Nebraska advertiser., 1860-02-16
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LETTER.
NEMAHx Cry, N. T.
Sunday. Feb. 9th, 1860.

tuIuk 1 Can ApldIu What you conceive
to be a misrepresentation in a communi-
cation from "a Republican" in the Ne
braska Herald, in regard to a preference
in a Ferry Charter. You are mistaken
in your reply that an amendatory Act of
ing getting up," which you received at
Omaha, provided no time at which the
rights under the charter commenced, or
terminated. It was the original Charter
itself, that provided no time, and on that
account, alone, / wanted it amended. 1t
had been traded several times with the
understanding that the charter was grant
ed for tUenty years-To Jesse John for
one-and upon examination it was found
to be deficient in that particular, and of
course it was no trade then. A short
time after, / made a conditional trade,
that if Lcould get this charter amended
in the particular referred to, l was to
give two hundred dollars for 1.-THE
Bill which you introduced on the 9th of
October for a Ferry at Aspinwall, passed
both branches of the Legislature, and
was signed by the Governor on the 18th,
which was the same day, hat E. S. Dun
dyintroduced my amendatory Act, which
was passed and approved November 4tb.
Now all that vas acquainted with the
original Charter, looked upon it as be-
ing nul, and void. Then you getting
Whyte, Holiday & Meals Charter
through-even with your provisions in
Section ait was a valid Charter--be-
cause there wa no interfering privileges
heretofore granted" Well then of course,
my amenlatory Act being passed sixteen
days afterwards, and also taking effect
afterwards, would give the Aspinwall
Charter the preference" This must
be the way "a Republican viewed the
subject. / do not believe that the Aspin-
wall Charter conflicts with the Act
granted to me. Hook al it In this light,
that my amended Charter was void before
it was amended, and also after it was
amended, and that the Aspinwall Char
ter was valid. Or, l might say, my Char
ter as amended made it a new Charter
entire, and it taking effect after the TAX
ing effect of the former charter would
give it the "preference." What say?
If you will examine the journals and
documents, you will find ! am right. ]
think no n intends to ~nsisrepresent you
particularly in this Ferry matter. | did
blame you for not making a line between
the Ferries, to prevent one from laping
over on to the other. I posted you in re-
gard to how far up the river they claim
ed; authorized-you TO even put mine fur
Their up the river ; but as Tidwell has
got the Charter in about the shape !
wanted it, II am satisfied"
Yours, as ever, A. L. COATE.
At the urgent request Of Mr.. Coate,
we give the above a place in our col
umns, although we think he might have
remained incog under the signature of
ga Republican" and in the Herald"
where he commenced his lucubrations.
We have only to say-as we have already
paid more attention to this little affair
than it deserved-that we are not mistak-
en- as to the Bill Coate sent to US being de-
fcient in providing a time for the rights
to commence or terminate; and Mr.. Coate
acknowledges to US in conversation that
the Bill sent us was copied by Mr.. Holmes,
and that he did not see it before it was
sent. e
How came Dundy to introduce the Bill
you sent US? He did no such thing, the
Journal to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The Journals show US as having intro
duced a number of Bills that we never
saw, and Crnits to give US credit for a
number we did introduce.
The logic of Coate as to his Charter
being "nul and void" is "clear as mud
and We will no; attempt to anwser it,
Ed.