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

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--.-e=-=-----a BARNwELL, January z, 1868.
I3":: yeplE 'iTpmedg9tely II toypur note of
the 4th January, just received.
i, II di5 4of expect, and did pot ask, that, you,
al MiltafJ fommapderi wdald consider the
copstitutionality of the Reconstruction Acts.
B43utI did expect. that,you would point to che
tslause in those Acts which empowered you to
suspend me from the performance of the duties
Of, ny nolhse.l and thenotpsdeprive me of my
property. ip that ofias; Il bNqraering the State
Treasurer to withhold the, salarylwhich the
Stateei c9ptFastal to QQiapay mo whenI was co,n-
pissiQnsaaA nsaaA oqa nof rbcg, judges Ypu will re-
B@siMseg, B@AsiMs that nm Rtll,a sJudge of South
Garolppa. i AHau. iAHa ahayes not Ncntured to remove
me yet, At and if you had. Jon cannot deprive me
Of. my oqffhee.9 4su, cannot point to any au-
thho}Sty, in the. ACTS, hut excuse your injustice
and usprpatiqn by yayiagn@that as your action
involved aEseerious ,dqlW, in tho administration
IF justice and imposed, upon tho, State, in its
impoverished. conditions; dditiopal expenses
for the maiptcnance. Of prisoners, and for hold
ing special, terms Of the courts in several of the
districts in tho Southern. Circuit, I did not
consider it properror ljpst to add to. those bur-
deens by authorizing" compensation for Services
that weEc not rcnderGa.n, ,o..e ..s4. r l,.r..l IL
' indignantly repul this blander. was in
the actual performance Of my Duties under the
laws'of the StateitG South Carolina, that had
'cbnftrrcd oa me'tity jutlicnlbfitc and to whom
alone, am accountablc' When you, by d high.
handed :usdrpation ofiadthority not 'tohlerrcd
oryom byranyoa aawuof Congress, or dftclc of
War; suspshded 'me; ;in; tho vory' effort, 1 was
mazing'to administer justieeto suffering pco.
pieflrW hat 1UsFIuEVwasito, administered by
such juries as9 you7hall directed to be drawn?
,cNpuhiknosw .e4 should have known, that your
6rdcrias. to juries, wds mot aut horizcd by any
Actnfa Congress. hfou know or should have
kiiownprthat jhries, selected as ~you directed,
presented tho'most serious impeachment to the
administration of justiec. You know or should
dmtc known that my oath''of office prevented
mo- from carrying out your orlcr--and yet as a
mere 'partisanI without considering the dignity
oi MY position,i tho character Of my beloved
sStntcq oEthe responsibility Your own station,
in the very wantohncss Of ro1er you put upon
me al ihdignity (which Mas Unworthy of the
great government you rclrcscnt and I mus,
add, appears to mc now to be rot only resent
full, but aniiahfy. I!!kt4 toirn II HIT RI,
.EGs CT TIE oIp ..Es!!y Jtffy, .''
.,ons IN hos trt i.tt .
As eon!s3cIiien.iepS Judge aplla maa Of honor,
fSul S -, not GaT3y QSt yom order without yio!
latinS my oath CT ciIicc | said SO frankly.
You suspended, me-, yielded without mur-
muir aahid now, because I have conscience,
That will not permit me as think, to violate
my oath OF Office, with hish-handcd tyranny,
yod',4dt only deprive ulc Of tic dignity ortlat
Office but rob r,c Of its sarport, and then n7
sultinglyttll me that my action has involved
N scrfous dclay III thta adnIinisfat ion Of Justice .
'fforg;5tttiHg thhs'ft Wis your own unauthorized
and otlicous interference :9ith the laws Gif the
State, that placed the first and only impcdi-
meht III Tic way o. justice. With what CON
sistcncy Gun you t5lk laholt fhc '.impovcrishel
condition" of tho State when only on the Sd
DcccmlepIast, ,ryon issued Gcner,l Orders No.
139, assessing Il tax for the very salary you
have directed the Treasnr9rt to withhold and
,dia actually make an appropriation for its pay
mePt PPts{d,l llow % docs does it Aolp he people Of an
mpoverishsed st, State to Yring taxes them
Shifh yNp afterwards drect to bG lQqked
l!le The 2. treasury? rs SSay \, M. si
T.. Why trouble yourself about Stnte burdens,
'whon tho. people q :.nlcan white people, tax
payers)p )pwith :singnlir unaninty approve my
course, and sustain me undcr"my present
trla,s!eI ,oWaF 'o,..s,i .cyr r5
'7r No Sir am not deceived, nor is the conn.
TRY, BY this mere sdbtcrfiigc You cover this
Bol'iand'bad ATTEMPT, to destroy the indcpch-
dcnes OF thc"j judiciary, at the SAND time, that
you make your effort to break down the great
'bulwatk of'liberty-rnE TRIAL; By JURY
with arhimsy veil |'Hi T
I,commacnd ypu y}a to the pcrusal ' Of General
= Hqneock's E Special Order No 2oa, to show you
what patriotic officer can do, whose desire is
to heal the wounds Of prYYstrato and bleeding
country.
-na Rut sls.l9 do not ct. .compan Ay only purpose