The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-02-01
"II'DQ'Rs NATIONAL GUARD.

"l'DoRs NATIONAL GUARD,
Estate OF SoUrH CARoLINA,
"CoLuMBIA, S. c., Jan. II, 1871.
"llis E.rceliency Il. X. Scott, Gou-
ernor and Commander. in CAicf.
"SIR: | have the honor to re-
port personal knowledge Of an in
tervicw between yourself and
Colonel kcrrigan, December 10,
1870, at which time l was i'm.
pressed with tho belief that X Kcrri-
gan engaged to obtain, under false
prctcnscs, money for himself and
others, whom ho rcprcsc, cd as
having been engaged in constabu-
larry service at Union County,
What | remember most perfectly
is that you refused TO pay, from
tho public funds, an account which
had been fabricated upon repro.
scntations Of irresponsible pcr-
sons, and that You disvlaimcd any
connection with Colonel Baker, or
his mining operations, or lcspon-
sibility for their pccuniary or 9th
or troubles. kcrrigan appeared
an adroit, persistent man, and
made various propositions and
statements, and when you had
torn the veil Of his flimsy prctcn-
sions, he, nothing dauntcd, asked
you to give him n letter to carry
to tho Hon. r.. b. Connolly, Comp.
trolIcr Of Now York city, az if hc
had como South under wrong i'm
prcssions, and was loser in somo
disappointed political ambition.
You consented, and did write
obligingly for him. l am clearly
of opinion, which I unhcsitatingly
express, that Korrigan cndcavor-
cd to filch money by intimidation,
and made actual threats to iniurc
the credit Of public men as We'll as
the interests Of tho State. 1 have
the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obcdicnt servant,
&C. Il. ANDERSON,
CHA jor-Gc1eral Commanding"
The letter and the enclosures
satisfied us that the charges made
by Colonel Kcrrigan, SO far as
Governor Scott was concerned,
were wholly false, and, disturbed
as WAS The popular mind, wo de-
tcrmincd to suppress them. 1t is
no longer practicable to ignore
these charges, however false, and
VIC think il due to Governor Scott
that the statements Of Colonel
kcrigan and Mr.. IIoggctt should
be put bcfor, the public at once.
together with his own emphatic
denial Of their truth. We say un-
hcsitatingly that We do not believe
that Governor Scott ever contcm-
plated q plan Of assassination so
atrocious in itself and so certain Of
detection. In fact, we aro asked
to believe that Governor Scott
gave to party Of New York
roughs the power to send him to
the pcniLcntiary, or tho gallows,
whenever "hush- money" might
fail or be deemed insuf1icicnt.-
Work of this kind, if done at all,
were more safely done by the jail
birds who hang on tho nanhs OF
Southern IladicaIism. OF the mi
nor inaccuracies in The statements
of Colonel Kcrrigan and Mr.. Hog
gctt, wo take no notice. These
might be accidental. But We again
affirm our belief that tho general
allegations, relating to Governor
Scott, arc substantially false
There may be II grain Of truth in
the mass Of mis-. is.statcmcnts but
then
"a lie that is all lie may DO met with aud
fought outright,
But lie that Is part truth is harder mat
ter to fight"
Il h G following extraordinary
communication constitutes the
leading sensation in tho Now York
Sun, Of Monday last:
"Io the Editor of tie iSun-SIn
Tho following story may strike
you rs almost incredible, but you
may rely upon 1T that there is not
n word in it which is not perfect
~ true. do not think | should
have revealed all the names which
arc mentioned in it, had not been
informed that other parties were
on the point Of making them pub
lie. Por that reason, | shall not
hesitate, since | know that in re.
lating tho facts myself, there will
be no danger Of misrepresentation
from interested motives.
"About seven weeks ago, a Col
oncl Baker, on tho staff Of Cover