The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-23
SENATOR WEST.
uis a. Iifprnin AcltIe yett,cnfs Jn1W Hcf0rc
the President of the senate. II

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tlemhn' Of this city 10 hon. T.. w. Ferry
president.of tho United States Senate
enclosing copies of the two letters OF
Mr.. J. q. Maynard. ono of which was
first published IN tho New York SIN ana
republiahcd IN tho DEMocHhr. Of March
3. aud tho other WIS published first here
In The DgMooRAT, Of March y. We ro-
publish the whole matter that 1t may
appear exnotly AS enclosed to Mr.. Ferry.
The following Is the letter enclosing tho
twSrxira,ts referred to:
NEW ORLEANS. March 20. lS7G.
J)far sur inGlose you two slips lroul
the DEMOCRAT Of this city which explain
themselves. In taking Tho liberty or
placing them in your hands, | Am &c
iuated by motives far above any that
could SAVIOR OF personal design,
| have no personal acquaintance WIN
Mr.. West. | do not know him by sight.
The. originals of the letters nr" here IN
my possession, and Mr.. Maynard IL
known here as u reliable gentleman.
Born and reared In this country,
knowing none other that | can call my
own. | cannot help feeling deeply the
shame OF having the Senate Chamber
polluted by the presence Of such man !.
tn say nothing Of what ] feel, that tho
world should see Louisiana represented
by him. 4,
Tho senate and the Supreme Court OF
tho United States IRE the bulwarks or
American liberty. When they SO down.
or even forfeit the respect Of the people,
all il lost. History tcnchcs OF II senate
commanding the world. and ut lust
dragging it's people to extinction.
Al F,,ti ,hnItnnf r.
want,
Hon. r. w. Ferry, President u. s. Sen.
ute, Washington City. ID. q.
We omit merely the namo Of the wri
ter, though it is nj the service OF Mr..
West, or his friends, for any prdcftcdf
purpose.
The following was the first published
letter:
The Louisiana senator r"rxrr Let
Him Mise ana Explain.
70 Tho Editor 81 The n sun;
Sir--In the New Orleans DEMocnAr OF
Of this date the following paragraph APP
pears In tho telegraph dispatch OF the
proceedings of Congress;
SENATE Fob a. 1876. Mr.. West foHo to u per
eonnl explanation aud gent tn The desk to be
rcnd u paragraph In the Washington Core
tpon'onco Of the Bniimor" dbaicdh, 70 !he
ercrt that the Department of Justice wnn ip the
pnaAnaa on " Information that senator Wns'
md Collector Cnary would be- Indicted Tor com
plirity in the whisky frauds. lie then had ren'l
n letter from the Attorney General, to tho effect
TINT The Dcpalimnnt Of Justice bad NO hu'h ~
formation Mr. W6at Hhli hia contempt Tor MS
statement waa only nqualled by the mnli'e which,
inspired ".
Enclosed ! send you a letter which
will give the appointer Of ~. g. Billings
to the United States Jtdgeship OF this
circuit lrice his pal, DurclD another OPP
poriunity to rise In the Senate to qucs
ton Of privilege. Lot us see II hia cheek
is equal TO the offrontcry required.
New Orleans, Feb. ~. DEMocnAT.
IAN MArEo. Cab. Nov. J. 1876
NJ Dear ST. Your favor oi tile 18th October
VIA received several days ago. aud one"f pro,
yiulin ,IAtn | had received before. which hn'l
had attended to IA far as II was prnfiehble Ia d"
40. -,
II 90 happened that yesterday. ut place OF
public resort in this county. met one oi the
PARTIES who II most familiar with tho fn'ta con
corning WrHtA forgery 81 De Witt Harrison X
go II checks. Having your lnttor in my pocket
gnyc It to- him to read. whorcupon he To mo
that he hold nj ono time ono OF The forged checks
iur sioeD which was pnid by West to uharles
Burroughs about three noftha prior to tho aaid
Burrougha lohib The forgery was Of two
cho"ls one for 300 aud tho other for 400 the
taking NJ of which by Burroughs ,prevon.ed The
prosecution ~ Wcai ana the sending OF him To
tho Stne Prison.
Now whether shall bo able to get tho aIda.
yit4 YOU AJAX for or n! y more than r4n say i
Wnat deny IT, feel confident "an H,hn got those
people TO substantinte H. Wests crmlnniity Is
wolf known hurc. aud don't believe he dnro
deny II. na hig n rascal M hc'iH.
West knows me well by rcpnta' ION. give you
free permission to make the "hnrgc. and defy
him t. deny T. Yours, raspertfmu'iy ,vu.pnl
Tho following, to gentleman IN New
a G,G IiuI nod in tho lEn
oqnAr OF March sth: 1' ...
SAN FnANcfsCo, Jan. 20, 1876.
Dear A. II feel 80 indignant with poor
Louisiuna's carpct- bag Senator Wost,
for his mcndacions and malicious con
duct in the United States Senate recent
ly, that I cannot resist telling you II por-
tho war, which came very near making
him ward Of the State In the pcniten-
tiaryj instead OF IL willing, lying instru-
ment of Kadicalism i'm the Senate OF the
United States. West Is not unknown to
fame in this community Prior and
some time before the war, he was clerk
or bookkceperl in the commercial
hoilse or Dewitt, Harrison 10 Co.,
OF this city. whose checks he
forged To rnise money TO play at faro,
for about 800. Finding that he would
be detected ana prosecuted, ana beyond
doubt convicted If tried, he. In company
with his particular aud intimate friend,
Il DR.. Parker (now living and doing
business in this city,, applied TO several
sporting characters for che loan OF suf-
Hcient funds to redeem the forged
checks, and after many fruitleas ut
tcmpis finally got the amount from u
Mr.. Chas. Burroughs, since deceased,
who was then dcilling faro for Mr..
TcacIe, very rich retired merchant,
with strong sporting proclfvities. This
money, obtnincd under peculiar circum-
stances, and which actually saved West
from being sent to the pcnitentiary
where he rightfully belongs, remained
unpaid for years after my return, and
his election O. to the Senate, and most
probably would be unpaid still, had it
not been for the fear OF exposure threat
ened through u letter OF u distinguished
cx-Judgc OF our Supreme Court, in
whose hands Burroughs had placed the
matter. ...E lila.
This is the case in brief, which can
have supported by aflldavits, il desired.
have been assured that when he was
in u warehouse in this city he forged re-
ceipts for goods, but OF this am not
positive. or the other there is no ques.
ton. .. p. Isl
Ircmain, truly, your friend,
,~Y j. C. MAYNARD.
We do not of course know what Mr.