The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-04-10

= the year. 7.ss,Sss.s.-;' - s.s.s-s
sas- For.announcing candidate, Five Dollars
in advance.
Governor Orr on the Situation.
Tn the Charleston Neacs of last We'd
Spesdayswe fnd-aSreport of2the banquet
given by the Board of Trade on9the eve
.5s:niing5previous, iii commemeratlonlof the
# first anniversary of. that body. There
!. were ;s,r about5two hundred -persons present,
7 Including Gen. sIckIEs and many officers
{, Oft The army besides civil dignitaries, both
State and Federal. In response. to the
8 8rst5 regular toast, ssThe State of South
! Carolina, Gov. ORR delivered an elabor-
zate spI,eeciron the political Situation, and
Tas ne. IRE :desirous Of doing him full jus
stice, NE reproduce his remarks in full, as
reported d.iorsthe Ne,os: -
!: !: President. sdnd Gentlemen of the
Bodrd Of
81 thank you, for the very fattering re-
esn esnsption which you have 1been-pleased to
sriyes :S j me personally and for the patriotic
! manner which. you have received the SEN
fsiiment to the State OF South Caro- linas-sl
,.TeS:ini that testimonial as an indication
: sof.7 'the. .respect and affection which her
sons entertain for the E3ecutlve5of the
State; low7, and in all times past, and L
Ernst that the same regard will be eX-
tended to her Executive in future. Cap
MI lanses i am glad to meet you on the
= > nresenf; o occasion because this meeting is
.,secaIeulat;sd to- promote the commercial
:nrosneF ty5 of your State. Il am especially
-S}od. if Tor no other reason, to meet you
amid such peculiar associations. l find
around me, the: high :dignitaries and filnc-
sfionaries ia; representing the army and navy
of eofs the United States: f.Applause.) L also
f6il,d around me the civil officers OF the
=aoFernment sof the United States. (Ap-.
pausse;: S i find also the chief officers OF
s:yonr own ciitys 3 -.
81 t.is; the first occasion which have had
athes opportunity of attending, at least.
within the limits of South Carolina; since
The ferniinationtof oar unfortunate war,
: where with such combination OF infu-
sences there have been exhibited snbstan-
;sSial evidence that5we were attempting
!; TO reconstruct the Union, and again re-
Iit unite :iiafigtlle same spirit of anity which
4 seixiiste d previous to. the commencement Of
Che strug pplause
should he Jery glad, III it were in my
,oWers to Indicate a plan; tJy[ which. the
nrospe sSs Charleston. "a city which
{ not. only enjoys the affections of your
5s,ennfe. here. but The affections of the peo-
Die of: the en- tire State, toea degree which:
: is not enjoyed perhaps by any city upon
caffh.-I will not except ev ven the CITY OF:
PARIS sof :iswhicheit is said that Paris is:
France may be assured but -knowso OF
Snossnieans of you1, promoting g your. pros
p5ereiit5 the present.aspectacf affairs,
without THE Introduction of capital
Wien E look around, and recognize gen.
. t..el1erl. here Of the highest character, in
,telligence and enterprise, 4 realize that
Charleston does not lack Tor the clements.
z t.haks & ar aIculated to give her a position
higher. ever than she occupied IN former
times GApplause: -;
.s-YY ou need capital. How is that capital
TO be- produced? Previous to the war
:,-3oi :y,on had a banking capital amounting to
som something liko:sl4, 100000. You have
now now a banking capital amounting to
about S4U0, 600. Look at the contrast
500 Geo as compared with Sl4,000,000-! ],
And youshave needed, during this present
season. that zsl4 ,0OH, ,000 more than you.
did when you shipped from the port Of
,I,harleston 100000 bales of cotton. Dur
2iini1g,sthe: present year you had brought 10
yours poit. probably. not moro than 1907
200 bales; andsif you will travel through
the State Won Will find that the crop to
be brought hero next falfswill3 be materi-
ally reduced: Why Z Because as mer-
chants, factors and agents, you. have not
been able to extend to the farmer and
-plantertbosc facilities for cnltivating the
broad acres now.lying idle, which would
have yielded their fruit if he could have
commended the necessary capital. low
then. Mr.: President, and gentlemen, are
,t5ese:d difiiculties to be removed2
sFor,two long yearsit has been my ann
: to conduct the affairs OF the State a
manner that should develope its resources,
apdsyet4bc, in accordance with the course
indicated by the executive of the United
States. Ina measure, however, my CT
forts have been unavailing, and within
the. last thirty. .dayssa still greater change
:, has been ,necessitated.s After we had
done all that was required of South Caro-.
Ina, Congress comes forward and declares
that that body, and not the President,
. has the right to dictate the terms upon
which the reconstruction Of the State is
. to be- effected. Carrying out that view,
Congress passed q bill at its regular ses-
sion known as the Sherman Bill, and,
during its recent session, whit is known
as the Supplemental Bill; and the vital
question now presented to the people of
South Carolina, as well as the people of
ali the Southern States, is whether we
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