The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-04-03

AGR1CULTURISTS- THE POLITICAL
PLATFORM f--7NANUFACTURING RE-
SOURCES FOR OUR YOUNG MEN
THE OLD AND THE NEW REGIME.
A correspondent of the New York
Tribune writing from Anderson, S. c.,
under date ofgMarch II, gives quite an
interesting report of conversation
with Judge Orr, in which that gentle
man appears Ito have set forth his po-
litical views with great fullness and
precision. After sketchy account of
the Judges residence, manner of life
and person, the letter proceeds to say:
{. :e,r LIKES, AND DisLIKEs.
In Charleston and among the low
country planters generally, ex-Gov-
ernor Orr Is AM object of cordial dislike
to anticipate before others, the probable
downfall of tile cause, and to Introduce
in secret session what was known us
the "Peace Resolutions" When Gov
ernor, he was, bold enough to rise in the
presence of aibody Of Charleston mer-
: chants, ut n public dinner. and utter
stlNths, political and commercial, that
made them vince. He had the hardi-.
hood to affiliate socially with Generals
olCh1cb buu SathUS &hAo StiA C1AChA III pAlO
arduous worksof recognizing the State.
He assumed the responsibility, at
which other men shuddered, of recon-
mending officially, and on the hustings,
that the white people should vote for
delegates to the State Constitutional
Conventions Republican body; and
finally capped the climax of political
iniquity, by permitting himself to be
elected to the office of Circuit Judge by
oil Ia
say: "All this was right :" Governor
Orr was two lyears in advance of u.s."
chad we followed his counsel the con-
dition of affairs would have been very
different" But still the prejudice is
hereditary and strong, and they neither
forgive nor forget.
asked the judge how he relishcd
this opposition: Why, sir" he an
swered, :" a public man in South Caro-
q hide like a4rhinoceros, and forty years
of antagonism have made mine SO
tough that all the porcupines i'll Chris
tendon couldn't draw blood that is,
when I know I'm right"
In the up country, however, the feel
ing toward him is one Of almost uni
versal respect. known to be just in his
administration of public affairs, un-
tainted by the breath Of any corrupting
ance and never found wanting, affable
with the humblcst, and personally
popular among all classes, the people
trust him. They confide in his judg-
ment The very fact that he predicted
long ago present consequences, and adj
vised the public howto avert them, has
more than ever increased faith in his
wisdom, and fixed, as 1 am impressed,
q determination by thousands to adopt
I, ,,olic1y NNhot that r,n1inxv ic iS.
foreshadowed in the following convcr-
satiOn:
THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION AND
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
= @. Judge Orr, you have been long
affiliated with the Democratic party of
the country, and have some curiosity
to learn why, SO soon after the Philn-
delphia convention of 1865, in which
you played an important part, you
the principles of another party not
generally acceptable to your own pco-
pie.
A. The answer to that question is
simple one. 1t was generally believed
throughout the South that the object Of
that convention was to restore harmo-
NOUS feeling between the two sections,
and, accordingly, her representative
men were selected to confer and act
North. Results proved, however, that
elements of disruption were already at
work within the party-thnt the West
and East were nntagonistic in their
views of public policy-and that, in
many respects, the South was not in
condition to agree with either. The
effort then made to create n healthy
public sentiment toward us signally
failed, and, after Il mere spasm of cor
diality in the convention, it's members
separated rs diverse in their opinions as
ever. These chickering's resulted in the
election of General Grant and the pre-
sentsupremacy ofthe Republican party.
@. But is it your opinion that tic
Democratic party will never regain its
power?
A. A party called Democratic may
eventually succeed, but the old regime
is forever dead. The antagonism of so
many leading members of the party to
the war will, since the war has proved
successful, put them in the same cate
CORY in all future popular elections
with the opponents Of the revolutionary
war, the war Of 1912, and the war with
Mexico. None of the parties opposing
these wars had sufficient vitality to