The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-04-06
ENBEREE, :. &,
Wednesday, March 80, 1920,
CIV. Orr On the Times.

lengthy for our columns. We make
however, scattering and brief synopsis
Of a few lea'ling points Abiding to his
unpopularity in the low country, for the
writer states that the Judge is u"'vcr'
sally respected in the up.country, he
asked how he reliShcd this opposition.
"Why. sir" he answered, "a public man
IN South Carolina. who thinks for him
self. must have hide like a r!hnoceros,
and forty years Of antagonisu' have made
mine 50 tough that all the porcapiues III
Christendom couldn't draw blood; that
is, when know I'm rig t."
Judge Orr thinks that a party called
Democratic may eventually succeed. but
:he cid regime is forever dead. .
The blundcrS of the Republican party,
already made. and which they will con-
tiuue to make, not moving cautiously in
consequence of their consciousness Of
strength, will necessarily create reac
ton. under the influence Of which they,
too. will be overwhelmed in ,tional poll
tics, as the Jackson party was over
whelmcd in 1910 in the contest between
Mr.. Van Buren and Gen Harrison, when
the election was won not so much by
the popularity Of Wing principles as bv
the unpopularity Of the Jackson and Van
Buren, administration. High taxes, the
consequent s,ringcrcy Of the finances,
and otficial corruption, is the rock upon
which the Republican party will te
wrecked. From :!,e debris another party
will arise composed Of the progressive
men Of the country, whose leaders vii!
be real statesmen and eco n"ui$tS, aud
under their administration the Union will
advance IN true greatness and solid pros
p.rity. DoabticSS the next census will
change the basis Of power. More rela'
tive strength will be given to the South
and West, which will result in weaken.
ing the influence cf the New.Eng'and
States, and transferring the control of
the country to the agricultural sections.
Grants election was bic: sing, for al
though some of the results politically are
disagrecab!e, yet calamiticS we e5V,H!caa.
in that the South wa; nHs prepared at
the close of tho war for Democratic rule.
True Republiranism will unques
tionably gain aceessions to lis ranks from
the native white men Of the South
Large numbers Of the best men are even
now willing to espousc Republican prin
ciples, but for. the diStIust, which as
gentlemen of character and intelligence,
they naturally entertain to the ignorant,
corrupt, dishonest men who have been
placed in the lead Of the Republican par
ty.
1t depends upon the material you work
with, and the material you work upon,
whether the negro can be controlled.
The most ignorant are the most radical;
the most intelligent are the mcsr conser-
vative; and my experience with them,
in the capacity of legislators, satisfies ne
that as far as lies in their power they
mean to do only that which will rebound
to the best interests of the State The
eolored people may for while distrust
the professions of white men, cut when
they see them in earnest, and discover
that it is not merely matter of politics.
but of practical benefit to the State,
which is involved in a combination Of
strength, confidence will be restored, and
the two races will work together in har-
mony.
1t is his belief that in a few years Con-
greSS will find that in the fifteenth amend
ment, two edged sword has been put
into the hands Of the South. lie
thinks natural causes arc tending to de-
crease the colored race. Loss Of mas
tcrs, kind treatment and care. and good
food are a few Of them. His own i'm.
preston is, that in quarter Of centu
~ from the present tune, all the c"lder
regions of the South, from Virginia to
Georgia, will be mainly populated by
sturdy white emisrants, before whose
competing tot! the negro will be obliged
to give way, and that he will seek tn"
lowlanis as his 6nal abiding place. These
are but specuiatioa>, yet, tue fate of the
red man is, toavery co;i4::a:r";.l.. d.SSr--,
typical Lf the law Of nature which ha;
applied to the negro in every State in
which he has been compelled to work
for his subsistence side by side with the
white. The South, however, requires all
her laboring population, and as people,
we deplore any exisency which tn: eatenS
to deprive us Of so essential an aid to
our prosperity. Hence it is that our
liheral-minled men, foreseeing these re
suits. arc prepared by wise and humane
for their enlightenment aud
moral and social improvement to make
the colored people valuable in our ag,i'
cultural developments. and thus retain
them as an clement Of practical strength
and usefulness. Viewing the
question Of Southern resuScitation in all
lis bearings, emigration is an absolute
Southern necessity.