Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-06-20
Judge Orr at The philadelphia
convention,

Olfj SAS hANNNS>~
State, and bis own peop!e NE protessct,
worshipper o; Grant aii cndcrs:; OF h.i
Ku Klux tyranny as practiced spon the
citizens of South Carolina-was Oh coa:se
at the Grant nominating convention al
Philadelphia, and bong c.,.led upo" TO
a>lrcss that delcctahle BODY of pap-suck-
.ers, belciued forth his ;,inirat IL Of dl...t
and his minions, and lis condemna.iun Vi,
and hatred for, his own neiglpols aI.u '3r-
ncr friends, in. the following disgusting
strain;
Gealemcn Of Me (oapsntion ~
rITurIr v,rr'ruuIu5rr rts5-r0zJ
n com kilmcnt 10 ...c SECTION trom whr: j
come than iivm any personal colni ..,i..,...
intcnded ior ulc. Cries OF No, no. ,
We are here for the purpusp % nc..nna-
ting candidates for the Presidency unt!
Vlce-Presidency OF the CnItru States tor
the Republican purity to ih ;Lvse Offices
luf four years 'nlore, and s,nkose That
whatever CONTROVERSY an, .vu,cst YOU
nI,y have III oluer Stules, with tie assls-
tun:c OF .our colorci friends IN South Car
oiii.a, You lhay bc well assuteu that that
stale will give cordial anu unanimous
and an overwhelming vote for the nomi-
necs OF this Convention. lLrcat applause
hayelclt morethan ordinary sOllcltude,
which has induced me to attend tins con-
ventlon, growing out Of The nIany assaults
which l have seen made on the President
Of the United States. Ii there was con-
test here, it would perhaps be lnappropn-
ute to discuss the merits OF any ol THESE
men who are lo.le presented; lat the eri-
denies are unmistak kaGle here that the
voice OF the convention simply register
the instructions which. We have received |
respectively from our constituents mean
TIC. unanimous nomination Of President
Grant for reelection. Applause | know
that he has been arralgnel-hc las been
maligned-he has been traduced. Has
he been traduced or maligned more thun
General Washington? Was there ever
man who has filled the Presidential chair
in the history OF this Government .wio
was subject to more assaults than WASH
lngton? He survived them, anu ilapse
people that he Carried through tha bloody
scenes OF the Revolution re,electe-j t;ln
tor lour Years, and when he served e,gn,
years, lie retired voluntarily. The next
great military hero that the country pro-
luced was General Jackson.
At the end OF before the expiration of
his four years he was mallenol I'LL over
,he land and traduccd. and YET .ths memo
y OF the services which he had rcpdeTen
70 his couptrymen ID tile war OF 1872 car
led him triulnphantiy a second time into
hc Presidential chair. Are the Americas
people now, with the full recollection of
he services rendered by General Grant in
,ehalf OF the Union, when they are ehjoy- {
ng the full truition Of those services, pre- ,
Jared to reverse the rule which was ADOPT
d with reference to those two lliustrious {
leroes; his predecessors; anucast him :slde ? /
don't believe it. (Great applause and ,
ries OF :" No, no, no They won't i
1t is said that he has JAILED, f,ilel NOR 1
lily, failed financially, failed in ever, 'lcs- a
,cct as President We'll, II nay b. ;;.at {
Ie las failed. That he he's hls :.tults, | i
ay., no doubt; l:t Gencrsl Grant is n@t
be man 10 fail 'CheelS When didh,. !;
iif?. Where did he fail? On what field p
i'd he fail?. was upon the other sidh. t
nd one Of ibo great reasons Yl.y l think /
bat my couatrymen,. IN my own section Y
f the Unified States, those whu'i- 4 tyrmer /,
mos before the Wal, were associated with O
,e in political life should slstain hai., is t,
his land | have bcfrc that te.tIn.nuy n
pom all occasions of him, from the be- "
inning Of the war to the enc, thit wide i
c made agallant and finally succcssiui h
older, in bll his intercourse v tn the ar- d
lies oil the rebel States he never once 1 n
,rgot the,duties OF the soldier or tho gen :,
cman. Wild applause. h
| believe myself that his reelection j. a {.
eeessiiy to;preserve peace in the rou:.,.r $,
nd peace abroad and if he has lalleu v,
Ike such failures as he has given us with W
! the last four years. Renewed applause, Of
here is no sea that our fla, does not float u,
upon. There IS not u C1ul, i,
pom the tace Of the earth wherc 30 Gov. h,
:nnelt Of the United States is. not re- W
,ected more thanit has ever been before. II
our public debt is being reduced, your =
iblic expenses are being leduced, and Of
,ur taxation is being reduced: What fs
ore could government do to make the .,
,ople contented and thappy, and induce hl
lem TO give to those who are carrying it er
it,their support and their vOtes7 1[Gfeat ps
/ come; gentlemen. of the Convention. 80 20
am the Ku Klu1 region, andfF desired in
ID intended to have ayailed myself of II
Ie occasion some time whiIytirf PhAadel.i n
iia TO PRESENT. to you some statistics which tb
ould perhaps enlighten yonii respect to ~ ~
Ie5outcry; (which, has been, raised ,by the to
emoofatlc party in7the;l SoufhernoStates, sy AZ
i'd in the North and West also, about a
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