The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-10

They rest on the broad and undehiable
fact that Woodruff procured and White.
more received wines, LIQUORS aud cigars,
which we're ordered a. being fcs .he Us
Of the State. and were directed 10 10 paid
foY odt OF tina public treasury, although
applied exclusively to private lses. T6is
was both o breach Of trust and theft!i
The evidence is found in the orders for
the wines; liquors and cigaye, eigued by
Woodruff as Clerk of the Senate, and iil'
the testimony of the merchants who sup.
piled the goods, that these wero delivered
to Whittemore and others, and paid for,
when paid for, ia legislative pay certifl.
Gates, signed by Woodruff as Clerk, and
by Gleayes as President Of the Senate.
Nothing that .,ay be said, or has been
said, against the Netns and Courier will
Lessen in any way the damaging weight
of the evidence of their guilt. This .he
public must bear in mind. 1t would not
be wise 10 allow thieves who are about 10
cross the threshold Of the common jail To-
divert attention from themselves BY cry.
ing aloud against Others. All the zane,
we do not regret that Whittemore, down
whose capacious throat flowed the wines
and liquors that the impoverished State
was expected to pay for, should, in an
other sense, become the month-piece Of
Clerk Woodruff H'Ft =
For ten years the newspapers whicr
the present proprietors of the Neaus and
Courier haze owned and controlled, have
been engaged in the work Of unmasking
fraud afifl corruption In South Carolina Z
and for the same period Of time we have.
bean slandered and abused BY the thieves
whose yillainy we upheld to public rep
rotation, and by malignant Democrats
who we're Jealous of the success of our:
efforts. It was in the nature of things'
that the Netcs and Courier should be de-
nounced by those whom it exposed,
Every manner Of accusation has been
brought up against us. When cur pa;
tience was exhausted, and we defied our
accusers and demanded the proof, no
other proof than an iteration Of the
charges was ever forthcoming. Particu-;
larly bitter has been the Printing Ring,
otherwise the Republican Printing Com.
pany. This concern beginning and end
ing with Jones Of the House and Wood
ruff of the Senate,) we have fought iI'
season and out Of season, for the past five
or six years; that is to say, ever since VIC
became aware of the corrupt character Of
their transactions. For as many years
as we have denounced and branded them,
have Woodruff and Jones siught to
silence us by threats. Never until yes
terday, have ne brought them 10 the
point OF disclosir the terrible letters
that Woodruff said he possessed. These,
,f they are cns lefkarn. wara read bv
Whittemore in the Senate yesterday.
They will be found in the report of the
proceedings of the Senate published to.
day. . " !.
We do not know, as we have not vet
seen the originals, whether the letters In
question have been garbled or altered.
Thieves easily become forgers. Asspm.
ing that they are substantially the letters
We, wrote. they prove ~ that we ad-
dressed Woodruff Familiarity, (2l that Ne
sought to obtain the State printing, 'i3l
that we paid him a commission of 20 Der
cent. on the bills he collected for ia l4y
that we did not say as much against the
credit Of the State az, If we believed all,
that We heard, might have been said.
The familiarity with which Woodruff
was addressed is easily accounted for,
He was an industrious reporter for the
Charleston Courier during the war, thhTTiisc thhTTiis-
ty, humble, and laborious. AS such he
was known 20 the senior member Of our
firm. To have addressed him as Mr.
Woodruff would have been, in those days,
as much out of plscs &C. to attach the
same handle to the name Of waiter at
the Charleston Hotel. The familiar use
OF the first name was continued. when
Woodruff became Clerk of the Senate.
When such time came that he conld not
be spoken to familiarly, he was not
spoken to at all.
We did seek to obtain the State print
ing or advertising; and we are prepared
to show that the rate mentioned in the
letters. published to-day is less than is
charged by us to private individuals for
the same amount of work. For example,
our regular published rate for the inser-
tion of an advertisement once, in tho
daily, tri.weekly aud weekly editions is,
Ia all, 35 cents o line; the price charged
the State was 20 cents iine.i -.
It, is equally true that we paid Wood.
ruff q commission on what money he c3l-
lected Tor us. Otherwise no money would
hayo baen collected. What we paid
came out o. our pockets, not out of tho
pockets of the State, The allowance Of a
rebate or o discount 10 too common and
usual to need explanation. What we in
siBt on 10, that We did not add on to the
bills an amount equal to the discount we
took of, but, on the contrary, is no in.
stance charged the State more than was
charged the public, and, in most cases,
charged Il much less. ~, aee snr
Of the publication, In connection With
Governor Perry's letter, we have no sps-
cial recollection. We presume that com
nleint Ind been made ,... :!s.. 7s we're ;5;iuf-
ing the credit of the State. The Charles
ton Democrats, at that time, ware % sea-
sitive as. Woodruff on that subject. We
remember how bitterly they resented all
efforts TO kick out the "Bayonet" bonds
from the money markets in 1858 and
1869. ~, .o -a n, ~
The whole purpose Of the publication
of our letters, if such they are, Is to iniure
our personal character; and as we now,
for the first timo, have an opportunity of
| meeting such charges sguarely, we shall
demand that they be thoroughly, inyesti-
gated. Before the Senate the charges
we're made. Upon the Journals Of that
.bo1y the lying speech Of the scoundrel
| Whittemore is recorded. OF the Senate
ue. shall ask that our conduct, as journal.
lists, be examined into from 1867 to tliii
present time, and to the Judgment ,oi
that hndy we ailhnnis nnrealvea The Nn
portunity for which we have yearned har
come. They who have charges to prefer
against the .Ne,es end 5ts-ier shsll prove
them, or eat their words. TO ask o
sho Senate that Searching investigation
| Which, is due to us, Capt. Dawson,, In hi
own SSehnlf, and in bshnlf Of his asso
cir = b vent to Columbia last night
| Nees and Cburisr. .s,og sfI.,s-
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