The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-04-08
friday, O. iss0.
Judge Orr on the Pohtcsl Situation

views or Judge Orr upon tho present
condition Of affairs, as given ina re.
cont conversation with correspon,
T,fent Of tho Tribune, v hich we publish
on our first page. Tho ppiaions Of
tho distinguished statesman always
command respect, even where they
most provoke dissent--s respect due
to commanding ability, long expert.
cncc, and rare politicsl segacity !;
and which, with those who know hi m.
best, is heightened by conriction Of
the honesty and integrity OF the man.
Even those who differ will dissent.
with hesitation from opinions which
aro always sustained by cogent rca-
sons and often confirmed by that
"stern logic Of events from whose
fiery ordeal there is no appeal
Judge Orr, seems TO thiuk, that his
views Of public policy so far from
moetinggeneral acquiescence, will only
provoke abuse-abuse of himsclfas the
witness of unpalatablo truth. In the
present temper Of the Southern
luind,. we cannot believe that this
will be so. Bourbons there are
among US, "who learn nothing and::for
get nothing" but the public mind gen
orally has received its full measure of
that discipline, which whilst it clears
the intollect, distils the milk of chari-
IT, into tho heart The people Of the
South unless 'tAe signs of time" de-
'ceivo us, will assent for tho most part
to tho cardinal doctrines, which no an
nounccs; and however they ruay
differ from, certain views, will re-
frain from vulgar abuse of one, who as
honest as any, and more sagacious than
most of thelnJ is standing like them
amid ruined homes, and seeking
like them t. build Up and restore.
The Southern people we think, will
generally agree with Judge Orr, in
, tho views which. he expresses as, TO
tho necessity Of accommodating them
sclves to tho political changes which
harc taken place of accepting univcr-
sal suffrage with aal its 7cgitima ate con-
sequGHees OF prom otipg the union
and harmony of the races. They
will endorse fully, we think, his pro-
> fouad; reflections ;'on the subject Of
immigration, and foster with might
and paain every effort to give incrcas-
ed prominence to those inducem cnts
to the immigrant, in which ho SO truly
remarks, that tho so7th goes before
the Xess.ssAH thss, they &nl fully on
dorsaa dhksthay &Wiit&Ee disposed to
hesllt1ateS slt "a sbssffpge sf accepting tho conclu-
1's4ps xEssph sgdge " suggests ''ather
thah asserts respectins heopportunc-
moss Of emancipation: or tn blessings
of dattstrsal suarage At thB southEtho
enusSs' which hare fpiled to, produce
,1r wAlSShb have been effective to bring
2abeptIthe Prcsep tstdtus tho means
/ Of efRsetipg our poliiicalregencr4,tion.
This is not to bef"atiticihated.. It lis
not t28k RsfactSd that a people
shSdAh ga R ,ifya day, ehcrishcd
principles or 'lohg' settled habits J and
i|:1f(|H{|Rlhfg4t u g4lFE EFss' Fs'': :nS&sass, g. + ::
Af ! AAf0nss all, couhl,,asay !, I hce
lhaiRk bfSHRr or RbS rarSs.
They have yet to learn, that the extern
sionEaahe SsaRs shEssgtoathg newly
unfranchised-to tbs ignorant and
6eipeEi edGaS zig to: b hIledIaa a
proper means of promoting republican
liborty, or -eseuo sectional advance
mont.
.RitB resspesSt sea7t5 e I he + agencies w which
have brought al this about-.with
fsapects what Republieanism has
daSe, aid hbasRemoc!Rey 90 failed
todo, thsfs II room for Equal dfference
of opinion. Judge Orr thinks the
lDa@tthcy '5s' in a( a(notibund 'cppdi.
ton. Perhaps if you admit bis prom
asnssyVsTu ulGsse 0dsseoprlasiona
If the party was radically opposed to
tho war throughout, they must reap
'!1s snderstaad it, ppsaHSfi H. BshoS H.! ~
claim that rhrSdgR sAeiff e money and
naspnah YSaa y b 1Fapgbt ,to-a ssac-