The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-08-07
James n Orr.


s:ss ~ James i. Orr. -
On an occasion like the present when so
MANY subjects are chosen and so many voices
heard, we would incur your reproaeh and dis
Taste If we should omit to pay even an humble
tribute 10 the memory of him whose name and;
departure frorn our midst is SO fresh in your
recolisctions. We ourselves would feel that We
were upfaithfll in the performance q our
duties that ne were not true to gratitude, not
true TO patriotism, not true to the living or the
dead. ifS we should lforbear to connect the name
of JAMES Z. ORR with the subjects Of this
evening -; ;s;,ss};..Sl ,s..ys, %.l f:as..s i
Bright stars are rising, in most every age,
from behind the hills of the east, stretching
their way higher and higher, growing more
5 and more. IN strength and nghtness, directing
the footsteps of the nation and lighting up the
ipathless ways of earth but by the unchange-
able decree Of the Universal Ruler, one by one
must descend beneath the horizon. know. now
that .hat memorable day, when the tolling OF
belfs the cries of sorroW and the flowing OF
tears bespoke sudden calamity will never, as
long as life remains, be forgotten, or recalled
without the deepest regret bright lnmlna-
ry.E whose light has cheered us and whose
guidance we have followed, hassceased to emit
is brilliant rays, and disappeared from mortal
sight. Awful was the intelligence, that q
cherished friend, a useful, and noble, patriotic
countrypaan, whom you hoped to meet again
in life, was sleeping in the cold embrace OF
death sgs gs.ss.sss 3rsEs..s's
fudge Orr.is dead. sBut how little is there
of. the great and good which can die y sHeye
lives. Earthly benefcence is not to be forget
ten. The menory Of distinguished patriots
and public benefactors viii not perish with the
BODY. Their Immortal works are to be.yiewed
with admiration by the living world, and pre-
served with their untsrnished brightness for
the contemplation of all generations to come
Time may change the soil beneath, or rob
heaven Of its ornaments above; the sun may
hid farewell to earth and go down to shine no
more. but the last ray Of fading light shall
play al the bases of the eternal pyramids Of hui
man triumphs. -
Before proceeding further, ! deem it neces-
sary that should give Judge Orrs course in
life in as few words as possible. BornatCray-
tonyille, in this county, on the 18th of May,
1872; here he has made his home in life, and
here is now the resting place of his body IN
death. Atthis place he acquired his earliest
instructions in literature, business and human
nature. he was admitted to the bar at the age
Of tNenty-one, after giving some attention to
the study of law in the University of Virginia.
In fbe fall of this same year, ne established
the Anderson Gazette. When. little more
than twenty-five years of age, he was elected
to the State Legislature. In 1S4S, he became
a candidate for Congress, and was successful
seryiceable and useful during his whole con-
nection with that body. For short time ne
was an oticer in our army, but past services
had proven him 9. man Of too much domestic
usefulness to handle the sword. He became
Confederate Senator. That struggle closed
and he again applied himself with powerful
efforts. to the restoration of peace in South
Carolina, and the healing up of the deep
wound inflicted by that bloody conflict. He
has since been Governor of our State, faith
full member of our Conventions, an impartial
Judge Of this Circuit, and, from sense of his
duty to the entire Union, he accepted the high
aud responsible Office of Minister to Russia {; in
which cold and foreign region, he breathed the
last of his precious moments.
In such an age, when might is triumphant
over right, it is a high and great accomplish
ment 10 fight well on the public field of life