The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-14

And in tho Registry of this Court srcl, books am,
indexes aro kopt in admirable condition. airl Il.
public property. Unless, therefore, tho file book
minute book md docrpo book aru also removed
tho taking OF tho original papcrs.0ii flo will moi
accomplish any purpose of coiiccamcnt, partc,I.
larry n tho orders or decree cml race statement
in this caue tho Flo BOOK ur The Ru.istcr has n
note OF tho filing of each paper and order I'm tho
caIJo' Ga ' inf,a!n5s m the order fur taking of lr and
Oh tho day it was taken Including the order Ia
tcckc, with the prudential reasons" o,, the face
OF T., tho orders for distribution, which sct out The
pam history of tho transactiUn ni,,l Inallv lin
very orucr III question for removing FROM Io
What purpose OF coneeahncnt, thc,, could i,c nc.
inpp eHpsm9a ISL, by taking ts original papers from The
aud Tho whole Of tho evidence on lilo i'm tho Mas
ters oticof Tho baro statement of the facts is
tho strongest argument i'll our behalf und must
eIce Of any such object. 1t may DO allcd, that
when ono goes to look up II caso in tho Registry,
alo Flo book aud tho Minnie Boo; nru his first
resort and not the original papers, that all tho or
ders III this cause, after tho dockctng wcro tuI;gn
III M open Court and before tho assembled Bar, a,ltl
M taken 1rp irpn neisos I present. mud that tho papers
were promptly furnished M suon M inf0rnntion
was received Tint inquiry had been matlo iur them
M, ,.ay bS ASKED why then were tho pnpers taken
statement ot what occurred in The Court room he
IorS tho Order was presented To tho Chancellor.
Uly Two ot tho counsel in the carse were present
II I'll.
TcadinB u, inquired "wlint the use Of this Or
derr' To which tho other replied ''it will prevent
spcculatinS claimants from using these pr,cce-
inEs to hatch mp thoir claims and reopen this SGT
tlomcnt. Thereupon the Order was presented
and having tho consent Of all tho counsel, was
signed by tho Chancellor.
II may bo ndded that il thcrc wcro connivauce
betwcon tho parties tho end could have been MI
tatnod moro cxpcltio,itly nnd cIIcctunlly without
application to tho Chancellor, or in private at
Chambers; TINT tho publicity givon 10 tho transact
ton by docketing, and taking the orders in open
Court and putting them upon the Journals is nj
terry teri Incompatible with tho idca Of concealnont
fallen into tho mistake of taliipE tho original mn,
Pers OIL flie for tho purpose of conccaltnent with
INC Whole history OF the snit md OF tho fun blaz-
inE upon tho public record books Of the Court il
is hardly reasonable 10 suppose that s, MANY
blunder.
In relation to Chancellor Iesr,no wa oro ho,rd
not only by tho allegiance OF our hearts but by
every consideration OF honor, truth and rooI con.
science to protect hum from all injurious mputa.
lion. No mention of any title or claim Of Ihn
United States was ever inatlo to him. iie dealt
with the case upon tho plcadngs before him. 10
thoao with whom tho Chancellor has lived hig
whole liie' no such yindicaton is necessary But
to all who have not so known him, il may be said,
III oil truthiMnoss, that, although he may commit
an error OF Judgment, ho is incapable Of any know
ing vi9l1tion OF conscience or official duty. In tho
asscmblngo OF virtues that constitute, by common
consent, one of tho most beautiful and exemplary
OF moral characters in our community "A scrupu
loud ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS III perhaps tic most tlig-
tnctro and conspicuous. Ho has nIways been no
clcaE not only in his high Office, Int i'm his whole
life, prynte and public, that mon cannot, and will
not, bclioye that he has consciously committed II
haud OF done q wrong His lifelong pursuit of
ylrtuo and excellence would be Of littie value if IL
did not stund him i'll stead 10 that extent No one
would DO bold enough to nsk him 10 soil hi,ngeIf
with corruption.
Wo have sought to defend ourselves without
tomper or offence. But VIC urc not without the
sensibilities of men who nre conscious that they
haro regulations worth defending from any charge
Or appearances, OF suspicion of professional mis-
conduct. We know that thero arc not MANY rights
loft to our unfortunate people. hut among such
as arc !cft We do hope and trust there will be left
tho right OF speaking openly and freely in defence
OF their own characters, and als0 the right, or at
ieaat tho privilege, OF defending what tlIoy regard
as their property in tho civil tribunals established
by Act OF Congress for that purpose. In relation
TO the first, wo abide with confidence any sxamin-
tion that mny bo instituted; and in relation 10 tho
last, To respectfully ask that tho rights of our
clients and OF tho United States may be n,j udicat-
ell in the Courts of tho United Satos, md that tho
portion os the fund represented by ua nny he paid
into Court to abde tho issue Of Judicial inycstIea-
tion.
Very respectfully, your obedient servants,
". d. PORTER.
CHARLES II. SIAIOSTON
JAMES CONNER
THEODORE q. DARKER