The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-01-31

10 our civ courts bull II VIII not do Tor inc army "
Christ to say that here Is general IA co"@snd ina.
we csDuot positively say Is guilty but whom We '"y
much suspect Of guilt VIII IL il do for The House
Of Bishops 10 send forth suspected offieer 70 com
uand because they cannot say be Is absolutely unht
10 be inirusledl And yet l think you must pave
clear evidence on which 10 convict; but remember
gentlemen, remember that he Is officer oi no ar
wy-,hst this army can only prosper by obtaining
constant succession Of recruits Your great ous'"cs
is 10 enlist those recruits. You are the gene
rails of this army. The Commander in chief, who's
eye upon you all, has told you 10 take care o. h
Church and maintain that Que great object Of th'
trial /. the iulhment OF that command. You cannot
al as House Of Bishops wrhou, considering, 10 all
that you do, the good Of the Church. Now you
think that tho good of he Church viii perl1 ths
Respondent to r.main Of It's highest offcors,
say "AmeD.' II lis not for mo TO inlerpose my Juos-
nont against yours bat while you show mercy 70
hiu, forget not your obligations 10 the Church oi
Christ.
The Court then, after eXsmin nation oil the 'es.i-
mony proceeded TO declare their opinions upon inc
several speeiheatioasi and decided thus
First Guilty
Second Not Guilty
Third Not Guilty.
Fourth Not Tried.
Finh Gully
Sixth Guilty.
Seventh Guilty.
Eighth Guilty.
And thereupon, declared him guilty of mmorsiity
and mpurity as the same is charged 10 The present
ment and set forth in The specifications alluded TO
The Bishop then read paper, Offering ms reasons 10
scuse or palation Of the sentence lhe volume
slso contains the opinions OF the Bishops OF Illinois,
Connection North Carolina, Vermont, Kentucky,
New Jersey, LOUISIANA, Western New York, south
Carolinz, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Rhooe
Island, end Arkansas, on various points Also the
votes Of the Court in detail.
ID ~ "A
pamphlet of thirty pages. He says mat on oe'o
Der IL, he understood that number Of afhdaris
against his character had been obtained by the Rev
]. G.. Richmond, Of Rhode Island and placed IN The
hands OF Bishop Elliott and he remarks;
"of Mr. Richmond it is unnecessary that say
much His errstic pecuarties are we'll known'-
He had but few weeks before called on me, and
expressed a warm desire 10 return to my diocese,
that he might be my friend and stand BY mo IN my rots
blss have since heard Of bis having expressed him
self of me in terms Of hostility for the letter which
wrote to the Archbishop OF Canterbury, uniavor-
able to his we'll known project OF going as 'oun-
teer Bishop TO the Turks and also for my not sane
tioning his desire to preach 10 one oil the pubic
squares in this city. He was employed for my des-
truction and told clerical brother, the Rev. Mr.
Van Bokkelen, hat his erpenss, wus pad"
lie says further;
With regard to tho specifications generally, two
remarks may be made.
l. They assigned to periods Of time so distant
TO place the defence under peculiar disadvantages
"a circumstance which, # understand right, lies al
the foundation Of the Just and righteous principle tha
gave rise to statutes of limitation. This delay 10
seeking redress needless, ample canonica pro-
vision for II had all the while existed
2. Tho matters charged we're such as, IN their very
ture, TO preclude direct counter-testmony The
defence necessarily confined TO clrcumstantial ev-
dencs going to prove the improbabty or imPoss-
by of the charges, defect In the credibliy OF the
witnesses.
! My plea of not guilty was made with good con
science, and is sill sacredly adhered to-"
| He thus aludes to one or two of the most mpor-
tant points Of the testimony;
| The Rev Clement M Butler swears to a statement,
drawn up with great minuteness, Of circumstances
said to have occurred more than years before
the affidavit made out; of the greater number
and important of which he had no personal cog
nizance and with regard to which, although II was
constantly within his power, be had not refreshed his
memory during that ,ohole period What was the con-
sequence He Score 10 an acknowledgements ac-
! know lodged by himself TO be such. He swore that
his wife told him what she had never told him, and
what never occurred; and the point thus false
to constituted the most serious charge brought
against me 10 the whole presentment-a charge which
has done injury than all the rest put togeth-
era charge which was naturally regarded by the
presenters giving 10 his affidavit its chief claim to
their notice.
But have not yet done with this cruelty and most
unustably false accusation. Three different accounts
oft are sworn to by Mr.. Butler and his wife. he
swears to it, in his affidavit, fact communicated
to him by his wife at the first stopping place jour,
nsy. Having been afterwards told by his wife tina,
this not so, for the circumstance sworn to bad
never occurred he in court that the mistake
from something his wife said to him in the
rage She that she never said any thing to
hun of the kind but that he must have derived his
tabc harS II
illustrate another matter.
The published evidence will show other incongrui
ties also between the oaths of this clergyman and his
wife.
The statement concludes thus:
. My original plea of not guilty is here soemny re-
newed 1t respects both the purpose fmy heart and
the misconduct alleged. But let me not be suspected
fraty and sinfuness While truth would be sacri
feed did profess consciousness of having justly in
!; Cured the verdict which has been awarded me God
knows that presume not to absence of guilt before
Him. in the perpetual snlulness OF my heart, and in
daily leaving undone what ought to do, and doing
what ought not to do And God forbid tina, should
not be humbled under of the too successful
betrayments each of these classes of omission and
: commission into which | am often thrown. They
} are perpetual calls for conrition humility and re-
pentance May have grace not to suffer them
God forgive me if ! am wrong in the humble hope
that do not suffer themto pass uDheeded
u 1t has pleased my Maker to give me-frieuds and
enemies unite TO tell me so--a heart inclined warmly
to reciproca,e friendly Affection to yield TO its reality
or appearance in others, aud to be unsuspcious Of
deceit in profcssed friends. have carried this 100
far, and trusted too fully that my own unconscious
ness of any other than right emotion, entered also
into the apparent sympathy with which was met
As the result exaggerations distortions, mis-state-
mens, have turned to in what was really SO neither
in intent nor in deed Evil, totally undersigned and
unthougbt of by me, and not justly attributable 10
me, has by this means been done to cause dearcr to
me than life humbly trust that have profted by
the bitter experience, and earnestly pray--and ask
the faithful fervent prayers of the beloved clergy
and people of my diocese in my behalf--thst this
pro6lng may appear in all that, in my character and
conduct may pertain to the glory of God, the cause
Of His Gospel and the purity and prosperity Of His
Church
/ know not how extensively efforts may still be in
i araszrcss and be rnnltiniicd aaanst Ihass