Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-01
COL. ORR,s POLITICS.

sketch Of the speech Of Col. Oar, delivered at the
dinner recently given to him at Anderson c. H. The
crowd is said to have been immense and the occasion
highly interesting one Besides the speech of Col.
ORR, W. GILMORE SIMMs, Hon. P. S. Brooks and
others, addressed the meeting. There seems to have
been a sprnkling attendance from various 4aHfes OF
the S,ate and there is no doubt the talented Repre-
sentative of our Fifth District made use OF the oppor.
,uny to announce in full the presen, political feelings
and principles of himself and those with whom he is
acting This announcement is the moro interesting to
the people of South Carolina inasmuch as our Con-
gessional Representation is supposed to be unit upon
almost all the questions of importance now before the
country. Without further preface, we append the
notes of our correspondent which were taken down at
the moment and may be relied upon. They are OF
course brief and disointed all such annotations Of
necessity are. But give them just as they came to
us, believing they will be preferred in that forna:
Col Oar fully endorsed the present Administration,
and passed high eulogium upon Gen. PrERcEs firm.
ness and consistent Democratic course, and paricu.
larly upon his veto messages. He said We were ndeb.
10 the union of the South, the President and the
Democratic Party North, for the privilege Of carrying
slaves 10 territory North of the Missouri compromise
line.
In speaking of disunion, he said the time had no
arrived yet for cut off, and could not be under
two years. or until after the expiration of President
PIERcE's adminlstration,-"n not" said he, phnti it
is ascertained that Fanaticism has full control of the
North-unt Fana,icism has elected Free Soil Pres.
dent and Congress"
If Free Soilism prevails, the South must take the
issue in her own hands.
Next, speaking Of the Georgia Platform, he said
"If our Northern friends are defeated, the issue will
then be upon the Georgia Platform" He had no
doubt that the Georgans would stand to their platform,
as all parties pledged to it-even the Know
Nothings. If Congress refuses to admit any more
slave States, then Georgia. according to her platform,
must make tie issue. He believed that South Caro-
ma would join Georgia on that platform, and he con.
sidered it her duty to do so. If Congress repeas the
Kansas Nebraska bill, the whole South would mite
in opposition the issue he contended would be very
different in fighting for right, and for that which
was in the distance. The repeal Of that law would
be taking right from US that had been conceded by
Congress. He had fear that Georgia would retreat
from that Platform, and believed that Alabama, Mis-.
IL,
as 10 the field where the Issue was to be made.
He had faith, if the Democratic party, Norh should
gain the ascendency, that they would give the same
vote as before and things would remain as they are
but confessed less hopes than formerly of their regain
ing their lost position.
But far the greater part of Col. ORR's speech was
particularly directed to Know Nothingism. Among
other things he said" One year ago in Philadelphia
Square, when declaring the same principles tdenoun.
cling the Know Nothings, little thought of ever hav.
ing raise my voice agains, them South Of Masons &
Di1on's line; !; but was mistaken"
He then asked the question, " What has Know
Nothingism done in the free States! Why, in New
York it had placed an abolition Governor where there
had been Democra.-in Pennsylvania the same
in Massachusetts, it had elected an abolition Whig
| Know Noihing Governor-in Vermont the same
| Rhode Island the same, and he continued with
Stale by State until he had named eight States having
elected Abolition Wing Know Nothing Governors, and
one Abolition Democratic Know Nothing Governor.
He said the Know Noihings had joined themselves to
every isa Of the day
Maine had elected FEssEnDEN to the U. S. Senate
Massachusetts, had elected WILSON to "
New Hampshire had elected BELL, Abolition Know
! Nothing, and HALE, notorious abotionist
Connecticut had elected FOSTER, Know Nothing
she could no. even swallow TRUMAN Snr7H, noto
rious abolitlonist-she must elect worse man.
Illinois elected TRUMDuLL-" Blue skin Yankee
TRuaBuL1-"--in plaza of the gallant S,,ILDs S
was sacrificed for him by the internal spirit Of Know
Nothingsm.
A. C. DODGE, of Iowa, a purer man he never knew
has been sacrificed for q rounI.bead Panon TX. N.
by combination Of Know Nothingism, Abotionism
Whiggery and Free Soilism."
Pennsylvania wns Frustrated.
! " In Short" said he, " there has not been mar
elected to Congress by the Know Noihings who is no
,incured with Abolhionism, and who will not vote tc
repeal the Kansas and Nebraska bill. Is this an or
ganizaton for Southern men to fall in with7 fee
called upon TO warn my constituents against such
party"
"The late Know Nothing assembly at Philadelphia
say they have adopted National platform suited tc
the South. l hoped they would was anxious for it
but their Platform is the most perfect mockery."
He asked the question, "whose Pa.formis is it, adopt.
cd by an assembly composed Of the Southern wing Of
that party and onethird Of the Northern wing! Two
thirds of the North left in disgust, produced plat.
form and published it to The world theirs. The
remainder Of the assembly, composed Of the South
and o,sthird Of the North, produced what they call
the Na,ions! platform, the Northern party the time
voting against i; though remaining with them. II was
fraud upon the people to call il National Platform
He mex, treated of the object Of Know Noshingism.
1t was to exclude Catholics and Foreigners from the
affairs of Governmen,-even from lie elective fran.
cae, and how did they proceed to excudS foreigners
By an alteration of law Of Congress 10 exte2d the
term of residence for naturalization from FIVE TO twen:
ty.one years. 1t was not fault of Congress that for
eigners voted Immediately when coming to this coun-
try but arose from the laws enacted by the Northern
and North Western States, which provide that foreign
es, being six months in The State have the privilege
of voting. He said he was not willing to give Con-
gress the power to say when or who were eligible to
vote in the States. It was power he never wished
to see conferred on Congress- If 1t were, Congress
might say our slaves were citizens and entitled to vote
in defiance of our laws and who in the South could
abide that!
Col. ORR asked the question. where did the Uni.
ted Siales Marshals receive their aid whentyng to
restore fugitive slaves to their owners In all cases
the help has been from the strong of the foreign
ers, while the natives were trying 10 steal them. In
the Burns case the Irish in Boston protected your
rights, when the natives tried to prevent them The
only man killed in the affair was the Irishman, Bar
cnELpER, and his blood now cries from the ground to
the South" 80.
Col. Oar instan ced the working of the order in
nominations thus: There might be lodge of one hun:
dred members; fyone in favor of the nomination