The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-10-02

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Of my dismissal from command. You
have Justly described the order in CUES
tion as intended to enable the people tc
make a good crop this year, and thereby
obtain the means to support themselves
and pay their debts. If my removal had
been provoked by some act of oppression
spoliattion or cruelty, it would have beer
a matter of more regret to myself. a AS II
| ISL find no reason to reproach myself tol
endeavoring to restore in some degree the
material prosperity of an Impoverished
population, and avert the serious disturb
anccs that would have followed the pros.
ecution of more than thirty thousand
suits for debts pending in-South Carolina
when general order No. 10 was issued, IN
April last.
Although my official relation to the De.
partment of the Carolinas has ceased,
cannot be Indifferent to the welfare OF
communities whose interests were so long
confdedto my charge, nor is their pros
peritv a matter of indifference to the peo-
ple of the. United States or their repre-
sentatives in Congress.
The population of the Carolnas have
not tried to prevent the organization OF
legal civil governments in the rebel States,
and it is only just for me to statci that
your own prompt and patriotic acqules-
cence in. the requirements OF the Govern,
ment relieved the people you represent OF
iai;lny of the burdens of military govern
ment, and at the same time removed some
of the more serious impediments to the
execution of the reconstruction acts IN
South Carolina. I trust your people will
not suffer any detriment by reason of
complications for which they are not re-
sponsible. 1t only remains for them to
complyswith the conditions prescribed
Congress, and South Carolina will soon
be restored to the Union, with ali her an
cient rights and dignity as q sovereign
State unimpaired. These conditions have
no uther.object than to make our instltu-
tions truly republican in substance and
form, that justice may be done, and that
no occasion or pretext for conflict may
hereafter be found. There is not, ili my
any sufficient reason to apprc-
hend that the colored pcullc will not
make good citizcns Freedom and cdu-
cation arc rapidly developing this long
dormant, helpless race. With advantages
far inferior to the other races which have
found their way to this com cry, the Afl'l-
can has proved himself. loyal, industrious
and obedient to laws Generously foster.
ed and Justly treated, thestrcedman will
become the bone aud sncw OF Southern
population and power. With the solution
of this problem, and the disappearance OF
the asperities incident to-: long war, the
.Carolinas will enter upon Il new career OF
prosperity, alike attractive to the phllan-
-thropist who seeks the happiness OF his
fellows and gratifying t" slgicsmen whose
ambition. is gratiticd III the progress OF
the Commonwealth. Remembering with
pleasure the courtesy and consideration
always shown to me by your EXccllcncy
in ali our intercourse, official and person
al, and with the livcliest interest in the
happy termination of the sad years OF
strife which have already too long atlilc-
ted our country, l remain truly yours,
ID. +. SlcKLEs,
Major General.
To his Eycellcncy James l.. Orr.