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THE REVOLUTION.
An Interview with Judge Orr.

An Interview with Judge Orr.
A correspondent of tho Eew. Yorl
Tribune writing from Anderson s. G.
; under date Of March II, gives quit,
an interesting report of converse
tion with Judge Orr, in which tha
gentlemen appears to havo Set fortt
his political views with great fullnes.
aud precision. Aftef a sketchy &C
connt of the Judges residence, man
ner of life and person, tho letter pro
ceeds to say:
LIKES AND DIsL1KEs.
In Charleston and among the low
country planters generally, ex-dover
nor 'is an. object Of cordial, dislike
When j Confederate sshaoH haAar
ed to anticipate before others the pro
bable downfall of the cause and Sc
introduce IN secret session what was
known as the "Peace Resolutions
When Governor, he was bold enough
to rise in the presence of l,ody Of
Charleston merchants, at a public din
nen and utter Ftshths, political and
commercial, that made them wince
He bad the hardihood 10 affiliate soci.
ally with Generals siekles and Candy,
and aid them in tho arduio us work OF
recognizing the States He assumed
the Responsibility, atS:swhich other
men shuddered, Of recommending, of
ficially, on the hustiags, to the State
Constitutional Convention ia republi.
can body; and finally cappcdsthe. eli.
max; Of political iniquity, by permit.
ting himself to be elected to the Office
OF. Circuit j udge by Republican Lvy-
isiature. People now say sAn this
was right" ..Govcrnor, Orr was two
years inadvance OF u.s." had we fol
lowed his counsel The Condition ion, Of af:
fairs would have been Very different" :"
But still the prejudice is hereditary
and strong, aud they neither forgive
nor forget. -' '-...-'- -
l asked the Judge how he relished
this opposition. why sir,',. he an
swered, "a public man in South Caro-
liea, who thinks tor himself, must
have hide like rhinoceres, and for
ty years of antagonism have made
mine 80 tough that all the porcupincs
in .Christehdom couldn't draw blood ;
that is, when I know I'm right" !,
IN the up country, however, tho
feeling. toward. him isione Of almost
universal respect. Known to be lust
id his administration of public affairs,
untainted by the breath of any cor.
rupting influences, often weighed in
the balance and never found wanting
affaslo with the humblest, and person
ally popular among all classes, the
people trust him. They contido in
bis Judgment. Tho very fact that he
predicted long ago present conse.
quences, and advised the public how
TO avert them, has morcsethan ever
Increased faith in bis wisdom, and fix.
ed, as 1 am impressed, a determine
ton bytboussnds to adopt hts policy.
What that poiicy1is, is fareshadowsd
in the following conversations:
THE PHr1ADELpnrA uoNvzsrIoN AND
&--'- "- . = DEMocRATIc PxRTY. 1s~
Q. Judge Orr, you have been long
affiliated with tho Democratic. party
Of the country, and'I have same "a.
riosity to learn why, go soon after the
Philadelphia convention }of 1856, in
which ,you played an important part
you identified yourself with and es.
peased the principles Of another par
H hotageneta,ly seceeptahe to you,
ewp Rsople. sssSsY1s
A.rhe answer to that question is g
simple one. 1T was generally believ.
cd throughout the South that the oh.
3ect ot that conventionsYastotsstor
tsarsnoaiods feeling bstwssn s1s.two
sections, and accordingly her repre-
sentatiYe msngwere selected to eonssl
and act With, the Dem ocratic leaders
OF abe N0ssa. Bssaits proved, B bow
eYsrsSthat.y slshsntssaef aisafuptios
were already at work within tie par
~ thaSthssWest and East were an.
tagonistic, in their views Of the public
policy, and that ,na6y respects The
South was not in condition to acre;
gItHeathSsT The efofts piyns hSdf
TO WeNS a healthy pubic seAihsht
tpYhrd g agnally faiIe9, aid sJerHa
nafe spasnf.of cordiatSyinltMsom
yention,, its members Separated as di
veyse in Their opinions as ever
Thsses sbfekeangs' fssafGdsn In the cleo
ton Of General Grant, and the,.pre
sent sdpfemaey of Tbs RspRbii RspaRbiicar
sa Bss i ts;;!5!sR, !. yss: ssS,n,Jsa sasss H. ps II
Dem dcsauc party Wilt anb9er, regaiu
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