Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-16

TO declare themselves Republicans. AS mat
rers now stand the carpet-baggers and ngger.
have everything their own way. Az election
time, whom good man sincerely desiIous o.
supporting the government, healing the bit
tcrness Of the hour and restoring the State to
Her proper condition offers himself rs u can
didate for Office on the Democratic ticket, lie
10 immediately put down by
SOME AccURsED scALAwAa
or field hand, the tool Of tho scalawag. in
this fashion: "Who e.pancipatcd you The
niggers! Who enfanchist' vou Who ena.
bled you 10 exercise your unaienable right 10
ride on the cars with the white folks Who
shed their blood Tor you and stand by you to-
dayl The Republicans! Who fought against
you in the war to keep you in slavery? Who
want to annul tho emancipation proclamation
and the laws Of Congress made for you by
your friends2 Who want to re.enslave you :
The Democrats" So the Democratic gentle.
man has to take back scat, the thirty thou.
sand black majority is rolled up for The scala
wag, carpet-bagger and negro candidates, and
we arc rs before. If our people, sir, had tho
senso to 60 in with the niggcfs, declare them
selves resolved 10 support tho amendments OF
tho constitution and reconstruction acts Of
Congress-, and that ,henceforward they would
be Republicans, 1t would be all up with the
carret-baggers; tho public Offices would .ho
filed with mon Of responsibility aud intclli-
gence, and the State would speedily recover
That is my policy for South Carolina. Wo
don't care anything dowa there for Federal
politics.; our ardent desire is to recover tho
State from the scoundrels who arc now run.
nirg it.
Reporter. But suppose the Democratic
party wins
THE PRESIDENTIAL FIGHT,
would not that triumph be of Lcnvl, to South
Carollnal
MIR. Orr. Not at ALL There is that So
600 nigger majority; wo have got to get rid
of that somehow. No matter what party
wins in the national election it will make no
difference to us. Should Tho Republicans
win we will be as we are. Perhaps, indeed,
we would have another army OF unconsciona-
bio Radical rullians quartcred upon US. II
the Democrats win they cannot help u.s. for
tho notification Of the amendments is out Of
the question the internal 10000 nggcr ua.
joiity will be there worse than over. No sir;
we must all become Republicans, and SO take
the wind out Of the sails OF the carpet bag.
gers.
Reporter. Yours is bad predcamcnt,
Governor What about the other States
Mr.. Orr. OF the other States of the South
and their condition am not very well in
formed They are however, better of than
we arc. Ours is tho only State where the
niggers out numbered tho whites. have
ceased to be a politician outside Of my own
State. Il am philosopher
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER.
If you like.
Reporter. Governor am glad you told
mo that. Al American political philosopher
who does not cure about affairs outside of his
own State is ruru apis. Your opinion on
the outlook for the Presidential contest in
1872 will bo Of great valdc.
hf,. o.. ,reTT, wei! / don't know much
about what is going on up here l suppose
Grant will be rc-nominatcd by his party in-
deed. feel very certain Of it,
Reporter. Why do you think so!
Mr.. Orr. llo has the inside track now,
and his war record is not yet thrcadbare. No
othcr General on that side can be put up
against him, and there is no other civilian of
prominence in the party who could shove him
out Of the way. The Republicans could not
succeed in clec,ing man who did not servo
in the war as successful general If they
nominate civilian they would have to part
with their heaviest pieces of artillery.
WHAT THEN?
Mr.. Orr What thcn2 Defeat for The
Republicans, and, with moderation and wis
dom, an overwhelming victory for tho Demo.
ocras. With Grant in the field the contest
would DO doubtful, but with any other Re
publican as the standard bearer of the party
the Democrats would win. They have no
great men now; they are lot Of confounded
IDIOTS, that don't know what they are about.
1t Is as likely as not that in their nominating
convention they will put frcsh secession
plank IN their platform, put up son,o old dun.
my of by-gone days and go homo and be
licked like hell at the polls Thoy had
n fair chance last time, and [ among others
urged them to take advantage Of it. Ii in
stead Of nominating orr fno old friend Scy.
monr---wi,h bis draft riot reputation and HE
absurd platform they gavo him to stand on
they had put up Chase the country would havo
been carried for Democracy. / voted for
Seymour and Blair myself, very unwillnolv.
L confess, especially for B]air--I went with
tho crowd. The true policy for the Dcmoc-
racy is 10 nominate for the presidency some
good and tried Democrat with q sound war
record, not necessary q soldier it the Rcpub.
Leans put up civilian, but Appointment gen
ersl in case
GRANT IS IN THE FIELD.
Perhaps it would be bottcr in any case to nom.
mate civilian.