Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-07-22

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that our people may continue to receive the
+ benefit. of the school fund of the bureau as
long'as the sameis disbursed in the several
Southern States for the benefit of the poor.
THE LATE AssAssiSATIoNs IN KERsHAw COUNTY,.
Ihaye learned With profound sorrow of the
recent murder;at his residence iu Kershaw
County, Of the Hon. S. CIV. Dill, a member
ef the Constitutional Convention, and mem.
Der elect Of the State Senate. Mr.. Dill was
assassinated while surrounded by his family,
by au armed band of lawless persons. Mr..
Fraser, private citizen. was slain y-them at
the same time. and Mrs. Dill was seriously
wounded. The cause for this infamous deed
is unknown, but tits generally believed to
have been political. The military authorities
have been actively investigating the matter,
and have arrested and now hold in custody,
several persons charged with aiding in, or
having guilty knowledge Of this graat crime.
Trust that rigid investigation will be made:
and that the guilty parties may soon be
brought to justice. 1t should be clearl y un.
derstood by all, that no man in this State
shall be subject to violence because of his po:
litical faith. or uttcrances.. The citizen is
amenable only to the law, and intend to en-
force the laws of the State for the protection
Of every Person within its limits, peaceably if
I can, torcitly if l must.
SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT OF HABEAs CORPUS.
Invite your attention to Section "a, Arti-
Gle l. of the Constitution, which declares that
the power Of suspendiDg the laws, or the exc.
cution ofthe laws, shall never be exercised
bat by the General Assembly or by authority
derived therefrom; 10 be exercised in such
particular cases onfy as the General Assem-
bly, shall expressly provide for. While am
satisfied that there is no organization in the
State, having for its object resistance to the
laws and constituted authorities, yet prudence
would suggest that the General Assembly
should authorize the Governor to suspend the
writ of habeas corpus "when, in cases Of re-
.beAion or invasion, the public safety may re-
quire it, or when, from serious local distur-
bance, the due course of law may be obstruc-
ted. I would also recommend the passage of
an act, providing that when party is charg-
ed with crime in any county, and it should
appear upon proper sworn testimony that
justice will not be done the State upon the
trial of said party in the county wherein the
crime was alleged to have been committed,
that then theState shall be entitled to change
OF venue to the nearest adjacent county where
in justice can be done both to the State and
the accused. 1t should also be provided
thatahe county from which such change of
venue is had on behalf of the State shall be
required to pay the whole costs of the same
ORGANIZATION OF TIE MILITIA.
invite your attention to Article I3,of the
Constitution providing for The organization
ofthe militia of this State. A well regulated
militia being necessary 10 the security of a
free State, trust that the General Assembly
will take action upon this important subject
at an early day. am assured that the quota
of arms to which the State may.- be entitled,
according to the number Of her organized
militia, will be promptly furnished by the
War Department, upon the transmission OF
the proper requistion. Iiesp> ctfull, request
that the Governor may be authorized 10 make
requisition for one half of those arms, in the
pattern of the Springfield ride, in general use
in-rhn limited as.d Cos 7othAr
half in the improved breacll-loading Spring
field rifle, now being altered at the United
States Arscnas, from the new pattern Of
muzzle leaders. suggest that the General
Assembly shall designate By law the deposi-
tories for those arms.
As soon as the militia sEall be organized
ard equipped, the military forces the Unit
ed States, now in the State, pursuant to the
Reconstruction acts of Congress, may, with
propriety, be dispensed with. Although that
force has been oil great value in extending
needed protection to the people, yet the con-
tinued presence of the military is reproach
to % Republican Stale. Our government
must rest upon obedience to lazy, and upon
that willing support that. the citizen should
give to the institutions that protect him.
MILITARY ORDERS.
The several military commanders have is
sued general and special orders during the ex-
istencu Of the Provisional Goyei nment Of tue
State, -hich l recommend that you will de
cllre Of binding force until repealed or rem
dercd imperative by acts Of the General As
sembly. The orders referred TO relate to the
collection of debts, the stay of proceedings in
the courts in certain cases, and the relations
of landlords and tenats, &c. 1t will prevent
great disturbance and inaonynuience 10 many
of our citizens if the operation Of those or
dcvs is continued until they can be substtu-
ted by the necessary laws. Indeed, the Su-
preme Court of the United States has decided
more than once that military orders, issued
pursuant to an act of Congress, for the gov
ernment Of any domain acquired by conquest,
continue in force per SC a. law, until formally
repealed by the regularly organized civil gov
ernmenr. The decisions to which | refer, are
fouud.in Goth Howard, page 27G, case OF Eu-
ceneL .ensdorler aud Joab Houg htoni plain
t:ifs in error Us. Iameq i. Webb and the
case of Gross VS.. Harrison, 2lst Howard, page
&c. Tie former Of these two cases was
brought up by writ oferror from the Supreme
Court Of the Territory of New Mexico, the
latter came up by writ of error from the Cir
cult Of the United States for the Southern
District of New York, and action was brought 4
to recover back dues paid at the port of San
Francisco, California, upon the demand OF
nm officer of the army who was acting as col,
Iector of that port under a militaryeoEdef:
In both cases the Supreme Court of the pnit-
ID States held that the EzecutiysSaethOrity
IF tie United States properly established
Provisional Government, HAsct ordained laws
md instituted a'judltial syste@s all ofawhieh
continued in force after determination of the 1
var, and until modified by the direct legisla-
ton of, Congress, or by the Territorial Gov
,rnmcnt established by its authority.
i5sAlthough the case Of South Carolina is not
IDENTICAL With that Of New AEIeTico Or the
lerrf$ory OF California, yet the same principle
if expedcncy would seppcsr to be involved
nal, and the sane wise policy requires the
of many existing military orders
% bridge over the transition period that must
intervene betgeen the cessation Of the mil
tary government and the enactment by the
General Assembly of thestatutes necessary
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