Nebraska advertiser., 1860-02-02
YerI knowing.

An anonymous writer IN d last num-
Der of the Nemaha City Herald, signing
himself IA Republican" appears to be
greatly exercised in regard to "Mr. Fur
mas" We hope we have done or said
nothing in u public OF private capacity
to disturb the equilibrium, or peaceful
slumbers Of "a Republican, " or any body
else, Now, please, don't fret!
Seriously we have no objection what,
ever; admit it to be the perfect right Of
"a Republican" or any one else who
wishes, to examine closely, and c%riticise
severely, if they see proper, our public
and political acts. But we do object, and
shall not submit, to being misrepreSented
by any one, especially when he doing so,
has not the manliness TO attach his
name to an article of that character but
skulls behind a fictitious signature, and
from his hiding place hurls before the
public what he cannot but know is false.
We are unwilling to admit that any one
protesting to have common sense, could
be so consumately ignorant as not to know
that the charge Because he gave Whyte,
Holiday and Neal, the preference in a
ferry charter over IS of our best citizens
as petitioners for the same" is false from
beginning to end! This is the only por-
ton of "a Republicans" Ia5ored article
we deem Of sufficient importance to no.
tice-for we suppose he honestly believes
all else he says, and we would not dis
turb him for the world. We would not
even notice this ferry matter had we not
been informed that there has been "more
talk" in regard to it than the simple re-
ference to it in the article referred to,
and that too by one who should be the
last to say a word censuring as; and of
lUhons and touching some other matters an
opportunity mag yet present itself to say
more, and to a better advantage than
through the columns of a newspaper.
That a Erong impression may not go
abroad, we will very briefly give our
readers the facts in regard to the ferry
charter matter. At the session of the
Legislature 1853, Allen L. Coate sent
US an Act of has Opon getting ap,r entitled
"An act to amend an act entitled an act
to establish a Ferry across the Missouri
River at the mouth of the Little Nema-
ha, approved March g., 1856" The
%amendatory act, as sent US, provided no
time at which the rights under the char
ter commenced or terminated, and would,
had it passed in that shape, have been Of
no use whatever to MI. Coate or any one
else. We therefore offered an amend
ment providing that the privileges should
extend for a period of twenty-five years,
We were unable to secure its passage il
that shape; but did get it through with
"6fteen years. inserted in place of TWEEN.
ty-fve years. With this exception, the
bill was passed by the Legislature jas
as It ,Cas gotten up and sent us, accompa.
MED by the ''s5 names" A few day;
after we received, a petition from citizens
of Aspinwall, asking a charter for a ferry
across the Missouri River at that point
We drew up the bill in the usual form
with the addition of a 4th section, which
reads: "Nothing in this act shall be 81
construed as to conflict with any privilege
or privileges heretofore granted" Thi
section was added because we knew there
was a rivalry between Nemaha City anc
Aspinwall interests, and that there hat
been a dispute between parties directl!
interested as to Jurisdiction. We wer,
not disposed SO far as individually con
cerned to interfere il. the least by secur
ing the passage of conflicting charters
we were afterward informed by Mr.. Coat
himself that the bills as drawn up did no
interfere with each other. With the FRO