The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-05-02
COLUMBIA..' e
Saturday Morning, May Q. 1868.
The Remarks OF Gov. or.

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age-at-arms occurred between. Col.
Aiken. of Abbeville. and Gov. Orr,
which we desire. to notice, Gov. Orr
having speculated somewhat in rela-
tion to the probable action Of the in-
coming Legislature upon the fortunes
vi tine Greenviiie anu Uoium6ia
Railroad, Col. Aiken chose to allude
in unmeasured terms to the character
and pretensions of that body. In
reply, the Governor, we regret to
say, after discussing The business
point involved, put himself! forward
somewhat as the defender and apollo
gist OF that Legislature soon to mis-
represent this State. His. language
was bold, and if our comments par
take of the same spirit, it will be nc
knowledged that we have not pro-
voked the issue. The Governor said,
in effect. that the gentleman from Abb
beville might join in the current de-
nunciation of the Radical Convention
might sneer at "the great ripged-
ed-striped-and-spcckled," and
all of that, but he would tell the
gentleman from Abbeville, that tho
acts of this Convention were the law
of the land, and would remain so for
three, yen, perhaps for ten years
that the gentleman might scorn to
obey, but that the Convention had
the power, and he and all would have
to obey-that there were some things
In that Constitution that he did not
approve; but that there were others
that he did approve; and in conclu-
sion, that it was for the gentleman
from Abbcville to consider whether
his course was calculated to remove
the letters from off our limbs. In
his opinion, opposition and denun-
citation would serve but to rivet them
the more timely-and hence, as we
presume, his Excelency would sug-
gest to the gentleman that it becomes
him and us to be as gentle as doves
and as mild as lambs. -c e-s.
Upon these remarks of Gov. Orr,
as q public journalist. as o sentinel
on the watch-tower, humble as we
may be, we intend to make our
comments. We shall not impugn the
motives of his Excellency. We con-
cede to him the same purity of mo-
tive that we claim for ourselves. But
we do contend that it i'll became the
Governor of the State to utter the
sentiments that he, with so much
feeling, put forth on the occasion TO:
ferred to. It i'll became him to pro-
claim the power of an illegal body
and to announce the years of its
sway, and to taunt the high-minded
gentlemen of the State with the fact
that, molens oolens, willing or unwil-
ling, they would have to obey what
was the law of the land. You will
have to pass under the yoke, says the
Governor, and he seemed almost to
exuit in the thought. At least his
air, as he announced this, was proud
and menacing. .
Nor do we think that his Excel
leney should suggest to his people
that they must make up their minds
to endure their badge of servitude
for three, and perhaps for ten, long
years. We would, with becoming
Difference, suggest to his Excellency
that moment is too long for us to
wear the yoke; that whilst we shall
have to bear it, the spirit of opposi-
ton should be kept up, its illegality
and outrageous character constantly
proclaimed, and the resolution re-
peated and repeated, that in all peace
full ways, in all methods under the
Constitution and laws, we will oppose
this negro-radical rule, until we re-
gain the heritage which is ours. Nor
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