The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-04-06
What Gen. sioIxlca Says.

to complimentary toast, expressed
his views in an admirable speech,
wherein he declared his intention, rs
far as his official position would al
low, in relation to the administration
of the laws which he has been ap-
pointed to see properly executed in
the two Carolinas. We make the fol-
lowing extracts from the speech re-
ferred to:
Mr.. President and gentlemen, T
thank you for your kind expressions
of confidence and communication.
The relation I bear to the people of
the Carolinas, while temporarily
charged with the supervision of their
Government, imparts additional in
terest and qualification to the honor
conferred upon me on the present oc-
caslon, by so many persons of consi-
deration. I presume some of you
may expect from me intimations of
my line of conduct. I shall not, I
fear, crafty even reasonable degree
OF curiosity on that subject. But at
all events, may, without departing
from the reserve imposed on me by
my official position, and its RESPONSE
bilities and duties, tell you what I
shall not do. ~
| First, I shall not, for q moment,
think of depriving myself of the able
and efficient cooperation of our old
friend, Governor Orr. Great cheer
ing. Nor shall I fail to avail myself
of the aid and assistance of any other
civil officer in South Carolina, who
performs his duty as zealously aud
faithfully rs I know Governor Orr
has endeavored to discharge his duty.
[Cheers.
Gentlemen, I am sure I can add.
not only for myself, but for every Of
ficer OF the army of the United States
serving under my command, that
under no circumstances will we sane
ton any act of injustice, spoliation
or wrong committed upon any citizen
of North or South Carolina.
Gentlemen, I will offer to you an
other assurance; you have my author
lty for the statement to capitalists,
traders, to manufacturers all who
desire to embark in your agricultu-
raj field of labor, and to all who wish
to invest moneys in your securities
and in your lands-that the military
authorities will do nothing tending
to impair the value of your posses
slons, or to increase the risks of those
who have heretofore embarked in en-
terpriscs on your soil. Whatever we
can do to strengthen confidence in
your resources, and to promote the
material prosperity Of the common
wealth, shall be done.
L concur heartily in the confident
expectations which have been ex-
pressed rs to your future. I am one
of those who believe that there are
few things impossible to Americans.
L believe that the civil and political
misfortunes, the disasters in trade
and agriculture, the privations, hopes
and discouragements you have suf-
fered, and which would have crushed
almost any people who had not ex-
traordinary energies, perseverance
and faith in the future, will all be
conquered by the elasticity, vigor
and fortitude characteristic of the
American people. There is nothing
In the history of South Carolina that
suggests TINT you are an exception to
these traits of our countrymen. It
may not be unbecoming in me to say,
although you would, perhaps, re-
frain from saying SO yourselves, that,
In the war which has just closed, the
people of the South have shown such
resources, and the ability to employ
them, and such energy, and rcsolu-
ton, and courage, as will, if wisely
directed, surmount greater difficulties
than are now before them.
will go further, and venture q
suggestion in reference to your line
of action. Of course, / shall not
trcspass upon the political arena; for
as to that am rs much disqualified
as his Excellency the Governor,
though not by constitutional amend
ment. Laughter. shall abstain,
as L am required to do by the duties
OF my position, from any allusion to
the political bearing of any matter
which you have to consider. With
this reservation, let me say to yop,
gentlemen, in all candor, that one of
the first duties you have to discharge
to yourselves and to your fellow-citi-
zens, is to remove all distrust as to
your purposes, feelings and inten-
tions in tho future towards the CO.
lored race; this distrust is, in nv
judOment the main ol,otoolo &o ~