Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10


As part of the history of the times we pub
lish the subjoined letter from Governor Orr to
General Sickles to which allusion was made in
our issue of last week. As very proper reply to
the vaganes of our so-called Governor, we append
a letter addressed to him by COL T. W. Wood
ward, of Fairfield: 80 80
.-i EXECUTIVE Dept. OF 8. c.,
.a COLUMBIA, Sept Z, 1867.
Mgjor- Gen. d. E. iSickles Charleston, s. c.:
SIR ! have learned from the public press, al
though have received no official notice of the
fact, that you have been relieved from the COM
mand Of the Second Military District, embracing
this State and North Carolina, and that, by order
of the President, Major General Candy has sue
ceeded 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 are many of the orders which have been is
sued by you SINCE the passage of the Reconstruc-
ton bills in March last which did not meet my ap-
prova, but it is due to you and to my official ac-
ton that should bear voluntary testimony to the
wisdom and success of your administration, and
to express the opinion that the almost unlimited
powers with which you were invested by the acts
Of Congress have been exercised with moderation
and forbearance. Your General Orders No. 10, 80
far as this State is concerned were last spring. in
my opinion, absolutely necessary, looking to the
impoverished condition Of the country the short
ness of the provision and staple crops of last year,
to the general pecuniary 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 were thereby
enabled to subsist their families and grow the pres
ent crop.
This crop promises to be, in many respects, and
in many sections of the State, the most important
and largest that has been grown for several years,
and, when harvested, you could, without hazard
or apprehension, have executed your purpose, as
declared to me, of modifying General Orders No.
TO- so that creditors could have enforced their de-
mands without producing general distress, if moth
ing more. 1t is also due 10 you to say that, in nv
judgment, if General Orders No. 10 had not been
issued last spring, a very considerable increase in
the number of troops in this State would have
been necessary to have been stationed at manv Of
the court houses, to have preserved the public
records from destruction and insured the safety of
sherifs in executing civil process in their hands,
which they had been ordered to levy by thought.
less and heartless creditors. In my opinion, Cen
eral Orders No. 10 received the approval of a yerv
large majority Of the citizens of South Carolina
and your general administration, as commandant
Of the district, is approved by majority nearly as
great.
In all the omclA Intercourse which we have had,
l beg totender 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 the burdens of
the military governmental as light for the people
whom l represent as it were possible, under the
circumstances. have not the pleasure of a ner.
sonal acquaintance with your successor, General
Candy, but hope that my official relations with
him may be marked with the same harmony and
kind feeling which have characterized our official
intercourse for nearly two years past. I have the
honor to be, General, very truly and respectfnllv
your friend and obedient servant,
(Signed) ~ JAMES L. ORR,
Governor of South Carolina
;, The following letter is published in the Winns-
boro Ne,os Of the lst instant:
WNNsBoRo', s. c., September q, 1867.
To HIS Eroeaeacy Goue,nor James L. Or -.
SR: You have addressed an official letter to
General Sickles, in which you thank him for bis