New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-09

propriaed TO him. and unheard OF and unauthorized
ceedngs TO prevent any Judge from
having anything TO do with it. Judge Barnard is sent
for in hurry from Poughkeepse TO sign orders late at
night BY means of the telegraph orders are obtained
from him in litigation $50 miles Off instead Of applying
TO the Judge at hand Everywhere and under all cir
cumsances this Judge is brought into the cases. ana
s the in ninetenhs OF the other suits OF FISK anu
Gould And who is the Judge thus persstently caiou
| into these cases Is he man whom the counsci TOT
Fisk and Gould believes TO be eminent for purity anu J
dcal ntness One would think So from the eagerness
! with which he IL sought. But no. he Is man whon
that counsel has publicly denounced as corrupt anu ~
serving Of impeachment Will any sane man peho'o
that counsel who have this opinion OF q Judge sceh
him with any honest or honorable moves' IL is clear
that this Judge especially sought for by one sae OF
| the other do MT believe Mr. Field will claim tnat IL
was Ramsey who preferred him. or that these matters
came before him in natural aud orderly course OF
events 49,.
What does Mr. Field say In answer to all thisf Inc
only answer yet made public is what he says OF inc
Ramsey litigations in letter TaE TRIBUNE dated JAM
81 1871 and published In TIE TRIBUNE OF February T.
He saws that IL there "ever suit which ought 10
have been defended and defeated 1t is Ramseys suit"
| No one objects to Mr.. Fields defending the
sut or defeating il by disprOving Mr.. RAM
| sey's allegations or questioning his law. What
| every honest man does object to Is the depriving
Mr.. Ramsey, by the means above described, OF an
opportunity making good either his facts his law
These performances or f1eu were not uelenulnB
suit" they cheating man out of even the right
to bring suit This may be- harsh language but no other
language viii do justice to the Let Mr. Field deny the
facts stated If he III not let the public decide
whether the language used is not justified by those facts
It time for the members of the NewYork bar If they
for the dignity and honorable of their profess
son to call things by their right names and to speak
very plainly of the judges and of the law
yers. II would tell half what they know, there are
some Judges who would never dare TO appear again on
the bench And if by proceeding il were possible to
compel persons to testify who reluctant
to speak Of corruption would appear which would
asound this community at the thought that their
liberties and fortunes at the mercy Of such men, The
is 20 blame for this silence 1t belongs to
feson purify ITSELF and there is profession or guild
in the world which would have permitted the proies-
siona misconduct of leading members the bench and
at the bari 10 go unrebued as has the legal profession
! in this city.
Mr. Fields las given in the letter referred to)
for saying that the Ramsey suit ought to be defended
! and defeated are that Ramsey bought tho stock and
bonds for the purpose Of bringing the suit and that he
obtained, parte, the appointment of Receiver and
the suspension Of certain Directors. And also that Mr.
Eaton there pretense that Ramsey concerned
in it, of Ramsey's counsel, procured Runke to ap
pear for the Railroad Company "frauduently."
1t has already been explained that this appearance of
Mr.. Runke arose from msapprehension by Mr. Eaton
of a request made to him by Mr. Dvcn-and that it was
it been any for beginning the suit before Judge
Barnard, it was whatever for continuing it,
regard 10 Mr. Fields assertion that the appointment
and the suspension OF Directors, er Pnrfs
were "mOnsrous and fagtous abuse Of judicial pro-
cess" might say (were it not admission that Mr..
Fields proceedings furnish justification for any one
elses that in the Albany and Susquehanna litigation
Mr.. Fields clients and Mr.. Fields firm obtained from
Judge Barnard par the suspension of Mr. Ramsey as
President Of the Albany and Snsquehanna Railroad and
the unconditional appointment OF Mr. Fisk as Receiver
of that road, while the appointment OF the Receiver by
Judge Murray in Ramseys suit only to take effect
the unsupported Directors refused to act
But the only answer needed TO Mr. Fields
assertion that "n a suit ought TO be
defended and defeated it was Rainsey's" is
this Whether Ramsey had a good case or not was
the very thing to be determined in the suit which he
had brought and was to be determined in fair and
legal manner, upon hearing of both sides At the
time Mr. Field began the suit in NowIOrk County, and
got the injunction from Judge Barnard he had already
by Judge BacOms order, stayed Judge MuTays orders
Of suspension and had made motion in that suit where
it belonged, decide whether such orders "mon
srous nagitious" II Mr.. Field means that because
he thinks the motives of plaintiff not proper ones
and that he ass for relief to which be is not legally en-
titled he Gield may resort TO all kinds of tricks and
fraudulent suits 70 deprive that plaintiff OF any hearing
at ALL let him say plainly hut do not let him under
preense of maintaining his right to "defend and defeat
a suit" which has denied try to excuse such
proceedings those above mentioned.
Mr. Field further says in his TRIBUNE letter that when
Mr. Ramsey objected going to trial I'm October 1870 on
the ground that he had been and under injunc
ton he Mr. Field, claimed that the plaintiff had disre
garded the induction from which he seeks TO have 1t in
ferred that 1t was obstacle to Ramseys preparing for
trial Yes, Ramsey had disrcgarded the injunction III
one instance and had been fined for doing 50. And
does Mr. Field pretend to say that Ramsey had applied
10 the Court for discovery for the examination OF
A.. X, baUe "a "
ntyl Does ne pretend to say that these were not
most essential steps in preparation for tralf But II Is
idle 20 say the pretense that the panth had disr
garded the injunction (eyen II true) was any
reason why he should be forced to trlal during
its continuance viii any lawyer say that Ramsey was
not entitled to II days notice of trial free from niunc
tion and for an opportunity 70 for trial OF the
issues by jury and to prepare for trial. not the nid
and furve preparation which a man may make Wheh
under injunction, but preparation in which ne could
have the aid of the Court to compel discovery ana
to take testimony
The only object of the writer Is to give some OF inc
facts which Mr. Field calls for. with sufficient comments
to make them ineligible. They will therefore be leit
for the judgment OF the public without further remark
Most of the matters stated in the foregoing letters are
matters Of record or of sworn testimony In one OF TWO
instances have appealed to Mr.. Field himself as 10
the truth of certain Of general notorey as, for
instance, whether he does not believe and has not
often publicly expressed his belief that Judge Barnard
is corrupt Judge, and ought TO be impeached,
and to whether the order appointing FISK and
Courier Receivers not signed by Judge Barnard un
| der the circumstances above detailed.
Mr. Field may say that those who charge him with
professional misconduct must supply their own proofs
| To this that when mans reputation is in
question he must not fall back upon the strict rules OF
evidence. If he answers public criticisms all he must
answer fully. There has been great deal OF comment
upon Mr. Fields professional conduct He chooses TO
into the discussion aud defend himself by call
ing for facts He will be expected 70 furnish freely all