The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-02

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the sex before his eyes. Let him be ever
lastingly tabooed.
The Removals in New Orleans.
The New Orleans papers of the 28th,
publish General SHER1DAN's order, remoy-
ing several State and municipal officers,
and appointing others to fill their places.
The following remarks in reference to
this matter, We clip from the Rcay'"e
In our extra of ofyesterday wepublished an
order from Major-General Sheridan: in
which he exercises the power conferred on
him by Congress, to continue or remove the
officers exercising State and municipal
functions among us, by removing from the
bench of the First District Court Hon.
Edmund Abel, and appointing ". W.
Howe, ESQ.,, in his stead. He also removes
Attorney-General A S. Heron and replaces
him with B. L. Lynch, Esq, late Attorney
General of the State, and Mr.. Herron's I'M
mediate predecessor.
The very responsible and influential Of
flee Of Mayor is vacated by the removal Of
Hon. John T. Monroe, and filled by the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Edward Heath to his
place. We presume these new officers will
proceed at once to qualify themselves for
and to enter upon the duties of their res
pective Offices Indeed, as the order Of the
Commanding General does not require any
oath Of Office to be taken, nor the act OF
Congress prescribes such, this may be un-
necessary. ga.e'a.',
These gentlemen have delicate duty to
perform in the present juncture of affairs.
if they act with discretion and impartiality,
they will earn respect for themselves !; and
this is of much greater value than titulary
honors, and more enduring than riches.
The action of Gen. Sheridan in this re-
spect is therefore, so far, an assumption Of
the control of the agencies by which crime
| is prevented and punished. 1t is not in
consistent with his general order, which
! gave assurances that no unnecessary
changes would be made. It is entirely
within his discretion to decide what changes
are required to fulfil the objects Of the
military bill, of which the administration
has been committed to him. The main
motive for the passage Of the bill was
therein pronounced to be the preservation
of order and the prevention Of crime.
We may be clearly Of opinion that these
changes were unnecessary for that object.
We have argued necessarily that the
police has been always sufficient, and that
the riots of July were exceptional cases,
which cannot fairly be pleaded against us.
But we failed to produce any impression in
favor of that view on the people OF the
North; and the military bill had its chief
justification, in the belief that the blame OF
the riots here was due to the neglect Or mis-
conduct Of the civil authorities. From this
standpoint General Sheridan, who shared
originally in this opinion, and acts under a
specific direction given to him by. law, in
conformity with that view, has decided
that the administration of criminal matters
should be changed. The persons removed
are those who are accused with most vlo-
lence, and condemned, by the false public
opinion which the perverted facts OF the
riot created; but we may see that this order
means to execute u Judgment which was
pronounced beforehand, and must be con
ceded to be natural sequence OF the mill
tary bill, it's causes andits injunctions
We cannot affect the case by repeating
our own convictions, or rearguing what has
been adjudicated against us, by an author,
ity from which there is no appeal.
There is, we find, u very general appre:
hensioln expressed that these arc but initlta:
tory measures for general sweep from
Office Of the civil authorities Of State and
city. It may be so but it is not proved
by these removals, which rest on distinct
principle Of action, that does not necessarily
apply to appointments strictly civil, not
coming within any Of the definitions OF the
Bill or the scope of the general order.
On this head we can only be decided by
events, and as we cannot divine OF control
them, we must wait.
The Crescent of Thursday says:
The order of General Sheridan, which
we publish elsewhere this morning, remov-
ing important officials, State and municipal,
and appointing other men to their places,
excited. widespread feeling and comment,
yesterday, throughout the city, upon its
PRONUNCIATION in extra issues OF the Cres-
cent and other papers