The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-06-02
Tho Rctort Comrtcnus

and as you did rot mail me copy, l sen
to OranScburg for copy of the paper.
In your original letter you undertook t.
rccitc the language which you imputed +
Judge Orr and you were very specific
Now you say you did 'not intend it to b
understood That | (yom was giving n We, ~
Dnlly accurate report of Orr's speech
You then content yourself with applying
some cpithct to the deceased and indulg
in some criticism Of Col. Orr.
You were respectfully asked some ger
main questions which you find il convent
ent to ignore. On reflection, does it no
seem curious to ycu that the Columbia Re
pubicans had gathered together to congrat
ulatc each other on the fact-that Nortl
Carolina had just cast her vote for Genera
Grant when North and South Carolina boil
voted for General Grant-bolh in 1868 and
in 1872, and both on the same day.?
why did you not tell which vote OF
North Carolina was the cause of gathering
Tor congralulaiion, or is it impossible for
you to come within four years of the date
OF this imaginary meeting by events Of
your own life?
Can't you remember wha. you were de-
ing in Columbia AT the time you went to
| this imaginary meeting and imagined YOU
heard the speech which you stated with
much particularly in your first letter?
Don't you think it. rather singular that
you can't recall in what p.per, or if in any
| You read any account of this mct;ilg ut
which you listened to this speaking which
filled your pious and patriotic soul with
| such horror?
TO Il reasonable man il is even more GU
| rious that you arc unable to recall any one
who was ut this meeting except Yourself
and three men all OF when have been dead
for years.
Your story is ahsrrdly unreasonable in
itself and instead of being able or even at
tempting to strengthen it by such circum.
stances as you could readily command if
there was amy truth in your statement YOU
content yourself by general vitupcralion
nn, references to ancient history. Now, |
defy you TO prove that Governor Orr ever
spoke at but one public meeting in Column
hia after he ceased to be governor Of the
State, and that WAS the one at which I've be.
gun by exposing SCo"tt and Parker for the
USE cf the EARNED Force Fund" to pre-
vent thcr Impeachment, which was by way
of introduction to his arraiynment of r.
j. Moses for the issue Of fradnalcnt ccrlili.
Gates as speaker, by which to secure nomi.
nation rs Governor. During the summer
Gov. Orr made similar speeches at Green.
vile, uwo) Bolton, Anderson, Walhalla
and Pickcns, and l challenge you to tho
proof of any other speech at Il public meet.
ing after General Grants first nomination
From your signing your name and dating
your letter at 81, Mathews, people who do
not know you might suppose that you were
OF some consequence. am pretty wei
possessed of your history but | prefer tO
rely upon the internal and apparent cv
dcnccs Of your statements. In this matter
YOU are simply Il tool of designing men.
You have been used rs n cats paw to &c
some dirty work for others who wcrt
doubtful rs t0 how the people would tax,
such publication, but wanted to try the
experiment. No man worthy to be Cover
nor of South Carolina will sanction or as
sumo responsibility for such infamy. What
ever may be Tfilman's error of ju lgcmrnt
he can feel nothing but contempt for sucl
mcllsas John Nj. Payne and Ben Perry.
| am told that Il writer in Perry'S blackglLlr,
sheet signing himself "Lnurcns" assert,
that Gov, Orr told Mr.. G. p, Sullivan OF
laurcns that some number (pcrhnps ~ OF
l5) of the men engaged in the riot in Lau
rcuS of 1870, ought to he hung. Mr.. Sui
van is also Gcad unfortunately, anil cant
deny that Gov. Orr made such statement
to him. IT. is well known that their rrla
tionS were not cordial and if Gov. Orr hat
felt and spoken as "Laurens'' says it is
most improbable that he would have s,
spoken to gentleman to whom it woult
|
direct insult. 'Laurens follows your exam
pie and has the dead for Witnesses Gov
Orr in Il published interview as tosthcm for
tunatc occurrence Of that occasion said i
NIGH, naturally have happened in any com
munity where there Lad been for weeks
such tension Of public feeling growing on
Of t!c "Tin-Pnt" armony with its conS,an
drum beating, but the pursuit and killing
Of the men at Milum's trcstlc, he dc
nounccd severely. Unlike You | don't un
dcrtnkc 10 give his language, but this is tn,
substance of the published interview. Be-.
Pcrry# well known preference for false
hood and SANDER naturally leads him t,
hatred. malice and all uncharilablcncss t
the dead as well rs the living, but if yo,
are as Old rs y"n say you are, you had bet
ter turn over Il new leaf nj once and dln'
permit yourself to be again put TO sucl
base uses.
Ed. A. Pollard in his introduction to hi,
history, critiCiSCs Gov. Orr for expressing
in 1857, in II speech in Charleston the car,
nest hope that South Carolina would he.
come the home Of prosperous small farm
crs, and every lawyer Of practice in the
Eighth Circuit knows that he always favor
rd and advised that lands sold under de-
crcrS of Court Sh"nl,l be subdividcd as il
would iE"rcaS" competition hy increasing
the number Of bidders, and increase the
! opportunity Of small farmers owning
! farms Gov. Orr was much criticized fUl
accepting an Invitation to address the re-
construction convention. bat he urged three
| Important measures, two Of which was en-.
! grated on the organic law ard the third Sc.
cured rs far as it could be done by an or
dinanCc Of the Convention and that con.
s'ltution is still the organic law Of the
State. The first measure was Il common
| school system which would give the poor
children ali opportunity Of education. The
second was the homestead law 10 cncour-
age the ma>srS 10 own their homes and
prevent their being driven from the State
| by misfortune: and The 0vl!nalcc was to
check or prevent the enforcement Of con.
tracts for slaves. Whether we fully concur
| in all OF these measures or not, iLcv show
| bis wisdom and sagaCity and above AL lhcv
illustrate his profound sympathy with the
situation OF his follow Ciliz"ns and there
can be no doubt that the families Of thous.
andS Of white mcn are in the State today.
who WOuld have left il, been practically
driven from j., but for those wise meas
| urcS.
The passions and prejuGiccs Of the pce
pie of South Carolina can hc dashed up a