The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-13

Just and legitimate rights Of sll-minori-
ties % well - msjorities AoetheoU
We, too aae;epun, artfstin> and refined ftp
work infraStioe. The virtue and fnttf
Fligeaoe of tie nation SWas not Aqustbto
the exalted task thst sogrs fois8 sttets
undertook % embody In the Federal
Nj. Orr took men and sthinxs q; !. .hsl
found them, and dealt With them in, i
mastery manner, doing credit at Abe
eane timet his heart and his head. He
loved his country his State, and partiou-
lsrty his own'peoPle. 4on were proud, >.
and Justly proud, Of him, and he Was no
lesaproud ofEyou. Hs'habitnntiy spcks
OF his eonstArent. e! HE people at
home, in warm Ahd a1eotionate terms.
And now you have assembled to express
yonr great grief for his death, and it is
dsting that you should do so. Express
and testify to your sorrow ~ making
his honored memory q monument, npon
which shall be inscribed his worth, bis
virtues and the benefits resulting TO his
country from his Iabors; that your SONS
may read OF them, that they may strive
to initiate him. end let them thus learn
how much msy be accomplished by
striving to become men useful and
honored In their day and generation.
It is your privilege 80 to do, as tits the
privilege and duty of every people, to
pay the last sad honors due to their dis.
tinguished dead in . manner, most srits.
BILE and becoming.
Mr.. Calhoun once said to me, in speak
ing of certain great and distinUuished
man, who bad left most minute and par
tioular directions concerning his own
burial, tomb stone and epitaph, that
such little details should have been be-
meath the notice Of 80 great a man: he
should rather have left his countsymen
to do as they thought bes. with his life.
less remains. Public men belong to the
|putlic-living or dead; their lives con-
stitOte part pt the history of the country.
James L. Orr was yours-your repre-.
sentative, and to you belongs the sad
right to dispose OF bis body properly.
Every man in this country feels that Mr..
Orr 1ad an interest in him personally,
for be was one. Of those true noblemen Of
nature who feel 80 seoure of their own
position that they do not think it in the
least degrading to their dignity to min
gle freely with all classes and conditions
OF men. The plainest countrymAn was
reoeived by him with politeness and affa-
bility. Therefore. he was the friend of
one and oil, and it becomes his townsmen
to endeavor to do everything in their
power to express their appreciation OF
his services. As dear and valued
friend OF my own. had looked forward
to his return to his native town. with
fond sntioipations. hoping once more to
enjoy bis society, as had in by-gone
days. But it was not to be so, in the
providence of God, and as + recall to
memory the companions Of my boyhood
and early manhood, who have been
called from time into eternity, it makes
my heart sad; but
Friend After friend departs
Who has not lost friend?
There 10 no union Of hearts
Which has not hcre IN end.
Were this frail world our final rest,
Living or dying, none were blest."
The meeting was large ono, embrac.
ing ell GLASSES and conditions, and per.
vaded by common sense OF irreparabls
bereavement. Large numbers OF ladies
were present, drawn thither by the sym
pathy and respect which the female
heart 90 readily entertains and 40
promptly and purely manifests on ocoa.
sions Of distress, either public or pri-
vate. Opinions may vary az to the me-
rits and services OF James L. Orr as a
politician, but all hearts here testify to
his social worth and bis high excellence
as q man.
The New York Re,,oH rafa.r;,o to a. q