The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-10-26
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letter TO Governor Orr
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| .S.rss1You have addressed mn o6;qiqz letter
to ,Gepsrali Sieklea iaI whioh you thank him for
his adRiPistrasiou while EULER ef, .thisI state.
iThiH y9uido or. behalf ,lof- tbQse you i'repre-
sent" @My, pstonishnlcut atyour course is, on.
ly,eScssded by ortifcationI jim finding my
Stateao rmisrepresented by you in your oi6cinl
capaoiFy. Ilun .lr9. 1,bnu si,a. bns s,i..3d, ,,,
IL would call your attention to, the. following
publicsIcts of Gen, Sickles,. and ask. whether
you consider the authog of them worthy iof
comlneii,aation. L, .,,tt,,, NJ, Il, ,s.;,,i..i.
:'ettese tho Act of July created len. sicklcs
n'ilitatydespot of the Onrolinns, he on has. o,en
autAo,aay, enacted, q rn,. All; ]. i5,:.3.oy
1st.sThat negroes should sit ON jurics. iJ
/ I'd. That negroes should ride in first class
cars, atH stedn,bDats rooms ,ii.,,f,ra y1r,
'3d. sEhat'qegroes vote at all elections Il
4th% That negroes should be eligible to all
Offices in the State, including That which you
now hold. 'f"'hla
5thsThat no election should be held except
with llis imperial permission. 2''i', "|
He also committed the following ucts: - 81
1st.fHe degraded both the United States
flag add The Charleston frcnlen, BY forcing the
latter,agaihst their uniform practice before the
war, tdaisplny and salute the former at pure
ly civicprocession. ininn -ot 'i i,4.t..,
I'd. kHIo refused!to obey the AaJcas corpus
writ ofthe United States Court, a. process SO
sacredsRal dsRalq qll ~ Epsglshmen ppl Americans
3D. He He caused }s Capt sMsNulty to be tried
BY Military; Nigli G!opl'missiop (athough the y, S.
S'pregses Eourt had ssolcmply declared Military
Commissions illegal in time Of peacc;) and
fined Hin Heavily for not allowing h ntlcgrcss to
crowd !hsrsclf with The Indies OH his boat. n
4tk9Hc tried two youths Of Columbia for
nssaultihgttwo mischief makers froni the'North,
by AIilstaIy. g cea,,aisk;nn and sentcasSd them
to Confinement at hard labor, lin a FORT in an
other State, where: 1 understand; they arc now
doing police duty and cooking for negro troops.
9th. lie removed an honest magistrate in
Columbia for, not orc,-t1oing his Iduty in, the
above case; and replaced him and degraded
the Office BY appointing an ignorant negro.
| n: 9th. lie interfcrcd with our laws generally;
and concerning rent, licences, and the admins
tration Of JUSTICE thereby destroying all
credit. IN
| 9TH. He disfranchisctT aaturalizcd citizens
without any authority from Acts of Congress
l. Sth. He disfranchiscd military officers against
The literal provision Of the July Act rs inter
pretcd BY itself. III .''' ''' F'''
9th. He slandcred ore Of the purest Equity
Judges of the State, and several of our most
respectable and honorable lawyers" ~
Much culogy has been lavishcd by you on
General les for Order No. TO- Whatcvc,
inay have been the temporary relief afforded to
debtors by this extraordinary order: all lovers
of constitutional liberty have It forced upon
their reflection, that laws similar have uniform
| lily been pronounced by the. Supreme Court Of
the United States to be Unconstitutional: and
that o law passed by our Legislature, which by
no means interfered with the obligations of
contracts to the extent of order No TO- was de-
clared by the highest Court in the State, by
njudgcs againft one, to be violativc of th,,
Constitution of the United States. Also, that
tile Attorney yGcncral of the United States in
nm argument That has not been, ssnd cannot be,
answered. has declared the issuing of this or
der to be a dcspotic strptch of unauthorized
power Finally while temporary relief has
hcen afforded to drbtors, we have the fact
forced upon us, that large class of creditors,
among whom arc numbered many new ,.os.i-
tute widows and orphans, have hsen great suf.
fercrs thereby. IG.,dt. M
In this connection, would ask if you do
not know that the application of Order No. 10,
to the Federal Courts was nm afterthought on
the tlh part of Gem Sickles; and that he did
inflow tho process of this Court to be freely ex.
'ecutcd in this State, until it occurred to him
that this Court might on proper case made. do.
Glare tho July Act unconstitutional and thus
destroy ms super. Csaric power?
liam constrained to characterize your letter
ms your 'second bid for Radical favor. Your
speech in Charleston, when you ungatefully
asporaed the Democratic party which gnvo you
prominence, was your first bid. Y our letter has
furnished the Radical party with ipretcxt for
the prosecution OF its ncfarious designs for tho
oppression of the South. that has been sc;vod