The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-03
Speech Of solicitor Orr in Support es
the Motion for Change of Verne

May it please jour Homer: IF bald asser.
ton, without either reason or autlportI to
support IT, would influence your Judgment
in this matter Would In not thsnk Ta oi entering
just tahen Ills seat. But the. case must be
decided upon authority and not upon the
max ed assertion Of counsel, and he las. NOT
diction of the authority subRattted On yestcf-
day. He hns not sought Intentionally j ana
sure, to infuegce your Judgment : by the. buzz
bears which his m imagtnatton has : conlaree
he n has inborcd for two hours and . half 70
induce your Honor TO think, and perhaps TIE
been persecuted, bat shall NOT censure him.
for desperate case requires desperate de-
vises. The cry OF persecution yis w. poWerfui
one and appeals, perhaps stonEer onan my
tinction to this cry, we must remembfr the
fucts OF the case at Bar" A quiet and inofen-
sive citizen in the discharge OF his. daily
when the accused is put upon trial for this
henious oftense, they say It. Is persecution.
It's the old cry OF stop thiet" raised by the
thief himself to divert atten,lGn h ana % %ihey
from the enormity Of the crime by yRcfyiny
"persecutiOn." The counsel hns held up, but
hardly for your HOnor's edt6cauen, that
rem Abbeviile county and tried In o negro
county and by a negro jury, should the Radi-
Gals again come into power. Thut however.
is n useless argument, for the Radicals VIII
grass grows and water runs, or the sun shines
by day or the stars by night. Counsel has
argued to your Honor that the prosecution
Abbevii:e people. As Virginia is known in
the Union as the motter OF PRESIDENTS SO
Abbevllle is known In South Carolina as the
rious old county Of Abbevil!e in higher es.
TEEN than do; and naturally SO, for am II
native and TO the manner born, and no man
would believe that the gentlemen who are
infringe upon the fair name OF old Abbeytlle.
The worthy sons of their grand old sires have
been taught from Infancy up to respect and TO
Carolina. 1 The sons Of Judge McGowan and
Governor Bonham would never bring dis
grace upon any part of South Carolina, fer
lives for the State and have always been her
strongest defenders In times Of peace, and I
hardly think that 1t comes with good grace
from Il stranger TO impngn their motives.
declares that the State wants blood, and that
probably one OF the motives for moving the
case to Anderson is the great influence OF the
over sne peSp5e o. sne
from such source would scarcely express my
astonishmcnt
interrupt him for a moment, I would like 10
state that did not make that as charge,
but only asked II that might not be one OF the
motives.
Mr.. Orr-I stated, when I made the mo-
tion, that the reason Anderson was selected
was because. In our Judgment IT. was the only
proper county for the change, being the only
adjoining county In this Circuit, and being
most conv venient for witnesses and counsel,
and being the next county In which the Court
will be held. A trial can be had there In three
weeks and therefore very short delay would
be occasioned by the change. He spoke about
the eheapness Of human blood. ! DO not con.
extremely difficult to punish he whoStakcs
human blood
Consistency Is jewel, and commend that
adage TO the consideration Of the counsel who
last addressed the Court. At the last two
trials of this case the counsel could not find
anathcmas strong enough to denounce the
press of AbbeviIle county and the Stale, yet
presto change. At this term, the counsel has
delivered glowing eulogy upon the press OF
publications in regard to this trial, thinks
that the venue should not be changed. Those
very publications called forth his great indig-
nations at the. former trials. The press SIM
ply published the facts Of the case, and II