Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10
military despct of the Carolinas, he on his o,cn a,-

military despot of the Caronas he on his o,cn au-
thority, enacted,
LIST. That negroes should sit on juries. -.
3D. That negroes should ride in frst-class cars,
and steamboat staterooms. 49,
Sd. That negroes should vote at all elections.
4th That negroes should be eligible to all Offices
in the State, including that which you now hold.
5th That no elections should be held except with
his imperial permission. ...
He also committed the following acts:
lst. He degraded both the United States flag
and the Charleston fremen, by forcing the latter,
against their uniform practice before the war, to
display and salute the former at purely civic pro-
ceSslon.
ID. He refused to obey the habeas corpus writ
of the United States Court, process so sacred to
all Englishmen and Americans
military commission (although the United States
Supreme Court had solemnly declared military
commissions illegal in time Of peace and fined
him heavily for not allowing negress to crowd
herself with the ladies on his boat.
4th. He tried two youths of Columbia for as
saulting two mischiefmakers from the North, by
military commission, and sentenced them to con-
fnement at hard labor in fort in another State,
where, understand, they are now doing police
duty and cooking for negro troops.
5th. He removed an honest magistrate in Co.
lumDla, IOE uOC T-IOuty Ills Uuty III aUOEc
case and replaced him and degraded the Office by
appointing an ignorant negro.
9Th. He interfered with our laws generally, and
concerning rent, licenses, and the administration of
justice, thereby almost destroying all credit
7th He disfranchised naturalzed citizens with
out any authority from acts of Congress.
Sth. He disfanchised Military officers against
the literal provision Of the July act, as interpreted
by itself
9th. He slaadered one of the Purest Equity
Judges of the State, and several of our most re-
spectacle and honorable lawyers.
Much eulogy has been lavished by you on Gen.
Sickles for Order No. 10. Whatever may have
been the temporary relief afforded to debtors by
this extraordinary ORDER all Lovers of constitution
al liberty have it forced upon their reflection, that
similar laws have uniformly been pronounced by
the Supreme Court of the United States to be un-
constitutional, and that law passed by our Leg
islature, which by no means interered with the 9b
legation of contracts to the extent Of Order No.
TO- was declared by the highest court in the State,
by ten judges against one to be violative of the
Constitution of the United States. Also, that the
Attorney General of the United States, in an ar
gument that hasnot been, and cannot be answered,
has declared the issuing of this order to be des
potic stretch of unauthorized power. Finally,
while temporary relief has been afforded to the
debtors, we have the fact forced upon u.s. that a
large class of the creditors, among whom are num-
bered many now destitute widows and orphans,
have been great sufferers thereby.
In this connection, would ask if you do not
know that the application of Order Ne. 10 to the
Federal Courts, was an aterthought on the part OF
General Sickles and that he did allow the process
of this court to be freely executed in this State,
til it occurred to him that this court might, on
proper case made, declare the July act unconstitu
tional and thus destroy has super Csarsc power?
I am constrained to characterize your letter as
your second bid for Radical favor. Your speech
in Charleston, when you ungreatly aspersed the
Democratic party which gave you prominence, was
your first bid Your letter has furnished the Radi-
cal party with pretext for the prosecution Of its
nefarious designs for the oppression Of the South,
that has been seized upon with avidity by its parti
san journals. While thus opening the way for your
admission into the folds of the Black Republican
party, you might at least have spared us the un-
warranted calumny of stating that but for the wis
dom, moderation and forbearance" of Gen. Sickles,
"a considerable number of troops would have been
necessary to preserve public records, and ensure
the safety of sherifs, &c. You well know how
law-abiding are the citizens of the State thus
maligned by you, and that the only riotous de-
monstrations made since the war Eave been by ne
groes at places where United States troops were in
force.
In conclusion must say that your letter repre-
sents the sentiments of only small classof Debtors
who prefer their individual well being to the preser
walton of the liberty of their country and that all
the true South Carolinians feel that General Sick
les while with US, whatever may have been his
personal relations to you, not only crushed out the
substance of liberty, but likewise destroyed its
FORMS Yours, respectfully,
T. W. WOODWARD.