Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-30
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
Mr.. PEASANTS,
RICH OND.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1919

virginia, which was published i'm Your ma
per- ana which has called forth from some.
pouy' many unnecessary remarks, / beg leave
mere soiemniy to declare, that not one ;nd;~
vIdual was actuated by the slightest d.cre.
OF personal i'll will towards the sunnossS
bishop. On the contrary, l verify beI;cwe
that except myself, not one had ever seo,,
NM And as for my single self I do here-
oy CAL the God of Mercies to witness tbat
| ! mad rather have poured "the precious
ointment , on his head" yea, "tili it ran
uo"n even into the skirts of his garment %
'nan nave touched one hair of It rudely.
II va known that the President of Will.
To g wary had been elected Bishop in
ana that he did not, at that time, re-
inse the appointment. That ne had ref,,s,<E
II, year after he had accented II. wasrr
known: no publication to that effect havior
oeen seen by any of us, and no Law nembep
rom our part of the country having atten-
uea tue convention in May last.
a nus Mr. -Pieasants, would have been y
s"'io'eht answer to your correspondent-if
nc iiau proceeded no farther than simplv to
s.a.e 'he TACT that Virginia had no Bishop.
nu' when he draws differences not strictiv
correct, when he .ascribes ,sersonof motives
" FNOnc Sf''ctuTes on hu6Rc men in their If
(fc it character, and when he seems to un-
..y'o Inc doctrine Of Episcopal infalhblity.
becomes necessary to rec,ily the first, to
'',! 'lle second, and to oppose the last.
- -, waS !air en- lugh to infer, that the Ma
y! N"lis'l'hs were of the Protestant Epis.
Dup"' ooCiety' But 1t certainly was not
'o"S'@teHt' IN the next breath to say,
.hai ne doubted whether their names coui6
DC found on any Christian Register ." Nor
was 1t sound logic to infer that if they had
Oeen OF different persuasion thew ,yo,,ld
NOT nave Joined IN an Universal PRAYER. no.
cause II mad been prepared by an EniscopaJ
niShop' ouch PRAYER it would have bser
ms duty to have prepared, lit womb 80
been done by Bishop Madison had he E,edS
ana as-thanks be to God we do not 5ye
IN an age OF sectarian bigotry, it is believed
that all congregations would have io.ad in
II as heartily as they nave done in Draising
Ihe ADDRESS OF the President of The RihIe
ooc'e'y. IL certainly would nave been 10
Verenced by all, as COMFORTING with ,he so.
T'"'9 " TAG occasion, with the pure spirit
oil TIC blessed Jesus. and the respect 49,
the Recommendations of The Cbiaf
trate OF The United States. who heinz 90,
sell natIve OF Virginia, could not huf ~.
felt me omission, il there had been Bisbon
as an ndigniiy offered to him personalIy
reasoning, as IT there had been a Bisbon
your correspondents censures the mode ~
addressing MN through the public news
papers ana can see no other motive IN co
1oinB out that OF personal i'll will. Is thic
Christian charity? Is it h1mane--o,. ra
ther, is II not Ill natured and rancorons 70
ascrloe DAD, when we can ascriDe poo1 mo-
yves TO our fellow FEATURES? ConId yonr
correspondent see in the letter of :. NJ nv
Christ'ans no fegard for the propriety of
To'iuect OF the mead OF our Church and Col.
no 'ega'd Tor the soleDnity ni the
occasion! NoUe for thes FEELINGS ~ o,,,
good President2 None for the cbarac.a,.
otthe State. =, home nor abroads enid
he not perceive that some eIer~aI
brother might have gone astra y. whom II
night nave been their wish TO reclaim (all
o'her means having faied) by rousine The
"i'eiuoh OF the Bishop to his duty of adj.
"'ohiShng Could he not perceive that
some amlabie and deserving Pastor might
nave bee" pjning in poverty, upon whom
they might have wished TO turn the Bishon;e
eye AID heart-and through him those as
othersl Va
put why OBJECT to newspaper exhorlation.
through paper like yours, devoted as is
mas al "ays been to religious subjects. aud
euited as II is, by pious and virtuous man ,
Wnen the palsied Archbishop OF Canter.
Dury Verglng on eighty, q man OF hi,gb ar
age the marquis Cornwa.lis, permitted his
Lady to have her Routes and Card Assem-
6iles on Sunday evenings at his Palace os
Lamoeth-was it an objection 10 the decor
Gus burke and other contemporary writer's
that the public newspapers were unit cham
neis ct admonition? Oh! sir, the fastidi-
business OF your correspondent borders on
the cant Of hypocrisy
Is the official character of A BishoD less
to be assailed through the newspapers than
that OF the Presidents Is the one infallible
and the other notr Is not truth amiabIe al,
ways and 7rheRcUcr she appears: Is il
not truth, that, if there had been : Bshop.
his omissian to give effect to tile Presidents
PROCLAMATION would have been indecorous
and faulty Is it not truth, that if there
mad been Bishop, his omission 10 take f6c
leaa IN the Bible Society would have been
" HHbt - Would the distance ofhis resi-
dence from Richmond, "a single days Jour-
nney nave been deemed a sufficient excuse,
Tor his being SECOND, where he ought tn
have been first? There is a fitness in
things, IN stations and in characters
Peace be with you--and your correspon.
dent, ever mere
ONE OF MANY.