He had already declined the urgent request of Dr.Whittredge, an eminent physician, to withdraw and take refuge at his plantation, saying he was too old to run and could not go back to Massachusetts if he had returned without an attempt to discharge his duty.

The committee told him that they had assured the people that he should be removed, and that he must choose between stepping voluntarily into a carriage and being taken to the boat, or being dragged by force.

He then, and not until then, said he would go.

He was taken by the committee to the boat, which sailed for Wilmington.
It has generally been said that Mr.Hoar was driven from Charleston by a mob.

This I suppose to be technically true.
But it is not true in the popular sense of the words.