The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-06-06
COLUMBIA ST: G,
.Tneaday aorhnllines .J(ttia9Ie ia9Ie l6,l ish.
'Judge ,Orr's Method ~ HIS PoAtoX for
'- ~: Saving tho Eiate.!ti .Iri'sJ

t'Judge, .orr's Method -. HI. PoAtoxi for
81 ... Saving tho Eiate.ti .IlI,.J
In his interview with the New York
Herald reporter, Judge Orr is represent
led rs saying: ,ar ~.
..IHe only hope I see for the State OF
South CAROLINA is for all hands 10 de6lare
themselves Republican. As matters now
stand, the carpet-baggers and niggera
have everything their own way. Ateleo-,
tion lime, when q good man sincerely,
desirous OF supporting the Government,'
healing the bitterness Of the hour. and
restoring the State to hersproper oondi-
tion, offers himself as oandtdate' for
: Office on the Democratic ticket, be is i'm
.;Had;atclS pIt down by sons accnrsad'
scalawag OF field hand, tho tool OF the
:scalawug, In. this. fashion: Who eman
;oiputcd y!ou2 The niggersI Who Gu
franohiaed you2 Who enabled. you to
exercise your iualienalle right to ride on
the cars with white folks? Who shed
tiieir blood for you and stand by you, to-
,day? The IseI,ublicansl Who fought
against y6u in tho war to keep you in
! slavery? Who want to annul tho oman
1 oipations proclamation and the laws of
Congress made for you by your friendep
Who want to re!ensiave yon? The De-
mocrats,' So the Democratic gentleman
has tor take back seat; the 10000 black
majorityis rolled iup for the scalawag.
carpet bag, md .nigger candidates, and
we are ss before. If our people, sir, had
the sense to go in with, the niggers, de-
Glare themselves resolved to support the
amendments to the Constitution and the
Reconstruction Acts OF Congress, and
chat henceforYard they would be Repub.
licans, it would be all up with the carpet.
baggers; the public Offices would be filled
with men Of responsibility and intelli-
gence, and the State would speedily re-
cover. That is my policy for South Oa-
rolina. We don't care anything down
there for Federal politios; our ardent de-
: s1rs is to recover tho State from the
s9aoundrels 80 who ore now running it."
,And upon the reporters asking if the
Itriumph Of the Democratic party would
nat be of :beneaesto South Carolina,
.sJudge Orr adds: 81. ~ ~
f"Not at all. There is that $50, 600 mig
+ ger majority; we have to get rid of that
somehow. No matter what party wins in
the national election it will make no dif!
: win we will be as we ARE. Perhaps, in
decd, We would have another army OF
unconscionsble Radical fuifians quarter.
Cd ;i;c. .s. If the Deranerata win they
0annot help us. for the nulliacation OF
the amendments is out Of: the question
the internal 80. 900 niger majority will
be there worse than ever. No, sir; we
must all become Republicans, and SO
take the wind out of the sails of the
carpet-baggers.!" ''-
Keporter-''Yonrs is O bad predica.
. ment, Governor. What about the other
(, ,States?" IF
= bfr. rt-"Of the other States OF the
South and their condition, I am not very
/. we'll informed. They are, however, bet
ter of than we are. Ours is the only
State where the niggers outnumber the
whites. J have ceased to be O politician
+ outaide Of my own State. am philo-
sophsr-a political philosopher. if you
!: like.
3,- twill thus be seen what is the remedy
sSggess.ssa by Judge Orr for our political
ills. We have had various remedies pro-
posed for the relief Of South Carolina.
Judge Orr's method is not new one
with him. We believe that lie has been
for some time impressed with the eff
!: cacy of his policy. He has before sug-
gested it. We are inclined to think that
the people who rejected his suggestion
before will be apt to do so far more en-
phatically now. The experience Of the
past year has not tended to illustrate the
excellence of Judge Orr's saving policy.
Eyenif His course of action could hon
,:estly and conscientiously be accepted,
We have every reason to bellows that
would fail of the object in view! r
form has never yet beon accomplished
by uniting with the agents OF the. mis-
rule that it seeks to correct. Besides,
all men cannot change their opinions as
they would their Dress :
Judge Orr uses the word Glands" very
properly. His remedy-that lie would
!. press upon proud and high.spirited
peoples. for ''aR hands to declare then,
selnss Republican," Now, if any man
can honestly declare himself "Republi.