The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-09-28

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Governor Orr and General Sicl1les. 4
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LETTER ANb fAinRpl;Y.c. 81 5.se
4 discussion aM elct;ncc Of Gcmr,d Orders
No. 10--.A sfotencnt cfis nccrssity and ct,
.frcts-Thc' f,'anquil;ty aud 'godd osale,. arhich
hare becm a',uintuine1- What the tGt1rolinas
must tlo TO Lc surcd! ss.i oE1Y oe,i.. ,uoy1 .
~ fi"~0" '.5'r i.lm ae..fy :v,5d
The following is the. correspondence Which
passed between Governor Orr and General
Sicklcs upon the occasion of the removal of tho
latter, and which has already been NOTICED in
our tclcgraphic dispatches:
LETTER FROM ppvERxoR ORR,
EXECUTIVE DEr'r. SourlI CARoLINA. !.
Columbia, S. c. Sept 7th, 1867.
.Myor- General D. H. ,S;;cklcs, Charleston, S. c.
SIR:-I have learned fromFthc public press,
although have received no official notice Of
the TACT, that you have been relieved from the
command Of the Second Military District en-
bracing this State and North Cnrolnu and
that, by order of the Presidents, NIaior.G Gcneral
Candy has succeeded to the same.
desire to express to you the great regret
which feel personally, and officially, at the
course taken by the President and his advisers
in this matter. There arc many Of the orders
which have been issued by you Since the pas,
sage of the reconstruction billsiin March last
which did not meet my approval; but ii is due
to you and your official action that I should
bear voluntary testimony to the wisdom and
success OF your administration, andto express
the opinion that the almost unlimited power.
with which You were invested |jy the acts OF
Congress have been exercised with ,nolcratol
and f"rbcaramcc Your Genera, Orders, No
10. So far as this State is concerned were. list
Spring, Ill ny opinion absolutely necessary
looking To the impoverished condition OF tn,
country. the shurtncss Of the provision and
staple crops of last year, to the general recuri
AIRY distress pcrvading the country. and to the
necessity Of protecting the small means OF
farmers and planlcis at that time from the
process of courts. They were thereby enabled
TO subsist .hciE tpilics and ,gyrow tic present
crop.
This crop l'ronlisrs to be in many respects
anu III innny sections Of the State the most in
port:t and largest that has been grown for
many years; and when harvested YOU could
! without hazard or apprehension, have execute I'd
your purpose, ms declared to me, .of modifying
General Orders No. 10. so that creditors could
have enforced their demands without produ.
cins general distress, if nothing worse.
1t is also due 10 you to say that in my jud;s-
mcnt, if General Orders No. 10 had not. be-,
issued last Spring very considerable increase
i'll the number OF troops, in this State would
fovc been necessary ofhavo been stationed at
many OF the courthouscs to haze preserved the
public records from dcstruction,, and ensure
the safety Of shcrifls in executing civil process
in their hands, Which they had been ordered
to levy by thoughtless au,l hcartlcs.S creditors
In my opinion General Orders No. 10 received
he approval of very large majority Of the
citizens of South Carolina, and your general
administration as Commander Of the District is
approved BY Il majority nearly as great
In all official intercourse which We have had
beg to tender YOU my thanks for the uniform
kindness and courtesy with which I have been
treated personally, and for the disposition YOU
have always manifested to make TIC burden,
of the military government as light upon the
people whom | represent as it were possible
""'cr inc Circumstances I have not tho pleas
uro Of a personal acquaintance with your sue
cessor' General Candy, but hope that my Off
clal relations with him may be marked viii
! tho Same harmony and kind feeling which hay,
! characterized our official intercourse for nearly
two years past. Il hayc the honour to be
Gcneral, very truly and respectfully, You,
friend and obcdicnt servant.
JAMES L. ORR.
Governor of South Carolina.