The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-10-03
Gov. Orr aud Gen. Sickles.
CORRESPONDENTS.

WAsHINoroN, September 22.-The fol
lowing corresp pondeuce has passed betwe cen
Governor Orr, Of South Csrolins. aud Gen
eral Sickles, relative to the removal of the
latter:
Exctur1vE DEPARTMENT or 8. G,
Columbia, sept. 7th, 1857.
.Moyor Gen. D e. .SicG,es, Charleston,
South Oaroline.
SIR: have learned from the public
press, although have received DO official
notice Of the fact, tha, You have been re
lieved from the command Of the Second
Military District, EN- bracing this State and
North Carolina, and that by order Of the
President u .jor. Geo. Candy has succeed
ed to the same. ..
desire TO express to you the great re.
gret which feel personally, and officially,
at ,he course taken by tho President and
his advisers IN this matter. There are
many Of he orders which have been issued
by you since the passage Of the recoustruc
tioo bills in March last which did not meet
my approval; bat il is due to you and
your official action that I should bear
voluntary testimony to the wisdom and
success of your administration, and to ex
press the opinion that the almost anlimit
ed powers with which you were invested
by the acts OF Congress have been exsrcis.
ell with moderation and forbearancs.-
Your general orders. No. 10, 80 far as
this State ia concerned, were, last spring
IN my opinion. absolutely necessary, look
ing TO the impoverished condition Of the
county, The shortoess of the provision and
staple crops OF last year, to the general
pecuuary distress pervading the country,
and to the necessity Of protecting the
small means OF farmers and planters at
that time from the process of courts. -
They we're thereby enabled to subsist their
families and grow the present crop.
This crop promises to be 10 manv re.
spec,s and in many sections Of the Stale
the most important and largest that has
been grown for several years. and when
harvested YOU could, without hazard OF
apprehension, have executed your purpose
as declared to me, Of modifying general
orders No. 10. so that creditors could have
enforced their demands without producing
general distress, If nothing worse.
II is also due to you TO say, that in nv
Judgment, if general orders No 10 had
not been issued last spring very consid
cradle increase in the number Of troops in
this State would have been necessary to
have been stationed at many Of the court
houses 10 have preserved the public re
cords from destruction, and insure the
safety Of sbertfs in executing civil process
10 their hands. winch they hal been or,
cered 10 levy by ,houghtIess and heartless
creditors. In my opinion, general orders
No. 10 received the approval of very
large ma ajority Of the citizens of South
Carolina, and your general administration
as comm andant Of the district is approved
by a majority nearly as great.
In ali the official intercourse which we
have had, beg to tender you nv thanks
for the uniform kindness aud courtesy
with which have been treated personally.
and for the disposition you have always
manifested TO make the burdens Of the
military government "a light upon the
people whom represent IA il were posi-
ble under the circumstances. have not
the pleasure Of personal acquaintance
with your successor, General Candy, hu'
hope that my official relations with him
may lie marked with tho same harmony
and kind feeling which have characterized
our official intercourse for nearly two years
past. I have the honor &c, be. General.
very Huls and respectfully. ysur friend
and obediect servant, >f
-.. ..rr JAMES L. ORR,
Governor Of South Carolina.