Year: 1865

sr.ys1. - vO ssise nshs y ayias that wopld b
nsn'y msel g present. % the Sspsrvi.on simply the
that the Board had right " know what was In the as
tory and he felt also that he had right 70 ask from
not ths value that would b SCI upon Il b. anybody
who would cone and o0er 70 boy IL as public ano
toa, but the value 70 him Of the properly. These
gentlemen have endeav0red 70 confuse your minds


this subject by talking about the account that made
cut here by Mr. Falee, and mixing up with the claims
there be any fraud at ali in this matterand there s not
tho shadow Of onet must be made either in the prnc
ple In the amount claimed in the application Of the prn
cpo or In the mode Of getting through the Board Of
Supervisors But come In whatever way form they
please We are ready 70 meet them all sides Az 70
cards MT Blunt We are told q one lime that he was
anxious TO examine the claim and to do justice In the


matter and that again Is asserted that he IN league
with Opdyke 70 carry It through Now, there nor
should not have heard OF the Of Oson Blunt the
man who has saved millions OF money to tho city


IN raising recruits for the armies Of the United States
without one single dollar sticking to bis angers No
man, no woman, no child, contend, should DO ignorant
Of the name Of this man. for what he has done yet
he 10 tho very selected out 10 be put down either
too much Of fool 70 know anything about machinery


with which he has been acquainted all his teor else
that he was villain In league with Mr. Opdyko TO do
fraud the city These the allegations that have been
aSs Sus support sss Tsa
learned gentleman continued at great length
to examine the testimony for tho defence and vndcated
the character Of Mr. Farlee In an able manner showing
that he had been brought TO the from the very
verge Of the tomb but that he had testified In
that won the confidence Of all Referring TO the gun
claims he said that the claims were BY no means as high
as they should have been, and II he had not with
drawn his suit against the city he mr. Emotp
only oil that he had received, but also for
the three thousand guns which had yet 10 be completed
0s s
cited number Of from English and American law
70 show that the cty was responsible for the acts Of
rioters In every The 6rs oct OF the kind that
passed by tho British Parliament In the reign Of George
the First u was called the Rsot act and visits punish
ment upon the handred or town, for all riots occur
ing compelling the inhabitants TO pay tho damage and
losses This, he said, similar In principle to the
act Of this State passed in the year 1855 He also cited


number OF cases nearer home than the English acts


In concluding q very lengthy speech Mr. Emott con-


tinued to ay:Now, gentlemen would like any Of
you to put yourself in the place Of Mr. Opdyke. Sup


pose that any ono Of you had had factory Of any
kind that just growing into successful development


that you had spent large sums Of money upon IT, and
Be


and supposng further that you knew that tho city Of
New York was responsible Y you for all the losses


for your losses9 should think not, and there is no
lawyer In this court who is capable Of practising
o. sne DAT VINO % would no. nave obtained much
Mr. Face were entitled to roceve The learned gentle


man then said that he would not stop TO examine any
further into that part Of tho question: but at went
70 consider the Of the libel against the Mayor
OF the CITY, In accusing him Of gross pecuation aud Of
using his high office and influence 70 make money fraud


ulently by secret contracts with the government Mr.


Opdyke not member Of tho Board OF Supervisors,
but only entered there extra officially an invitation
from the committee itself And yet he liz charged with
having been member of the committee and With having
taken that orportunty to vote on claim In which his
son-in law was the principal claimant Now, the fact
is that Mr. opiyke never voted there at all,
except upon OCCASION and that was In the
case Of Mr. Wekenan's claim, whom the Mayor voted
one way and the Comptroller voted another so that
Of air al
they have made great deal of comment on the suppos


ton that there was conceament In the fact that Mr..
exploded for has been clearly shown In the testimony
here that the fact known TO great many persons
But this has been tho effort OF ac other ride Throughout,


About this stage Of Mr. Emotts address no remarked
Coht that would be almost impossible for him to
The Court said no had three quarters Of an hour
more.
10 say and he had been considerably interrupted


The out the rest Of the timc and directed
Mr. Ernst. thereupon continued, rsmarking 70 III,
Jury that this was one Of the most important case


that ever came up for trial, notwithstanding all tina


had been done 70 deprive II Of It's real import


ance. He hoped that the jury would listen careful


10 all the details Of the matter, anil that the.


would give u that attention which would insure justc


or demands from the jury N tho yiadicaton OF fai


name which he seeks 70 hand down TO his children


legacy OF m unstaiued and unmpeachable char acteI


As go along with the details Of the feel


fdent that shall satisfactorily 70 your minds and


the court destroy the whole supcrstructuro which tn
learned counsel on the other side have labored 9
hard and increasingly 10 build up. We mex
come 70 the charge that Mr. Opdyke, as Mayo


OF the city Of New York, sold the Office Of Surveyor


the Port to Mr. Andrews for the sum Of $4,000 Now


let what Is the charge that they have made In the


libel, and what they have succeeded In proving w


deal about the way In which the various canddases 10


municipal offices carry their elections One OF thci


plans 70 have their portraits exposed In public places


and Ama Raa nlsT fax hu NJ
Opdyke when he arst ran for tho Office a


Mayor, In tho year 1850 We told, aso that he


viscd or decided 70 run again Mcneil went 70 him and
suggested that his style OF face would not do to put up
the shop windows-that tho people had not yet been
by advising Mr. opdyke 10 withdraw his portraits and
aso money And we we're toId, further, tha.
no was very rich. IAugh,crI Seeing this,
Mcneil not at loss what 70 do, but Immediately
proposed that bargain should be made with Andrews
that Mr. opdyke should withdraw hts support from
Stanton and give 10 him the provso that he should
rase Of $1,000 out OF tho Custom House for tho
purposes Of the charter election This IN all the proof
that they have been able 10 offer OF Mr. 0pdykes alleged
sale OF the Office OF Surveyor OF the Port You heard
Mcneil on this stand and You heard also the manner In
which he gave his testimony II s very easy for some
people TO lic but Is not quite easy TO avoid their
being caught In IT. Mcneil II member OF the Icgsla
ture but do not know that thero liz any exception In
this respect far members of tho Legislature
cerned know not what the present Legislature are


likely 70 do. When they shall have passed all their rail-
road bills and raised the fare on all the lines Of
travel through tho country, we may be abe
10 decide--but not I'LL then II has been suggested
that " wo could keep this suit going on
all winter the legislation OF tho State would not be
likely 10 be very much injured Then there IL a good
deal made Of tho bargain which said N have been
made between Andrews and Mckcill ard Williamson, NJ
tho request OF Mr.. Opdykc Does not this bear ts
rcfutaiion on It's faceS IL that the way In which po


clans neralIy make bargains7 Do two who desire
TO agree on a political bargain get two others
0pdykc had any agreement Of this kind TO
mako with Andrews was IL not moro likely
themselves l wonder II Mr. Weed made such
bargain, with two witnesses knowing all about the trans
action' The learned council next passed 10 the
sdcraiion Of the charges made In the Marposa rausac
tion In which II stated that General Fremont had
been victmized by 0pdyke, Ketchum, Field Hoy and
others The gentleman on the other side had
said that, although General Fremont was a
high minded and honorable man. he was 20
innocent OF business matters that the gentlemen
already named found no trouble In taking him in and