The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-04-07
Governor Orr.

We gave our readers yesterday morning an
account of an interview between Governor Orr
and correspondent of the New York Tribune,
upon the issues of the day.
We shall assume, rs we believe, that the
opinions there attributed to him truly represent
his views of the situation.
Governor Orr has always been clearly in adj
vance of public opinion; and the main reason
why his advice has had so little influence upon
the mass of the anti-Radical people of South
Carolina has been, that they did not believe his
prophetic warnings. His foresight and his
voice have been those of Cassandra-true, but
never believed.
1t is for this reason, this bitter experience in
the past, that his present utterance deserves and
commands an attention never before accorded
him.
Since we last heard from Governor Orr, our
people have stepped forward several PAGES from
the line then held This advance took its first
concerted expression in the resolutions of the
press conference, which have been endorsed by
the almost unanimous voice of the press and
the endorsement of the people is we'll nigh a
certainty.
Let us take up few of the points in which
this advanced public opinion is in accord with
the views attributed to Governor Orr
l. Both accept the fifteenth amendment and
its consequences as matters of law and not of
sentiment.
9. Both look to immigration as the sine qua
non condition of permanent and general resus-
citation of the State.
8. Both seek harmony between the races as
necessary for both whites and blacks. This
spirit of harmony was broken by the incoming
of the adventures between 1866 and 1868 who
needed the colorcd mans vote, and to get it
poisoned his mind against the white citizen.
4. Both see that the hand of nature is rapid
ly adjusting the scales of power; and that the
fate of the colored race is but question of
time.
5. Both agree in their antagonism to the herd
of political adventures who have crowded, by
corrupt means, into our public offces-men ig-
norant, dishonest, indecent and incompetent
Upon this point the tone of our anti-Radital
press is clear and unanimous. Governor Orr
lacks none of our earnestness and clearness
when he speaks of-we quote this Tribune inter-
view -''those who, by accidental circumstances,
have been placed in the lead Of the Republican
party-MEN WHO DO NOT, AND NEVER DID, EN-
JOY PUBLIC CONFIDENCE; MEN WHO ARE IG-
NoRANT, CORRUPT, DISHONEST AND UNFIT, BY
REASON OF THEIR EARLY ASSOCIATIONS, FOR
DECENT SOCIETY. They are adroit enough,
however,, W ludhC luOlC iSiOidHg dLlOllS tllc
negroes believe them to be their best friends,
and by employing all the arts Of the dcmagogue,
and an anscrupulous USE OF DIsGRACEFUL
AGENCIES, they succeeded in being elected to
the most important Offices in the State" The
Radical daily of Charleston thinks that Gov
ernor Orr '.traveed out of his way to say un-
gracious things of our'rulers." How soft and
Soothing the tone of this remarkable comment !!
What a gentle pat of disapprobation tits! Our
idea is that Governor Orr did not travel out OF
his way an inch but found the monster curse
of our State directly in his path, and met it
like man.. The press and people of South
Carolina found it in the same way, and propose
to meet it in the same spirit.-C0iun'bia Guar
dian.
: EX-GovEREoR, ORR.-Judge James L. Orr's
opinions as to the probable fate of political
parties in this country (see the graphic and en-
pertaining letter on progress in the South" !"
published elsewhere) will doubtless be accepted
with some allowance for the fact that he has
been largely shut out of national political par
ties for some years past, and is consequently
not as thoroughly informed upon their princi-
nles and schemes as it was his won't to be in
days gone BY Not ten years, as he thinks,
will serve to raise up the defunct Democracy,
or to deprive of its power the Republican party,
which has successfully reconstructed the South
ON the broad basis of universal suffrage, and
which hastens to fund and greatly reduce the
national debt. But Judge Orr's representations
of the social, industrial and political aspect Of
his own immediate district are full of truths
which will not be doubted and his more pleas
ant predictions as to the future of his State and
people. will be hopefully believed by all per-
sons at the North who have closely watched
the developments of Southern reconstruction.
Not that we share all his opinions, but because
We have seen no clearer or more temperate