Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-09-07


"a owed u twenty dollars; B owed G twcn
ty dollars; and SO on to the end of the abba
bet; but it is very evident that twenty dollars
would have paid the whole Of the indebted
ness. a better argument for the Stay Law
could not have been adduced for all that wa
required to realize the easy mode of liquida
tiop you have oIuoidatod w's time, SO tia
these interchapges might 80 placo It i
precisely this the Stay law affords, leaving u
the pleasing assurance from so high an au
tbority, that within brief period the finan
c'ai difficulties of the State may be solved
with sum of money insignlicantly small
Let us see on the other hand what woult
nave been the effect of refusing this allowance
OF time. When General Order 10 was pro
mugatcd, there were pending in tho courts
OF the State forty thousand suits for debt
l5y the last census there were only forty
thousand white voters in tho State. al.
lowing the sum of fifty dollars in each case,
as the amount of costs, fees, expenses, lost
time and depreciation of values by hurried
liquidation, you have two millions of dollars
as the loss in cifccting, by litigation, settle
ment capable according to your statement of
being effected with twenty dollars through
some peculiar process known to the Board of
Trade in Charleston.
You proceed to observe that "if every ex
ecution had been pressed, thcaggre wealth
OF each District or County would have
been lesscncd. the property would merely
have changed local owners" Surely Nis not
matter of small interest to the merchants
OF Charleston, that the property of the far
mers. mechanics and tradcsmcn should pass
into the hands Of lawyers, constables and
the vutures that flock to judicial sales.
SO far as relates to the local transactions of
Charleston, your statement that creditors re-
siding there had not sought to enforce their
clal'ns, shows thac the Stay law has not in
Jnred the business of the city; nor is any in.
jury likely to be produced worthy of compar
lson with the manifest facilities afforded to
agriculture, from which the trade of Charl-
cstou derives all it's thrift
You will not fail to observe that the sus-
pension of remedies is confined to causes of
action arising between the 10th of December,
1860, and the 18th of May, 1868; that after
the expiration of the temporary stay of pro
ceedings for twelve months, executions for
debts contracted before the . var s can n been
transactions since May 18th, 1865, all the
remedies afforded by the laws of the United
States and of South Carolina not only remain
intact, but they arc inviSorated and reinforced
by military regulations and tribunals.
1t Will therefore be seen that person9 seok-
ing to invest capital and engage in business
enterprises within this Military District are
entitled to oil remedies and have free access
to all the tribunals that belong to settled or
der of society; and that it is only those trans
actions incident to the disorders of long war
and to the old system of scrvitude, that are
affected by tho military stay law.
Since the month of January, 1867, tho
market price Of the public stocks of the State
of South Carolina shows that the credit of
the State, far from rccedng, has improved
Gentlemen rs familiar as you are with the op-
eratlons OF finance, are aware that the credit
of the State cannot suffer by measures which
establish cOnsiderate and firm authority pro-
mote the industrial welfare of the population,
maintain order, and provide for the perma-
nent adjustment Of the political relations of
the inhabitants
His Excelency the Governor of South
Carolina in an official communications address
ed to the Commanding General has been
pleased to say, L have pcrsucd with great
satisfaction your General Order TO- dated
April III, 1867, and beg leave to express my
hearty concurrence in all its provisions; so
far as have been able to ascertain public SEN
timent, think it meets with the unqualified
approval Of our entire population.
In conclusion, gentlemen, am to inform
you that the Major General Commanding
fails to discover in your suggestions any suffi-
cicnt ground for rcvoking or modifying the or.
doris in question; and he iudulges the hope
that temeporate counscls, acuuicscencc in the
IpI fpc fbo
and stronger ties of fraternity among the peo-
pie of tho Commonwealth, may encourage the
labours of those who desires and see in the fu.
ture of South Carolina even more than her
ancient prosperity and renown.
Very respectfully,
j. w. CLOUS.
Captain 3Sth Infantry, A. A. A. G.
TEAom TIE NEGROES. The Hon. O. T..
Porohcr has written letter to tho "Abbcvilc
pross on this s,, hinot yvh;oh oon n. ~; III,