. This is true; but the
question presents itself, whether this partial
evil will outweigh the general good that
will result from allowing the order to stand
In other words whether the evils which
would follow the enforcement at this time Of
executions obtained in the State Courts
would not be far greater than, the evils re-
sulting from this advantage which the for
cign creditors would have. We think so.
1t is we'll known that the indebtedness
of our people abroad is confined almost ex-
clusively to the mercantile class and it
is equally we'll knowe that this indebtedness
has generally been arranged by COM
promise, by compromising the debts. Be-
sides, between merchants of good standing
there is little difficulty in settling claims
without suit. They look at their business
reiations with more Intelligent eye, and
consequently arc less disposed to press each
other than other glasses Of the community.
Their great olject the ultimate SECURITY OF
of their demands, and where there is
hope Of accomplishing this by giving
time they will almost invariably give
it. And if they are satisfied of the in
ability of the debtor to pay in full they
will accept pa,t in discharge of the re-
!nainder. No great harm vii! therefore be
done by allowing the process of the United
States Court to be enforced. But rot so
with the-process ofthe States Courts. Be-
sides the old executions obtained before the
war, and which still remain unsatis6ed in
the hands OF the Sherif's, an unprecedented
nunbeHof new executions will begot at the
Fall term Of our Court, upon writs issued to
the Spring Term. Nov;, if all those exc
cu,ions are to be enforced against debtors
this winter aud the spring following, as they
certainly will be, if this order should be re-
|.voked, the consequences will be appalling
No such calamity, no such wide spread ruin
and distress; net excepting eventhe immedl'
ate results of the war, have ever come upon
a people as the state of things which will
follow. The necessity of such am order as
No. 10, at the time it was prou,Hlgcd,- was
almost universally acknowledged. The Leg
isLture had before enacted its leading pro-
visions. The State Convention. OF 1865
sanctioned the action of the Legislature,
and the Stay Law would now be Of force On
the Statute Book had not the Court OF
Errors decided that it.was i'll conflict with
tho Constitution. So far then, as the popu-
lar voice IS concerned, the necessity Of SUCH
law has been determined. And if this ne
nessity existed at the time this order was
issued, itcxists now with still greater force
JTnjer the most adverse circumstances the
'peonle ven. to work to make crop this
year. They were without means-withou;
provisions OH acCouHs VI the ''"t.ssS
crops last year, and without money
They have done all that human effort could
avail 10 get through the difficulties which
beset them, and are now about to reahze
under propitious seasons fair return for
their labor. And if allowed 10 60 on an
other year, they will be in a situation to
live, and make something to pay their debts
with. The wear and tear Of the war will
then have been somewhat repaired; the
farmer will have something to live on, and
something TO work with. But turn loose
creditors upon debtors now, what little OF
the crop that will be left after paying ex.
penses, which have been very heavy this
year, will be swept away, leaving this class
of our peop!e-many Of them homeless and
all without the means Of making another
crop. This will be a sad state of sthings
1t is to be hoped that Gen. Candy will not
interfere with this wise, benifceat, and
humane regulation of Gen. Sickles. Let
this one act at least Of his predecessor stand,
and save the people while longer from the
carnival which the Shylocks are so eager
to enter upon. 1t is a matter which not
only concerns the "Board of Trade" of
Charleston but the people, the whole peo-
pie. That self-constituted association of
gentlemen, however intelligent and wise
they may be, does not represent the wishes,
neither does it the wisdom Of the State.
They have made themselves rather officious,
to say the least, in pressing their appeals
On this subject to the former commanding
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