The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-11
BOWEN IND HURLEY ANSWER SCOTT

The Battle OF Impeachment-Bowen on
the FIoor-Daring the Governor to
Face tho CONTRIBUTING Care Of a
Governor In his CuPs-The Lie Direct.
fFRoM DUB OWN CORRESPONDENT
COLUMBIA, 8. c., January9.
Tie battle of impeachment has been re-
commenced, and it Is evident that 1t has lost
none of Its bitterness or intensity during the
recess. That intermisston has been employed
by the Governor not only In furnishing his
enemies In the House, but in preparing his
ammunition and arranging his forces for ac-
tive defensive operations, and his first hostile
demonstrations vas made to-day, in the shape
of his special message In reply TO the charges
made against him. This little thurderbolt
.was received In the House very soon after. the
assembling of that body cutting short the
opening debate of the day, which was upon
the bill to prevent certain officers from deal
ing in State securities. The message was read
from the speakers desk, and was listened to
with marked attention by all the members,
who were furnished with printed copies with
which to follow the reader.
Atthe conclusion OF the reading, MT. Bowen;
rig to question OF privilege, on the ground
that he had been personally and By name as
sailed by the Chief Magistrate, said that he
regretted that he was compelled to take the
floor again upon that sub3ecs;! but ne would
not detain the House for many minutes: AS
record and his diffculdes, he would not reply,
except to say that he knew there was no one
man In the State Of South Carolina who had
done more to bring about his persecution than
Robert Kingston Scott. But he had yet to
learn that the intelligence Of the House was 30
low that the accused could hope to escape
the punishment he deserved by abuse Of his
proving the facts alleged, and IT the
Governor wished to make his issue on that
point, he was willing to go before the
country upon 1t. He would be glad, however,
If the parties who had been accused would go
with him to the Supreme Court with the ques-
tions as to whether or not the law had been
violated. He had. said during the last hours
of the session, before the recess, that II they
we're in earnest In affirming their innocence,
they would consent to an appeal to the court,
and he repeated the challenge then. They,
might fiaunt their messages before the House,
the test of the law. he declared again that
Z the State Of South Carolina had been deffaud-
ed ont of Sc. 900 of bonds, and that up to
that moment they had shown no fact to con-
tradlct'it> On page Of his message, the GOV
ernor had spoken. of "moral senses" but II
Robert Kingston Scott represented moral sense
or power Of opinion. then there was certain
dignitary presiding In the internal regions that
!. was the custodlan-in.chiet OF moral
sense and power, and there was no
God. So far as his transactions were
concerned, his connection with the acts
OF last SUMMER referred 10 IN 1ne me-, mss, ss
Governor. The Governor had come TO bim and
lIsked his assistance, and he had given him ad-
: vice which, had It been needed, would -have
ayerted many of the present evils. The Cover
nor had, then been deserted BY his own col
leagues, the treasurer and the imam.
G agent Sa who veIs wsrf bv thsn s own sse
ment at the time, using s2,200,0 GOO Of
of bonds fraudulently. The Governor did not
see Ht to put that in bis message, but he does
d not deny 1t; and why, he asked, did ne not
stop It at the time. He would have the House
believe that he tBowen) had preventea MIN
The truth was that the very day after the Gov
ernor had made this admission the treasu-
fer and the financial agent had told him
that he dared not. stop them, and his I'm
preston was they told the truth. ne
had noticed that when the financial agent was
report. and the inability Of the treasurer 10
explain for want of that report. But Mr.
Kimnton had been twice IN Columbia since
Il that time and then they did not want bib re-
mort. They had shown and proven that they
did not want to go to the courts, and t1e rea.
son was that the treasurer, the financial agent
ct al had re-echoed their cry OF last summer,
saving. ttYou may write ais much as yol please
and talk as much as you please upon the
.streeta, but you dare not take us Into court" !"
Ethey desirs, as they profess, to cnange t1e
financial agency. why, 10 heavens name, 40
they not, while Kimpton Is walking aDont inc
streets OF Columbia, reach out thelr nanos ana
ton OF this State? As to the kilograms
that the Governor had mentioned. he Lad al
ready, In his former speech upon this suoject,
stated an explanation as 10 them, and ne was
prepared to stand by them. There were
: plenty of men In Columbia who knew why ne
The Governor had sent to Klmpton yesterday
q, get him to say that he also had employed
him Bowenl as counsel. but Kimpton had re-.
plied. ssNo, never had any connection with
Mr. Bowen" and the Governor mad therefore
left that out of his special message. His reac
sons forInterfering were that he saw party
of speculators In New York trying to obtain
.possession of $3.50, 900 of the bonds OF this
/. State. and hethought It his duty to the people
to give notice Of the TACT, Had he not gwen
noace he would doubtless now be cnaIgeo
With dishonesty keeping msWmSnI1n WSIa .e snSs S,s
message the dispatch, Il don't under;
stand what was being done. Thougnt an
was settled, and Union Trust Company was va
to take charge, as agreed, fol. State =" He
thought no such thing: The notice thaG ne
had caused to be served on Kimpton and Par
ker.forbiddlng the asseH. OF The State fom oe-
Ing turned over to a. ring Of ofspecutators. was
sent after full conference with the commit-
tee, and, he waswilling that that notice should
go before the country His only purpose nag nag
been to save the assets of the State. If he had
done go he was glad of it, and there were
members ofthe committee (some too, who
had contributed toward this very message,)
. who had then eaid. That he had saved the ster-
ssllng bonds. The Governor hsd a. carefully ysst Ss
&&iBpatch to him, which was, Financial situar
Ion demands your presence in New York Inn;
: -medlately with other members financial
board" J" He had also telegTaphed to the
Il attorney general, "Resist by every means IN
ayonr power, any further securities going into
the hands of the financial agent, as
recent developments show that the interests
Of the State win not be protected thereby"