Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1880-02-06
Gen. Gary's Reply to Haskell.

A correspondent Of the News and
Courier anxious to know Mh hat Gen.
Gary had to say about tho letter of
Coz. Haskell, proceeded to Elyetield
I. H., t" interview him on Saturday.
lie found the General calmly seated
III his office apparently less rnlil.h
about Tie recent attack Of Col fIask.
ell than the public see ned to he In
an'wer to the Rep ,rtcr, h. sill th,t
he regarded Col Haske!l's atta.1 II. u
rude anI covert one, and IL wclI-plan-
ned attempt to shift the issu and
change the actors. But he will not
be decoyed into it by answering Col.
Haskell and giving him the prom-
ncncc he seeks.
II Senator Hampton wishes to con
t'nue the controversy, he is willing
t" do SO on any field he may select.
lie says that all that he has slasel
rs facts in referemc.. to him, l,,v:l
from his own kno oHicIgc, he rci; crates
as true, and all that he has p,tlin,l
from others he believes to be true.
lie says further: wf Senator
Hampton is not satisfied aud wants
to 60 on with this discussio u; if he
wishes 10 wash ali the dir y iia cn OF
The lnriy in public, aud lc. it be
known wlu has AMI vino lla.n,t done
these things, | am ready to go into
thor 'ugii lnve.;i pmtinn i"uchin. ali
these matters. ain 81 willing ID
submit the public and private char
ac.cr at Senator Ianp pn AMI my
sell n> to truth, fair lea.lur, hp.,c3ly,
integrity, pinrk and patr'n.s>n 10
thorough inv, >i's";ion. This Is the
glove LhaI tht " Inwn and il il is
'aken UP by Senator Il mptnn, |
shall say. Lay on NacdaE, and
damned be ho who first cries ho!d,
enough p
AS to Col. llnskcll's charges
against hx,self persunally, he dcni es
them al scria tim He says that
these charges, both against Gen. But
Ter ana himself, are stale, having al
ready been put up by the R,dica
five years ago anl publicly Il. proven.
He says that the charz5c about the
B'ua Ridge Railroad and the Tax
payers Convention is Is false IL, it is
malicious. He says insttal of one OF
The indictments against McDeWitt
being for traud.en.ly paying to him
large sum of County money, .hat
fee for legal services to the amount
OF 5000 VIA reported by Chancellor
Carroit rs 4 rcas enable one, aud con
iirnci ny the Circuit Jua .e. The
charsa ihat ne advocated pLtLing
Whi;rn"rc in Bnt!er's place, he also
pronou"rv> II false. His denial to
that charge "a be seen nn the Jnurn
al nf the Senate and alsy on the flies
0! the Columbia Register. On the
contrary lie says:
"ln>!cad of trying to withdraw Gen
| Biiler. il is wci.k a,wn that when he
was >ntually deserted by Hampton
and o.!,c.s who Shon!! have support
ed him, |, =. his request, gave him
my support a..d assisted in defeating
The Patterson resolutions, which, if
they had PASSED, w,ull have placed
him ih the nwk Sirl position of an
mS'ate by forcing him to take the
initiative step To unscat Patterson
whose woe and influence helped to
secure Buffers seat and defeated the
claims Of Corbin.
| have again answered these stale
charges, which originally sprung
tr'm my RaL,ca opponents, and |
am how wiling for the ubiic to de-
cid" rs 10 III ir truth or lu sily |
will say, in conclusion, that we
never sold ou; the 5 ate to The ira ru
lent bnndho!lcrs; | have made no
bargains with Radicals in STATE or
National politics, nor made compro
mise. w;.h rh,,n IN ,n,v ,yov ,vlot