Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26

managers. upon fling those accounts with
the Court of Chancery, should omit to file
any accounts which parties interested In this
property think they should file an account
concerning, that it is then competent for
such parties to apply to the Chancellor. and
upon the proper representation of such fact
he will make such order in the premises as
he shall think is required. It is for these
reasons that we have decided that it should
take the regular course, and the course pur-
sued under the English Chancery law, and
that is contemplated by this decree of 1864,
instead of making this reference to master
in the first instance
Mr.. Davenport then arose and said-I had,
your Honors. INDUCED the hope, which re-
greet in behalf of my clients, if for no other
reason, was without foundation, if your Hon.
ors should come to the conclusion to override
the motion, which | understood Yesterday
was following the suggestions of the Court
in making, that before turning my clients
out of Court, they would be permitted
through their counsel to be respectfully heard
by the Court with reference to matters which
they. even if everything else was excluded,
felt. justified in presenting the petition to
your Honors. But as we understand this
petition is definitely disposed Of, and that,
too, without my clients having any opportu-
nifty to be heard upon its merits, [ shall fol-
low the suggestions of the Court, and with
great respect withdraw their petition.
Judge Redfeld elaborated upon the decis-
ion of the Court.
Mr.. Hard then withdrew both petitions
by instruction of Mr.. Brooks
Mr. Fifeld-W hat do | understand is
withdrawn?
The Court-All of the petitions.
Mr.. Brooks-As | understand the ruling
of the Court, it is an equivalent to denial
of our petitions.
Judge Royce-It Is a present denial; we
proposed to retain the petition here so that
it might be brought up at future time
Mr.. Brooks-Your Honors seem to labor
under the impression that we came before
the Court for an accounting, or that you
have the liberty to turn us over to an &C
counting. We come not here asking for the
account; we ask for the rent and nothing
else, and we are told that we can have DC
rent, but we can have the question settled
whether there is a rent fund if We choose to
90 into an accounting, which may cover
months or years The remedy which the
Court proposes to give US is not the one suit
ed to our wishes, and that IS the reason we
withdraw the petitions.
Judge Royce-Well, if the gentleman does
not wish for an account we shall not issue
an order. That ends the quarrel for the
present.
And then the Court adjourned.
Tho Of bco 10 I'm
| flying, not only to the particular fr ends 0
the trustees of the road but also to all wh(
| believe that home management is best tor th'
railroad interests OF Vermont. Everything
points toward this conclusion, that the at
tacks upon Governor Smith and his asSo
ciates, made SO persistently by persons anC
newspapers with so much more noise 0
trumpet and drums than serviceable ammu
milton, have been instigated by parties wh'
had not so much the interest of the road a
stake, as personal ends Of ambition or malice
to subserve.
In the embarrassed condition of the roa(
last year, these peo, lie found the public ca
open to any hint of wrong doing as the caus
of business trou bles. The Legislature ap
| pointed an investigating committee which
had leave to sit after session, and which nov
owes it as duty to the officers OF the road
as much as to the people OF the State, that
thorough examination be made into the faith
erless whispers and rumors that have been il
the sir, affecting the character of men whom
Vermont has hitherto held honorable.
The present raid has wholly failed, 1t
true, but it is evident that its failure ha
been in it's own weakness; the hearing ha
made no demand, in fact has presented n
oppor tunity, to the trustees to make thel
defense. The petitioners were beaten bae
by the recoil of their own guns, and not b
the weapons of the besieged. The people @
Vermont through their representatives ar
ready, and have been ready, to make an
needed legislation to protect the interests O
stockholders in any of our roads asains
cheating managers. Our courts are read
to administer all the remedies OF law, as til
law now is. But neither legislature ne
courts can take cognizance of vagaries an
dreams.
!, We infer that some of those a-grieyed b,
the late decision have transferred little c
their abuse from the opposing party to tn
court If SO, that is all folly. Statement
against the integrity OF impartiality of Royc
or Redfeld, might have birth in the atmos
phere of Brattleboro Insane Asylum, bu
hardly elsewhere in Vermont.
Among those whose feelings are harrowo
by the course events have taken, there cal
be none more thoroughly disguised than tina
Traveller, which
Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow,
Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po,'
, can now pour out it's voluminous co nplaint
with much more chance of their having e.
feet, than if delivered here in Vermont wher
we begin to know how little foundation c
thoro - for