Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-17
From the Washington Union.
The Letter Of the Hon. james L. Orr, Of sout,

The Letter OF the Hon. James L. Orr, OF South
Carolina.
Want of time and space prevent Us from making
such comments upon the letter Of the Hon. james
L. Orr, published in tho Union Of Saturday last, as
that Ol0quentand well-considered production desery
ed With no intention Of interposing between polit-
cal friends who are engaged in discussing On impor-
tant State question, we purpose submitting some
observations upon the proprety of full representa-
ton of the democratic party of all the States in the
next Cincinnati Convention. Col. Orr presents,
with characteristic force and earncstness, the rea-
sons which should weigh with conclusive force upon
every democrat in favor of such representation;
and upon this basis he calls upon the democracy Of
South Carolina to choose their delegates, to meet
their political brethren in that body.
The House Of Representatives, now in the hands
Of fragmentary fusion, if that appellaton may be
applied to those who are vainly struggling to get
possession Of the organization. And, since Colonel
Orrs letter has appeared this fusion has practically
fulfilled more than his prophecies. We find it in q
state Of alarming chaos. We find it the daily thea
tire Of ordinations and recriminations, which We
search political history in vain to parallel.
At the present writing thereis no telling at what
pointa Speaker will be selected and if selected, at
what point the dsorganzirg purposes Of the aboli.
tion majority will be arrested. It is m appalling
reflection that to this house. should the democratic
party fail to be united in 1856, may be committed
the grave responsibility ofdeciding between rival
candidates for the presidency in favor of one who
shall serve for four years from the 9TH Of March,
1857. Wemay have majority Of States but, un-
less we shall be fully represented in the Cincinnati
Convention, so that the candidate there nominated
may be the candidate of oil, difference about per-
sons may precipitate contest into this very House
Of Representatives and who can tell what the con-
sequence will be! If the House cannot elect Speak
er, how long will it be in selecting President?-
Surely it is conception of exaggerated imagin
alton to say that failure to elect the latter by such
body is much more rational probability than the
failure to elect the former, and inthat fearful strug
gle who that the contest for the prcsi-
dency may not be pushed in the House Of Represen-
tatives beyond tho period when new administration
is to commence, thus leaving the republic without
Chief Magistrate and forcing state Of things not
contemplated by the fathers of the Consttution?-
Who can tell where faction will stay its liotous re-
yolutionary career? Who can protect tie future
against its mad and menancing prospects! And
shall we the democratic party of the United States,
initiate this fell confusion by refraining to come to-
gether at Cincinnati in the spirit of union and har-
mony in the spirit of the constitution and OF all those
holy and imperishable sentiments upon which the
true construction of that immortal instrument de-
pends? South Carolina should not, therefore, be
missed in the noble circle of States which are to be .
renresented in the National Democratic Convention
The very fact that she has been absent before is
reason why she should be- present then. This is
progressive age. While we respect and yenerate the
past We should be just to the exgences of the pre-
sent and to the demands of the future. Nay, it is
not going too far to say that if the lusrious of
South Carolina (Mr. Calhoun) were now living he
would see in the Democratic National Convention
certainly in the national democratic party-the on
ly element to protect the South from its Northern
enemies, and also the invincble champion of the
federal constitution. .... ,.. s--
nproportion as fanaticism aspires to new wrongs,
and moro boldly lifts its hands against the covenants
we are all bound to obey and to fulfill, so is it ne
cessary for those who placed in the trenches to
defend the fortress of liberties to protect them
selves by every means within their power and