Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-08-26

inc miserable ana bl0ated WrctohCS whom IL
arraigns.
AT this critical juucture, Judge Orr again
appears upon the scene in letter in which
g avows his purpose to support Scott for
Governor and Ransier for Lieutenant Gov.
ernor.
Thisis, in our yiaw.sa most lame and impo
tent conclusion, resting upon statements und
reasoning Utterly untcifablc, ana as little ere,
ditablc to the sagacity and consistency as to
the scnsibilitics of the writer. Bat few
months ago, he denounced the Radical lead
ers, "mcn who do not and never did enjoy
public confidence; men who are ignorant, cor
rupt, dishonest, and unfit, by reason of their
early associations, for decent society,"" "By
employing all the arts Of the dcmagogue," he
said "and an unscrupulous use of disgraccful
agencies, they succeeded in being elected to
the most important offices in the State" -
These be strong words, and, if they meant
anything when uttered, cannot be made to.
day to square with support of these same
leaders, gluttcd with six months additional
plumber; and etilty Of thousand added
crimes. We are not surprised to fnd that, as
Judge Orr has concluded to assist them to
f"lst themselves into important Office again,
he is now quite mild and mcrciful towards
their inlqifsics, and accordingly tones down
the language used a half year since to suit
his new relations to them. And as he must
needs place the task aud burden of reform.
for many years to come, solely upon the Re.
publican party and its organization, he was in
duty bound to make light. Otherwise, they
might have been compelled to excain: "Nly
burden is more than | can bcar'
In cndeavoring to turn the guns of the
Union Reform party against themselves,
Judge Orr makes several mis- statements of
facts, or perycrts them to suit his own pur-
pose; as, for instance, that no substantial diff
ference exists in the principles of the Rcpub.
lcan and Reform parties in this State 70
accept and sustain the Fifteenth Constitu-
tional Amendment no more makes man
Rcpuh!lcan-and, least of all, South Caro-.
lima Radical Republican than the surrender
at Appomattox Court House made Southe.ners
Yankees. As that surrender made non com
batnnts of those who before We're soldiers, so
We have ceased to agitate tie issue settled by
it, The came is the case with other old issues
passed away, settled and forgotten. 1t is the
newly invented issues of the ingenious and
sanity Whittemore and his colleagues, and
more especially their peculiar practicein Land
Commission swindcs, cadctship sales, stock
jobbing operations, bribery, and the like,
which make world of difference between
them and us. while, therefore, honest Re-
pubicans can very we'll stand upon the plat
form Of the Union Reform organization, only
man of the mcttle and sang froid of Judge
Orr can complacently mount that constructed
by the priestly political architect Of the South
Carolina Radicals.
Judge Orr affects to SEQ in the opposition
| of the Reform party to the Radicals motive
aud justification for the employment Of party
machinery, and appeals to party appliances to
preserve their supremacy. The honest por-
ton of the Radical party will, he says, be
diverted from due examination into the
fitness of those aspiring to represent them,
and it will follow that all thought or concern
fer abuses and corruption will bo swamped
in the effort which it must make, SO attacked,
to preserve its party life. This reminds us
of Mr.. Stewards ''little bell" and bastics,
and suspension of habeas corpus in order to
preserve "the life Of the nation" We may
say, e,, PEASANT, that we should suppose the
Radicals must have been already subject to
heavy antagonism, if their abuses and cor
ruptions furnish its measure and pressure
And yet our Judge has demonstrated to his
own satisfaction that the platforms Of She TIC
parties in this State are not essentially differ
cut, and III fact, with the aid Of our Carpcn
ter, he has reduced them to the same level
; They are really the same. he would have VI
beIietc, except that in one, there is found
sort Of spitcful antipathy to tho other. Now
if we coDcedc to Judge Orr that he is correc
IN these positions, he must concede to us tina
petty antipathy of the kind lie means mus
necessarily yield in short time to large con
siderations, and be eliminated. And whcr
that is done, there will be nothing in the way
Of the supposed Radical tendencies to reform
and to the correction Of abuses. AS the diff
ficultics vanish, the argument unfortunately
falls to the ground. 1t is not true that the
opposition of parties to each other, promotes
corruption. In their strifcs aud collisions, II
their discussions and debates, light is struck
out, and in the exposures each makes of tht
other the cause Of truth is advanced, ans, before
her fly error, falsohood, wrong, trickery, cor
ruption and abuses. We have some of then
on tho wing now in this very Radical party
and our baHue has but just commenced.
Figures trouble Judge Orr very much, ant
we fear that, if they do not lie, they oftcr
deceive those who swear by thom. The vot.
is as three to four, and the colorcd majorit,
is more than Is 900, he says and triumphant
ly asks, edo not the figures show that thu
votes are too numerous on the other side?'
Certainly they do, If you have them correct
and if change is impossible. But We coult
give you evidences Of change already, proofs
plenty as blaokberries, that light aud sount
knowledge, discussion aud exposure are pro
dueing their Legitimate effects. It's to ooup