The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-30
A HOWL FROM HOGGETT!
WHAT THEY SAY IN UNION.
Wild Challenge to all Concerned.

Wild Challenge to all concerned.s
The following letter is printed in Wednes-
days edition of the New York Sun:
To the Editor Of the Sun:
S1E-The letter addressed to The CHARLES
TON NEWS b. Governor Scott Ii refnJati0n of
the exposed plot Of assassination brought
against his administration has been carefully
read b. me, In conjunction with other COM
ments that have appeared slace Its publlca-
lion. In this letter reiterate the allegations
made by me. and declare their truthfulness In
every particular The allegations of assassi-
nation relate principally to General Scott and
Senator Crews, although the plot was known,
as truly believe, to Mr.. Hague: the Governors
private secretary, as he, in my nearing, pro-
muraLed the safest way to proceed while
relating his own experience at Union dur
inr the lat gubernator!a election. The serl-
business of the allegations will not permit the
mantle of silence to be thrown over them.
Silence will not refllte the charges, although
Senator Crews once said that lie would take
no notice OF any newspaper publication. me
| Governors letter to his organ obviously shows
that coufutation was deemed necessary. Not
only were the political interests Of The parties
imnlcatel at stake, but the moral characters
of the accused were also involved; therefore,
it becomes necessary for the Governors organ
| 10 d-cry the statements which have been pub.
Llished, which 1t has attempted to do by'a mild
use of Bingsgate and q poetic perorati0n.
The allegations that have been brought for
ward are of such nature that people Will
naturally disagree concerning them; but be-
fore any court of inquiry each and every spe-
ciAcation can be proved beyond doubt or cavil;
and If the means Of disproving the statements
are at the Governors disposal, as he repre-
sents, why was he so desirouS that the aleSa-
lions should not be published.
Mr.. C. c. PufTer, who is the financial head
of the Mining Company. comes forward with
statement to corroborate the Governors
letter, in which he says that lie was present at
tile interview that took place between the
buyer and The bought. That is an untruth on
Mr.. PnfIer's part for he well knows that he
was not 10 Columbia while the negotiation was
being consllmmated. Mr.. Puffer then states
that he did not know Of the arrangements
that were made by his partner Colonel Baker,
with Colonel Kerrigan. In that statement
there is nothing surprising; for: Coloner Baker
made no arrangements whatsoever. The en-
tire arrangement Of the expedition was made
tions from the Governor. BY the adminlstra-
tlon the men were commissioned, armed and
paid, save the hotel bills, which were paid
by Chief HubbarCh It Is unnecessary to dwell
.upon Mr.. Pufar's statements, as ne writes of
events of which he was In blisslul state
of ignorance; but as Mr.. Pllfier is one of the
principal stockholders Of the mining shares,
and In the confidence Of the Governor, he well
knows that one object of the expedition was
to create dscord and bring about q collision
between the troops that accompanied us and
the people. so that the upper counties could be
placed under martial law. These were the In
struclions given to the party, and from those
instructions was educed the programme that
was to guide the leaders. Furthermore, Mr..
Pufler knows, as do the other interested par
ties, that the inducements offered for the Sue
cessiul CARRYING out of this warfare against the
citizens were as liberal as subtle tongue
could make them; and 1t Is known and admit
ted by the citizens Of the upper counties that
the men who compose the Government of
South Carolina will resort TO, any means for
the accomplishment of their purposes; and In
support of this assertion / make mention OF
the regular soldiers that are quartered with
In The State Of South Carolina.
The Governor states in portion OF his let
Ter that to his certain knowledge the eXpedl-
tion was not armed with gun Of any kind.
The Governor Is perfectly aware OF the falSlty
of that statement, Tor we were armed with
the Winchester repeating tie. In substantial
ton Of this assertion. refer to the soldiers
under command Of Lieutenant Pau, -uRited-
States army, TO the people In the Vicinity or
the mines, and TO the cillZGns OF Union, who
saw them packed for transportation on the
morning of our departure.
Governor Scott further statcs that he ad
vised Colonel Baker to set himself or one OF
his men appointed deputy United States mar
shall, and that he would appoint some OF his
men State constables. The Governor is nj
fault again, for the entire party were appoint
ed State constables, and, as an additional safe
guard, twelve men were 10 be appointed
United States marshals.
Concerning the "hush-money" Of which The
NEWS makes mention, | can truthfully state
that I was in Colonel Kerrigans company
when the meeting took place ut Nlblo'S Gar
den, and that 1t was there that money was
perempLorly refused. To concillate the Col
onel when he denounced them for recommend
ing assassination, they Invited him TO accom-
pany them behind the scenes, which was also
refused.
General Anderson asserts that Colonel Ker-
rigan made threats OF exposure, and in that
way attempted to get money. Now, 1 would
ask, how was 1t possible Tor one man to intim-
idate the entire Administration oil South Caro-
lima Did General Anderson, of whom never
heard previous 10 his letter, state the truth,
he would inform the people that Colonel Ker-
rigan called upon the Governor in reference
to the mems pay, and that the Governor apol- |
ogized for the neglect, and promised the
money. which was paid three days after at
Chief Hubbard's office, the Governor borrow
ing the money from Mr.. Cochran, Of Columbia,
in Mr. Hubbard's presence.
To conclude, may stale that have no de-
sire to be drawn into any newspaper contro-
versy with The pseudo official supp0r ers OF bis
Eycellency; but should the Legislature follow
the footsteps of their North Carolina breth-
rem, and impeach the Governor for maiad-
minlstralion, every allegation that has been
made can be subsanliatcd by lis who have made
them; OF, let the allegations be mooled beIure
the citizens OF Spartanburg, Joncsyl!le. Union
and Laurens, and the ialsity or truthluness OF
the same by them bc decided.
Very respectfully yours,
SAMUEL HoGGETT.
New York, January -, 1871.