The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-24

opinion, anu pupnc Opiu1on never goes very
far wrong. It is the ayenging Nemesis which
infilcts at the last the just penalty Of transgres
sion. Whether successful now OF mot, the
Union Reform party is preparing the way TOR
a final triumph, at the same time that 1t ex-
torts from the fears of the adversary the re-
forms which he win coposes in No other way
But is the Republican party destined to win
the race :Jndge Orr. thinks that, the great
mass of the colored voters -withaheir majority
of twenty five thousand-Will not only support
the party, but would. be. most ungratefal II
they did not-a party that has freed them, and
vested them with every civil and polltica
franchise. In this he certainly, by the way,
per7erts some Of the material facts of hlstofy.
The necessities OF war and not tne WIN .a Oh tne
Republican party, broaght about emancipa-
ton, and whatever they have dome in their be
half has been only done to aid the party 'The
blacks has been made q tool to subserve GER
tain selfish purposes. The exposure OF these
is one Of the most potent weapons IN the hands
fully, as he is beginning to see, who are his
true friends, carpet t-bagism END scalawsgisn,
would find few adhereHtS5 5among them. AS to
the white men of the State following Judge
Orr into the fold Jof. Repubiicanism, we think
indeed that e'the wish is the father OF the
thought" We.huue get to be convinced.
THE STATE RI+AYs SECOND FIDDLE TO ORR e
IRON the Columbia Phoenix, j..
| Judge Orr rawIlIvote for Scott and Ransier." !"
| This Is the proposition that ne commences
/ with, and causes to stand out IN ooG reneL
| Well. so much the worse for him tnat ne pro-
| noses SO to do, when the better ticket Of Car
|! penter and Butler stands before him. IN tne
/ second place, Judge Orr objects to the Reform
| movement. not because 1t Is wrong IN princi-
nile, not kefause 1T is uncaled for 6y tne exl-
Itgences Of the case, but because IN ms ,.n own
ia 11k, oy,fc cf1nHQRS
.Iudge Orr b:trays his great weakness-als Ut
ter unreliabIlity to be the trusted adviser
of an honorable, high-taned community.
Assume that success is not promised,
is all to be sacrificed for success,
either. in political affairs or outside
of Z ttems- Are not. some kinds OF
victory mere disastrous than defeat Does
Judge Orr thus propose to corrupt the youth
and the manhood OF the State by suggesting
that success lis to be criterion lever OF merit
and the measure of political action 1s he
prepared to say, my fellow-citizens, be sue
cessful-by talr means, possible; but by
means fair or foul, be SUCCESSFUL This is
monstrous in ethics-even in political etnlcs5
aud yet this is virtually the ethics Of Orr and
his school OF politicians. Theirs Is Bacon's
PHILOSOPHY offruit, I. and, Baconss. philosophy,
too, not In its best aspect. And yet Bacon has
been called s'wisest, brightest and .neanest Of
mankind" Let Judge Orr remember thai
every virtuous effort is a success every vel
ous one disaster: But We deny that the Re
form movement is wanting IN ths posslolil-
ties and opportunities OF success. And we
contend that the method 1t proposes OF reform
is far. more plausible and practical than
that suggested by Judge Orr. We propose now
to turn Ids argument OF figures upon him. III
Is stated by the Radicals that the negro voters
Of the State stood to the white voters as 81 ,OO0
to IS, 900. Assume these numbers TO ,be cor
T..Jz ar-o hiIn1ran
good men In every county, instead OF UNDER
taxing to oppose the Radical party, had gone
into il, TO purify and control IL. Well, assume
they had. The result would have. been 5000
saints seeking to influence s., 900 sinners. We
wolid not sive much for the chance of success
here. Ontside of the fact that ..er1l communal
cations corrupt good manners, we We lear tear rnat
conceived plan of operations. 1--WE deem It
much more suggestive Of success for the g., GOO
whites to take reasonable attitude, and by
fair, omen and manly appeals, seek to control
the political action of $4,000 Radical voters.
This is the plan of the Reformists. and 1t is q
better plan than that Of 1adse Orr
Judge orrs detection has not, come upon us
unexpected. StiTl it was received by us with
pain.c We must regard his political attitude
as unwise: and inconsistent With the good OF Inc
State, and Justified By no arguments contained
in his letter of explanation We consider MIN
ais having turned his back upon his State ana
following alter false gods. We notice that
the Radical Organ; receives him with open
arms, and. takes him to toitssympathetc bosom.
Orr Is now o great, good man, for has he not
put on the garments OF .sthe loyal Z" AND We
notice further, that the Radical Organ a1irms
that Judge Orr; having wide influence, espec-
Tally in the upper country, will carry with him
an army otrecruits TO swell the hosts Of Radical
ism, Here the organ will find itself grievous.
ly disappointed, , 1t insults the intelligence
and the Integrity of those people when II thus
argues. All Radlcalism may sneeze when the
head-centre takes snuff. All Radicalism might
vote for donkey, provided he were the regu-
lar nominee Of the sacred league, But not 50
is it with the true and independent people OF
the up-country, to whom the organ refers.
They viii not follow Governor Orr In his de-
fectIon. They have In the past loaded him
with, honors. They have decked him with
laurels. They have made him United
States representative and United States
SENATOR: and colonel OF o Confederate
regiment and Governor Of the state. But be-
cause they have done all this. and vet find
that these could not keep him true to them In
their evil fortunes, they will now turn away
from him and realize with greater force the
!eXtent of his offence, and the magnitude Of
the wrong done 10 them. They may still re-
gnrd him the Kind and genial neighboc, such
as, doubtless, he will continue to be. They
may still hold him to be the able and impartial
Judge; for this we have no reason to deny to
him. But they viii reject with scorn his po-
litlcal advice, under the conviction that In this
respect, under the influence Of ambition or
some less exalted feeling, the cause Of the
State has been subordinated to the cause Of
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