Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-09-23
Then and Now.

On the l7th day of March, 1870, Judge
James L. Orr was interviewed BY .aeoorres.
'pondcnt Of tho New York Tribune, and gave
utterance to the following severe denunoiatia-
ton of the Radical party, with which he is
now associated
""fhc results Of the last three years have
satisfied the people that all the present evils
Of which they complain might have been
'avefted by showing to the colored voters that
they intended to maintain their new rights.
Large numbers of the best men in South Car.
olina are even now willing to espouse Repub.
lican principles, and would doubtless do so
but for the dsstrust which, as gentlemen Of
character acknowledgement, they naturally en-.
;'teftain 'towaras'thoso who, by accidental cir.
'cumstances, have been placed in the lead of
the Republican 'party-men who dolndt, and
never did enjoy public confidence, men who
are ignorant, corrupt, dishonest 'anduift by
reason Of their early association, for decent
society. They wero adroltenough, however,
ito make tho more ignorant among the negroes
believe them to be their best friends, and by
employing all the arts of the demagogue, and
an unscrupulous use Of disgraceful agenuies,
they succeeded in being electedit to the most
important Offices in the Stdte'
Now, Judge Orr advises the people of this
State to retain in Office these same men whom
he denounced in March last as ignorant, cor.
rupt, dishonest and unfit for decent society.
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with set Of men unfit for decent society,"
How then can he have the effrontery to ask
the people of the State to vote for and affiliate
with such men7 Who can place any conf.
depce in the sincerity Of such a man7 How
can the Radicals and Office holders admit him
to their fold when five months ago he denoun-
ced them as 'above7 They will tina their
game with Orr is not worth the candle
Horny Ne,os.
COMPLEMENTARY TO GENERAL r. e. LEE.
The New York Cypress, in commenting
'on the surrender of Sedan, allaaes ito General
+. %. Lee i'm the follo~ing complima ntary
,ndanner:
We can only infer what might be done from
what really .oas done during our own rebel.
lion. The Confederate General Lee, with a
half. naked, half.starved army, or remains of
an army. ofsome forty or Fifty thousana msh,
we all know, held General Grant at bay before
Richmond foi some six months, with 100000
men, more or less, and only surrendered when
the commissariat had distributed the last
crust and the last oance of powder If that
French army at Sedan had leaders with some
of Lees brains and pluck, Frenchmen would
not have had to blush to-day for SO inglorious
a surrender.
PRoaREss. The Augusta Constitutional.
sst says; The kind treatment of the ex En-
peror Napoleon by King William is univer.
sally recognized by the press as an "indioation
Of the progress of civilization" BY parity
of reasoning, the monacing and imprisonment
of Jefferson Davis were indications of the
progress of barbarism.
s@- Wendell Philips appears IN new
role. After riding abolition to It's bitter end,
he has taken up the temperance reform, and
is the candidate of that party Ii Massaohu.
settss for Governor, IN addition to that Of the
''labor reform" party.
Ey Reform Is theoraef Of the day. The
bar Of Columbfa recommend unity pf action
for tho purpose Of modifying the s.Code Of
Procedure" now in force ia this State, The
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