The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-22
PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL.
SPECIAL MEETING.

COUNCIL CHAMBER, FEBRUARY ~, iooo.
A special meeting of the City Council was
held In the Council Chamber at 7. NJ;
Present-Navor P. C.. Gainard, Aldermen
meyer, Olney, cakes, Marshall, Enston, mhh-
deli, Butler. Parker, Courtenay and Prlngie-
16 members.
His Honor thu Mayor said:
Gentlemen Of the Council: l have called you
tos ether this evening IN consequence OF tne
receipt, between the hours Of IL and O'CLOCK
to-day, of the following order from the head
quarters of the Second Military District, which
reads as follows:
HEADQUARTERS SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT,
CHARLESTON, February 10, l86S. J
Especial Orders No. 43.
EXTRACT.
Brevet Brigadler- General w. w. Burns,
Chief Commissary of Subsistence, Ill aodltlon
to the other duties of his office, is asslgneo 10
tho duty of Mayor of the City OF Charleston'
uice P. G. Gaillard, ESQ.,, who is hereby re-
moved. u,
By command of Major-General E. r. s.
CANDY. %
The publication of this order sewers my con-
nection with YOU in the administration OF city
affairs; but before taking leave beg that you
will indulge me for few moments. Inc CIR
cumstances attending my election to THIS hlgh
Office are familiar to you oil. Nominated WITH
ont solicitation on my part, and even during
INV absence from the city, the large and hand
some support which was given to me IN prefer
ence to a formidable rival candidate, has I'M
pressed upon my heart feelings that Will be
cherished while life lasts. Oft times heretofore
! have been placed in trying circumstances,
but I do not know that ever before have hao
30 painful a duty to perform as that OF to-
night. 50 ,,r
raIations towards each other. Many differ
ences of opinion have existed, and much feel
inr NAV have been exhibited on both sides;
but in retiring from this position l carry with
me only the kndest regards for oil with whom
7 have been associated and ! trust have
rnerited as much from you. 1t affords to me,
as it must to any other right-thlnklng man,
the best satisfaction that in going hence can
oonscientiously put my. hand upon my heart a.
and excla;m, "Mens st6t conScia recta." II
have failed in the discharge OF my duties, 1t
has been the result of errors Of Judgment, and
not from 6. want of disposition to exercise that
Judgment according to tho measure Whlcn
Providence has gi' en- to me.
Before retiring, allow me to introduce TO you
General Burns, tho Mayor appointed by the
General Commanding this district. And nav
ing been appointed, under the circumstances
attending that appointment, do not feel that
II is incumbent upon mo 10 administer to the
new Mayor the usual oath of Office. In fact,
n norton of the oath I would have to omit,
and after consultation with him, have deter
mined to dispense with it altogether.
General: Introducing you TO the Aldermen
Of the city, I wish to say this, that LII our In
tercourse, short as it has been, it has always
been marked with pleasantness and courtesy,
End after the interview VIC had to-day, allow
inc to state that ! hold you in higher estima-
lion than I did before. Gentlemen, bid you
farewell.
General Burns, addressing Council, said:
GenNernen aud Members Of lhe Council: You
are all gentlemen Of intelligence and men OF
honor. You can therefore appreciate the de-
licate position occupy here IN holding an
elective Office without having received the 8 sur,
rapes ofthe people. I can only assure you that
I shall do my duty to you and to the people ol
Charleston TO tue best Of my ability.
Alderman Whllden arose and said:
II is proper that in parting at time like
this with one with whom we have been
associated for over two years past, We should
give some slight expression to our teel-
ines. I wish that / could express all l feel
aud have no doub. most OF you will con.
cur with mc-but prudence and the respect
that Is due to our new Mayor suggest that
these feelings should be controlled. They
nevertheless have sank deeply in our hearts
and will stir the hearts CT all interested in oul
city where most Of us have been born and nur.
tured. and of which, in her desolation, He are
still proud. And ii, gentlemen, oil OF her sons
possess tho same unsullied purity that has
characterized our recently removed Mayor, We
would have less frequent occasion for regret
that there are few who claim Charleston as
their birthplace. Living and dying for princi
ole has always been extoled as On example
worthy of imitation. If our late Mayor had
by the usual and legal process, been dis
placed, it would have been subject o
regret; but, under the present circumstances
of his removal, ought it not to be rather
a subject Of congratulation on the part o.
onr citizens that he has been removed from
Office with his character pure and unsulllcd
In conclusion allow mo to offer the following
preamble and resolution:
Whereas, Hon. P. c. Gaillard has been re-
moved bv the military authorities from his po
sitlon as Mayor OF the City OF Charleston
Therefore, be it
Resotued, That this Council exceedingly re-
eret the removal Of Colonel Gaillard from his
Dosition as Mayor of the City and presiding
officer OF this Board; that Colonel Gaillard viii
carry with him our best wishes, and that as
Board and individually he has cur thanks tol
the sterling integrity and manly candor wmcf
have always chara cterized HIM iii his inter
course with this Council.
Alderman Marshall seconded the resolution
which was unanimously adopted.
On motion OF Alderman RavCncl Council ad
journed.
W. Il. SMITH, Clerk of Council.
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