The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-01-18
BAaNwELI, January z, 1868.


---.:--.---g BAaNwELL, January z, 1868.
IN Sir: n reply +jp9edigtely toyPur note Of
the 4th January, just received ~.
Il did 4ot expect, and did pot ask, that. you,
tai NIihtafd Gdnlmhnderi wdnld consider the
eenstitutionality Of the Reconstruction Acts
AlutI did expect. lthat,you would point to Che
sRpse in in those cts which empowered you to
/ suspend me from the erformancs the duties
Of pys pplysn nogiso. and theRr saepriveo mo of my
property. oip that ofas;d byQs deripg the State
Treasurer to withhold the, salaryIwhich the
STATES cqB!tFastsa 55Qq6apay3 3me when! vas qom-
WjsssaippaAi asof sbega Ypu,Will re-
cgaothat am still sJAdge ofqS9uth
GarQlipa, AHau, hays not Nentured remove
mqt yet and if you bad ;ysR csnpQt.deprivo me.
Of my, Office Office. AEsu CANNOT point to any az
thpgity in thsn ACTS, hpt excuse your injustice.
and usurpatiqno by sayiRga"that as your action
involved atseripus tdaay. in the administration
ef justice and imposed upon the, State, ein its
impoverished. ,copditioR. acknowledgements
for the, maintenance, Of prisoners and for hold
ingg:speeip terms Of the courts IN several of the
listrietsi in tho Southern. Circuit, did not
consider it proper m ljast to add to those burr
dens bty!apthQrizingv compensation fol, services
that Mpnc not rcndeEEssl.n, 5,,asg as,.rs %
|-i, I,indighansly repcl this Islander I WIS in
the actual performance IF my duties, under the
laws,of the oStntoitf Sedtfie Gnroliha that had
scbnferrca ua me, tity judicial tfcc, and to whom
alone, 1 am accountuble.rW hen'you' by ahighA
hdnded ;usdrpatiun ofiadtho,4ty,' not ieohierrcd
aiikyoub ubyranyo oaawrof aCongfess, or dfticlc of
War, suspended tine in tho Soryp effort; Il twas
n,aKddng, to administer Justice to suffering pco.
pie:'mW hat j JUsmpswnsitoebea administered BY
sucl jnriesa sou7hadl dirc6t6d to abei dra&ni2
PoYpuhdtnok ,e4 should have known, that your
drderas. to juries, was mot authorized by any
.Aptnf' Congress bYoo know or, should have
kifownprthati jdries, selected as "ybd objected,
presented thoomost sdtious impeachment ito the,
Administration of juatet. Youknow or should
amte kn6wn,.' that my odf,"of office prevented
mo, from carrying out 5otir ordcr-Aand yet MS a
mere partishnI withoat' 'considerinst the dignity
,of ohiy'I positioni thcI chHtdctet OF my beloved
'Ssntcg esshe resrohsibility of yb,ir own Station
in }lie verywantohnchssf Of 1rb*sr:: you pu,tfdtpon
nc :ah ihdlgnity'whieh has Unworthy Of tho;
srsht's government YIN REPRESENT, and Unjust,
add, appears to nlc now to be rot only resent
fnlb hnlaAfy I.!f4 torh III 19n1g 1 @ ny .
! GERS CT TIE oLn Ans?:y 'lt:bfp. '2''
% noos tna Yrn tns han s.hi .tSi' :!
AS stl eonscisentieps 60 ss Judge apAIa na of honJr
ii ffSu5lS fS 5s n9t Pts GT3y gut you order without yio!
lating my oath Of office. I said so frank lyi
You suspended me- yielded without y muir
hiif' ana now, bbccauissc have conscience,
that will not permit me 'as I, think, to. violate
my oath'ot Office, with figh:hanlcd tyranny,
yod'ndt only deprive uic off the dignity orthat
ofte, but rob ME Of It's safpdrt and thdhh hs in,
Sutihglyte tell me that my faction has involved
scFaas dolay III thu adnhnistqatioh Of justice, !,
|ffodlagttkHg thaastft VAS your tBRh ananthorllol
and officions interference With the laws ii the
State, that placed the first and only impcdi-
mieihitt IN thc way q justice With what con-
sistcncy Gun YOU hklahda,t fhe Impoverished
condition" of tho=Statc, when only on the 81
Dcccmbap4ast, lyoM issuea Generali Orders No.
139, assessing a tax for the very salary you
hnys directed G the Treasnr9r to withhold ana
,dia actually make an appropriation for its pay
megs Hey dses fssG It Aolp tbs people Of
lmpoyHarseesd a State tS to Yrnng taxes ppt IF them
%hlfh yHmp III afterwards rsset to Rl '0HSed pp in
a5et3iff tAea triffaSaryc ~ yci a ii 10, ,IU. W., l,s6
y, why trouble yourself about State burdens,
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