Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-27
REPLY By D. C. sAwIN.

Editors Appeal: In view of the card of
Mr.. Brinkley, in yesterdays AUdidHcbe,
y0u viii pardon me for again asking your
indulgence and a place in your columns. l
do not suppose that II makes anydilference
TO the public whether 1 live in a hotel or
lounge, as Mr.. b. terms it, or whether
] lived in a mansion in the suburbs Of the
city belonging to my wife, furniture and
all. 1 am willing to put my standard Tor
honor, truth and yeraclty in any commu-
nifty in which / have lived, against Mr..
Brinkley's record. 1 am also willing to
abide the decision of the people Of Mem
phis in regard 20 my honesty of purpose,
and any action l have taken regarding the
Little Rock Road; whenever all the trans
actions between the parties in interest can
be fairly brought before the public.
He says he has nursed US into some con-
sequence. Thanks. most generous man.
II has been exceedingly thin food. Vow,
assert that his nursing has been con-
fined 70 himself and the officers Of the
road, who have received nearly, or quite,
as much money in salary and extras as
has been paid out for labor on the road in
the last two years. In October, 1867, a
contract was made with Gaylord by Mr..
Brinklev. Sawin d Sickeis took a sub
contract to do the work, and furnished all
materials except the iron. It was ok
pressly stipulated in the sUb-contract
that The estimates were to be made to
them, and the money paid TO them. Mr..
Brinkley approved and signed this con-
tract at the time, and subsequently put
the company's seal upon it. When Gay
lord came and got the one hundred and
forty-seven thousand dollars In bonds, on
a bogus bill of iron, ana then did not
send forward the iron, Mr.. Brinkley repu-
dated the contract, and would
not estimate o. pay rs for
work, but said we must look to
GAYLORD for il. We could hen get plenty
of laborers, at one dollar per day; NOW
we pay two.) Had he paid US, according
TO his promise, the ROAD would AVE been
opened six months ago, at least. Weheld
possession until February last, when he
attempted TO let out the contract to an
other party, he never having paid us
one dollar for the year past on our said
contract. On being told by a noted law
firm that he could not sustain himself in
casting us of, he decided to let US ave
the contract, but imposed conditions that
he thought we could not fulfil. We COM
piled with those conditions, and he HAD no
excuse. We commenced work anew, and
soon he rcpudiated again the terms of the
agreement-Would not, and never has
estimated or paid as according TO it,
thereby Gripping and keeping us back,
He constitutes himself a judge of the
law and the facts, and holding this
money and power, does as he pleases. This
is the nursing, the aid he has given, for
which he claims gratitude! 1 have the
documents TO prove all my assertions. In
regard to settling with sub-contractors,
they have always settled under protest and
last month one of them offered to put in
fifty dollars, or more, if needed, to get a
competent engineer and have the work
remeasured. And now, after having Just
attacked US in the AD1iGRche, and placing
there, over his own signature, that which,
if he has lone his duty as President Of the
road, he knows is false. And l reply, at
tempting TO place myself right before the
public. He SAYS this is base ingratitude
and serpent-hkeI ! turn to sting him.
- Let the CALLED jade vince" The truth
is often singing. He says our contract is
annuHed. Never having violated its con-
he has not the right and cannot
annul 1t. And he and his satellites will
find it takes as many parties to annul
Or settle as il takes to make a contract;
and sometimes it takes more. Yours.
u. c. SAWIN.