Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-16
The New York EEcraIA Interviews
E&~e.1Vcraor Orr.

The condition OF the Southern States under
rule Of the Radicals being the absorbing aucs
ton Of home policy, and The utteranccs Of
Southern men OF position ana Influence con-
cernlng the future of those Stntcs being espe-
clally important at this juncture, Herald
reporter was yesterday d&patc!ied to the
Grand Hotel, on Broadway, where Mr. Orr,
Governor of South Carolina under Andy
johnson, was stopping. for the purpose Of
getting his views the political situation.
Mr.. Orr was accessible after dinner, and was
pleased to meet representative of the Her.
at" lie arrived here on Saturday for the
purpose OF transacting son,n private business,
aud will leave for Annapolis this morpior,
tic is one of the visitors to the Naval Acfs
my. The Ex-Governor is stout rosy.che,
ed good humored gentleman about sixty years
of age.
After some preliminary talk Mr.. Orr said,
IN answer to a question put hy the reporter,
that he did not think much would come Of
sending United States soldiers into the South
at this time.
Reporter. They will be able to put down
lawl.ssncss IN the South, Governor, will they
not
THE SOLDIERS USELESS.
Mr. Orr. NJ: and will tell you why
,vhoro t,or, pn',,"' w" commit crimes
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Reporter Then You admit that lawless
bands exist in the Snuth 4?
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DESTROYS OF PEACE AND QUIET,
ana al these are majority of the people of
the State Most OF them are soldicrs--bad
EGnes. G no aonht-ota our (Confederato) army;
KIux wonld be the proper name fnrr tRsfsmn hu
Reporter If they are troublesome to the
peaceful! citizens Of the State, why don't the
citizens suppress them
Mr.. Orr. That's just it. I wish they
won!d suppress them If Wade Hampton
and the other Generals of the State, who have
the confidence Of the people, would only de-
clare themselves against the ku Klnx and
their damned pranks, there would bo peace
at once. Bat you see they won't They are
sore. They have their backs up because
they were not cnfra,lchiscd. Had they been
pardoned and given the franchisa the Ku
klux would not have had existence, in our
State at least. They ara sul!on now, and let
the negcfs, carpet baggcrs, scalawags and
lAu kluS send the State to the devil in their
own way. It's q pity that different policy
had not been pursued. If the reconstruction
of johnson had been fair trial there would
be different state of affairs in the South to.
day | was in favor of Johnson's policy all
along. but now | see where he made mis-
take he should not have tried to run the
whole business himself, but have called Con-
gress together and submitted his programme
or action to them. believed Congress would
NY s"pPo''co nam "h" all "ould nave been
'''' - "''
PERSONAL F!3HT
between him and Congress; indeed, old Ste
vens Ihad) SAID to me one day in Washing
ton, Governor Orr, this is entirely person.
al ight between US and the man at the other
end OF the avenue.
Reporter There were no lawicss societies
wn'e you were the Executive Of South Car
ol'na' Governor
Mr. Orr No; not oven an arrest during
inc TWO years ana half that was Governor.