The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-17
THE JETTY TROUBLES.
A Gard from RHr. Eafs.

A Gard frs,um RHr. Eads.
WAsHtNcsT D. c.. Nov g. 1878.
To the Editor Of the Globe Democrat;
Dear 9utn the defonse recently nublished
by John b. Maude. Web NJ Samuel and b. p
Rowland; late directors, of tho Jetty- Conn any.
contained in the letter u their fellow stock
holders which J.. was published in TO globe-
find the following statement
TIE Secretary OF War referred to tho Attor-
neey, Gener,l of the United states tho question
OF the validity or tho relinuulahmGnt Of the de-
as secretary Of the company In view Of tbs
torney General heslated from the latter re part
Of July until the latter part OF September
or the early part of 0etober Is to his de-
proof that he was an apt disciple Of his great
master, Davenport Dunn, by seeking to relieve
hmse df w. 2f his dSmm by urSng the
United Santos to hold in the fact Of the act re
anring, the , rdGlinaaShment by him or his as
all tho asslgnments which he had made to the
Jetty Company and others Of payments 10 ba
ma made by the government, on the faith Of which
bin tho moneys. were absolutely void and
worthless, for the o hnIca reason that IN the
OF a claim against the government the assign
ment Of such claim would be void; and to hold
that therefore any REIMBURSEMENT Of such void
assign meIt was unnecessary. rs being useless"
Ihe charge contained in this statement is too
eeliOus for me to permit it to pass unnotced
It it were possible for me to borrow money and
then to devise means to render less valuable
the security had given for its Repayment, or
to make worthless any assignment had given
TO secure the ultimate liquidation OF my own
debts, | would Certainly be acting very dis
honestly. | have never In person or by counsel,
Secretary Of War or the Attorney General to de-
clare any one OF the ass gnments referred to
void or OF no effect / have never advanced
occasion whatever, nor have urged any other
reason t? the Secretary Of War or the Attorney
Gsnerhl for he purpose stated, T. ther' " 10
pronounce this whole statement, so far asyft re-
lates to my own action. absolutely untrue
moment'g thought must convince any ono OF
any assignment / have made or may make Of
moneys so earned under tho lefty grants, dlsre-
deprived of the value Of q large amount Of Sc
eurity, otherwise available To show, however.
that these three ex-direetors knep that the
above statement was untrue, I will state that
the first assignments were made BY mo In favor
Of e the J7ttyy Company IN 1875 They were i'm
mnedlaiely forWarded by the company to the War
prise Of myself, as well as Of the directors, the
Secretary q, War refused TO recognize iheir
the time with the opinion Of the Attorney Con
eral. sustaining It, An argument was soon
csion but without avail. The subject was fullv
discussed at the time by the board, and It must
directors then that both the Secretary of War
and the Attorney General had already declared
these assignments without force.
II Is. therefore, absurd to suppose that urged
these officers last July, or at any time since to
dec'a: o them void, or that It was even neees-
had been already declared 80 By their respective
departments three years previously.
!. Charity would suggest. however, that, as
these decisions were, made three Years ago,
these directors may have really forgotten the
faet ard hence have charged me nadyertently
OF SRFHTjftpS ! tn
and to others Unfortunately this excuse viii
not avail them for, in answer to the dispatch Of
tieth OF last July, and his written protest three
days later, the secretary Of War on the fifteenth
OF August lasta wrote 70 him as follows:
cognition or ac eptanee Of any assignment
dated prior to the issue OF a treasury warrant
by the Revised Statutes, and the South Pass
Jetty Company was 80 informed bvthl depart
msfed {" Wh ncos tS be 9o I5n rs
nensrhs opl9n q November 49, 1875. copy
tention to decision Of May g. 1877. tcopy here
with, marked CT. the same being la case
where assignments from national bank were
submitted to this department for consideration.
ca 9 Of the United States vs.. Glis Is otto. 4o7J.
decided Last 4 Octob6r in the Supreme Curt Of
4 copy Of this letter to Mr.. Vice President
Rowland was sent TO me by. the Secretary Of
"SSAA '+A"CA 'AAC ACpb
Any sane man must see by these extracts not
only the falsity. but the absurdity of the state
rWn assignments declared OF DO fleet. It must
pc equally plain that these three ex-directors
tneen when they published their lengthy defense
nat these assignments we're already declared
oy the DeDartments Of Justice and of War in
valid three years before, and that the decisions
and opinions hello, By them then not only re-
NAMED unchanged on the fifteenth of August
last pat thai they had actually been confirmed
NV hG
Instead OF my suggesting technical reasons''
tor rendering my arguments wor thless. as they
ney General in Septernbe not to take axe Nd '' the
question Of the rights Of assignees again raised
BY the protest Of thee three men, because l be-
Attorney General Pierrepont In 1875. would be-
d. 1adyantfage to me and to the letty enter
opinion their, protest would be dsavowed BY
10 new board as soon as it was elected, and
hat decision on that point would thus be m
ne following dispatch was received
{ Wop Den vIfa Presjae1t howand af the
5t. Louis Circuit Court to-day enjoined south
Pass Jetty Company from relinqIishing Eadss
assignment Of s25o,oGo payment tor maintaining
after receipt Of this dispatch the eecretary Of
War addressed, requestto the Attorney Cen
ora to DECIDE the qae1t!ons raised by Mr.. Row
rendered October 8, 1873. This action on their
th9f fb Ieay drfy from The Attorney
ItuS! ID Lue ucciSlOU WHICH Ll6y falsely charge
ne with striving to obtain.
My reading has been SO limited that have
never met with the name Of Daven port Dunn.
VINO is referred to by these three parties, and
Tlth whose practices they seem so familiar, but
ne was ever so clearly convicted before re-
pectable community Of knowingly publishing
'ucn ltbelous falsehood as tne above facts re-
zeal ne was certainly to be Dittied.
Very truly. etc. JAS B. EADS.
-lGIobe- Democrat, Nov. 10, 1873.
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