Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-16
Judge Orr for Vice. President

The Pheair of the 1lth instant, comment
ing on u communication in the Union of the
9th. recommending tho nomination Of Judge
ORR Tor Vice President OF the United States.
by the State Republican Convention. says:
Judge Orr would doubtless fill tho Vice
Presidents chair with honor t. himself and
fidelity 10 TIM oonntry. but there IL. in our
MUD, II moro needful and useful Gpd for his
srrvioes within tho bounds Of his own State
We have entertniIed latent hOpc--rngen.
dered by observing his great and increasing
popularity with tho new p,rty to which he
l,ns seon lit to give ha anllrgisnoe-that Judge
Orr might again be placed in the gubrrnatorial
chair "f the Site. This admiration for
judge Orr by the R,aical rnsoals Of Scots
dyn,sty, it sincerely foit, ns it seems to hc, is
hard to oe underst'ph, unless we attribute Il
to the faot that, hring nbnnt the only honest
aud able man III the psrt,. they experience Iii
tho contemplation of his better character the
nearest appr'ach To y virtunus emntion Of
wh'c" ' 'h*r ,.' x.'rovc,l'pg souls are o'p'blo
Judge Orr is. in fnct, the best nble II any
mnn VIC know to restore pence aud pnirt to nir
disturbed community, steni tho tide IF corrup
tion that IL p'rnoatiny every nook md corner
OF our State Gnvern,ucnt. aud save the State,
it even he can do from the ruin in which she
has been involved by the reckless extrava.
gance and shancless vcnnIty Of hor present
rulers. @ 'iF
1t makes but very little difference, 80 far
ns the >ubstnnt,i interests of the State nrc
concerned. what political party controls the
State Governments
NJ
Whit VIC most need tn relieve Snuth Caro-.
lima Of he' crippled condition is IN honest
Legislature and wise la@s ccuuoinicully admin
istcrcd.
Ju4ge Orr, however much his political tor.
giversatons nny have lowered in the esteem,
"f u large class OF our penple, ia admitted tube
an honest man. tie is cons,tutionnlly honest
honest from nature. education and m,r,l
conviction. There nre men, ae believe, of
higher moral perception than he. but nnue "i
more sterling integri,y n the practical husi
ness of lite We wlII say that much for hin,
though he has proved recreant to the pnlit.
cal faith nf his younger and nayhnn better
years. and though he did more than NJ. Scntt's
crcH to ,inf"at the pntriotic Efforts nf the r..
fnr'n party in the last State election M
ono man. nur esena dozen me,. Guild cnrrrct
ut once the evil PRACTICES which the present
regime has i"s.ituten but we know of none
other who j., ayaiInbie. exc,.n, .Jna.,. n.r
that could exercise, if they w,led it, my saw
ing influence whatrv"r. Judge Orr himse'
might fiji, aud the darkrniny nr. s,cc, n..v
,i>incIinc hi u to shoulder such heavy resnon
s,hilty We have no i.lrn thar Il. desires =,
bc Governor. for il must ,r,y., f, a;s,,r.o,,l.
and ex,rrn,ey difficult task +, nr,,n.rv cnn
dnrt our State affairs with snch L,,, ,;,,r. =,
,,,w co,nr,,sc the General Assembly Rut If
there is n man in the STAT, of SpntH C,rnI;n,
that owes her s,,ecin service mar. IN, -,
other, that man. in our mind. /, lanes I.
rrr She HIS delighted to l,onor him. ,nl
? with lavish hand. in DAYS mast. nni If h.
has resi- regard for her wrlf,r. h. viii
NIT desert her Ee u ut ~, hour when. will,
out pgnt,s,n. he mny feel that his hand onlv
eau hr l"pru,leh upon tn stre, her ,hr,nrl
the breakers into which r ,dicai misrnla In.
thrown her
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WASHINGTON, February Evening -
ln the Srnalc. resolution calling fnr inrur
m"t'"n regarding treaty affairs was discussed
nll the morning. aud went over on II motion
t" table. Amnesty was resumed Tie
clauses affecting 'zntinn IN Summers
amendment were discussed. The treaty with
China torhid'iing the naturalization of CHI.
nts': is y stumbling block in Summers path
Finally Sunn'rs amendment was adopted by
the cas,ing vote of Vice President CoIfnx:
and the amnesty bill thus amended failed ~
the necessary two.thirds Nnys-Blair, Bore
nan, Davis, G"Idthwnite, Hill, johnson,
Nelly. L'ann. hlmrIIl. ut blaine, Norwood