The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-07-16

Spoon Butler is surely i'll the asccn.
dant in Columbia.
Gov. OkE'S EALrDIcToEY.-When
Governor Orr wasrclicvtd ~ Gc,>
cral CahLv last week.. We 1Ecught
there would lie an cid Of messages,
speeches. addresses. rccommc, 1atim
and suggc.';ors frrni that gc'.tl, man.
Vain hope. That message. carefully
prepared by His ex-Exccllency, WAS
! delivered TO thr motley crew in Co.
lumbia, misraIicl the General As
sclnbly = of South CaroIi,a; aid as with
explanatory docamcntS, it covered no
less than one hundred ard linctv-
Zinc pages. it was rcaso! able to sup
pose flat Mr.. Orr had said every
TIN 2 lc H CIV, or might, could. would
or should say, But Lot 80. Ere we
have fourd time to read through that
volumil ous docl mcl t, tie II all brings
us al other lcl gtly ut'clancc from
tll. same disti gui,icA scarce. in tic
shapcofa Farewell Al'lrcsS tothc p"o.
plcof South Carolil Il. MOI flat there
is any special occasion for it, for if
We arc rightly Informed. the cx.Go
.yerr or only intends to remove from
Anderson to Columbia. and the pco
pie Of the State will therefore still
eI Joy the privilege ofhis counsel and
direction. Nor can Governor Orr
plead as Il reasonable excuse for this
renewed ilhiction, that his opinions
on all subjects are already krowI'
10 those of the people of the State
who deem it worth while to read hi
letters, messages and speeches. To
70 back 70 further than the Corsti.
futiol al Convention of 1865. Of whicl,
he was distinguished member. W"
there find him Il leading participant
in measures he has since condemned
md lahoured TO forget. lie gave an
inaugural address ard ii message to
he Legislature. in September. 1866
It the special session of the LngiSla-
:urc. another message, and at the
"egular session in November another
4 speech in Gains Church. ia this
itv, a few months after. gave us his
yicws in favour of qualified suffrage.
\ speech before the Chaahcr of
Commerce afforded him an ornortu-
.i'y ofirsnlting Charleston and those
/ # her citizens who have lnr q cnioyed
rhc distinction of. her best people,
Before the Board of Trade in April.
ast year. he ualc a famous speech,
in which he read himself ont of The
Democratic party, ard defer Acd the
! Reconstruction acts Of Go greSs.
In this speech Mr.. Orr made it clear
% til eproplc who had elevated 10 him
:hc high position he occupied. that he
was 10 lorgrr in sympathy with them.
The precise motive that actuattd his
course, it would be difficult To deter
niae. 1t may he that he 'lcSpaircd
of the Republic. and took connsel Of
his fears; or it may he tllat false ad.
viScrS, or other aid still less worthy
motives and agencies caused this fata
political somerSan!t. At all events.
| this Terminated Gavcrror Orr's con
ucction, not only with til" Democratic
party, hut likewise with the white
people of South Caroliea. He did
not. however. fully al d iilamy i'!cn,
~ himself with tic Republican par
~. Why, We have ever lrci, ahlc
to l"arn. In his letter to his dear
''1icnd. General SicklcS, he further
shows his coatcmpt for the wishes
ard feeliI rs Of the proplc whom lie
mi>rrprc<entrd. Ahd. lastly, he for.
got the respect due Ills ir;l. cduca-
tinn and associations, to his private
aud public station. to the history
and traditions of the past, to his
friends. family AID race. when hcal-
dressed the assembly Of negroes, adj
ventlrcrs and re cyl;le SnnthcrurrS.
sitting in the Club House it, this
! city, calling themselves Il cnistitu-
! tiolal co rvc.ition. How humiliati q
to every citiz,l of. the State to see
the Chief Executive $toop to such
. depth !-Charles,on Nercury.
IIDRATIo SEYMoUE.-Thc New
Yord (cmmr,ri0l AGrc,tisrr, very
able ard amo' gSt the most rvspecta-
Lle of Radical papers. says:
"Mr. Seymour is the ahlest ma1 in
! the Democratic party. Twice defeat
as il candidate for Governor in this
/ State. and twice elected to that high
Office, he is hy odds the most popular
and formidable Democrat in this
I State. He has never held natiolal