The New York herald., 1869-12-01

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sci In coming at the substance of the case and dis
posing OF 1t tnat day, ne would admit that The papers
were served for the purposes OF this argument.
MIR. FIELDS ARGUMENT.
Mr.. Field said that before he read portions of these
papers he would say that he dwelt longer on TINS
monon than he should otherwise have done because
OF the very great misrepresentation In respect 10
this order and the action Of the Court which had
been made In the newspapers. or course he could
tended but they were, nevertheless very prejudlcal
to justice IN the case and ought TO be set right Now
fair play was characteristic q this people and Of
aud the first lesson in their code OF honor was that
no man should be condemned unheard: And
when he told his Honor that IN this case
eight directors out ol seventeen Of the
Erie Railway Company had been struck
WIN an 81 INV a s
that II ought not to be done, was there ANYTHING
grosser in the whole history OF jurisprudence than
the trusts which all the constituents OF that COM
pany had given TO them within month and half
take rom them that trust without as much as hear
ing them say one word ? NOW II he Judge Bar
nard) when applied to did not stop these proceed
ings until the parties could be heard then justice
would have failed OF her office. The Roman Project
said, 1,soo years ago, ut is not the man-
TO death until after he that is accused shall
have hts accuser face to face, and has license
to say what he can against the crime LAID against
him.0 And vet we, VINO thought we had increased
the blessings OF liberty, eighteen hundred years
after struck down the president. vice president and
eight OF the ulrectOTs Oh COTpOThuOu WHOsc TeNc-
nues were larger than the government Of the United
States under Washington's administration, and
which had now in Its employment 23, 600 men. II
his honor and Judge Balcom had not interposed,
they would have doomed this Erie Company TO apso
lutte bankruptcy. MIR. Field then went on at length
to criticise the various aldavts submitted by the
other side and contended that there were ample
and SUFFICIENT grounds for the granting OF his mo.
ti0n.
Ex-JuDGE PoRrERs ARGUMENT.
ExJudge Porter on behalf of Mr.. Ramsey, said 1t
was unfortunately true, rs his learned friend mad
said, that these two gentlemen, down TO the 24th
day OF the present month"; welded the administration
and controlled revenues Of the Erie Railway Com
pany which were greater than those OF the Union at
the time OF the war OF Independence. IL was not
true that they did to-day, though. When tnat order
was served on the company every one OF the sus.
pended directors was charged with the knowledge
OF the contents OF that paper and ts legal operation
Those gentlemen were no longer the rigntfm Gus.
t0drans OF these revenues, and they should look TO
them as the expresident and ex xcontroller q the
corporation In whose behalf they presented his
learned friend (Mr Field) as their counsel i0r cor
rect account of their Stewardship His friend
seemed to suppose that that which was the law IN
March, 1858, was not the law IN November, 1862
The right which his Honor then exercised, and
which, IN this case Judge Murray has exercised
was Law contained IN the Revised Statutes ot the
state OF New for tue protection Of the great cor