The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-26
Bishop Jane Exonefatea hy tAe N,w
 Jersey Episeapai canxents.n.

eircaiaiea rnlnors nnriousy acetinR the character of this divine, and noticed the eensars ,A,, v.. heaPed aPen him by the press. So general w.. th. odium felt tewaEd the Bishop, that at tAe late cen. vention of his eharch held in New Jersey. m w,. deemed proper. as VIC ieaEa from tho New yo,. Courier and Enqairer, 10 investigate tho eh.,v.. as'e'lged against him. Consequently, after som. points of order settled, Mr HaIst<ad, of Tran. ton, offered the following yresClntien-RssAuv Da.na hiu1sclf being the presiding officer ef,hs convention
 Whereas, . Bishop shcatd be Aaam,,rus .,, should have good report of taasa that are ,,han, lest he fali into reProach; and whereaa. .nphlss ramor, as well as newspaper publications, have made serious charges against our Bishop, fmpcach- lng his moral character, tending to itnnaiy hts usn fainess, snd ,o b1iug the church of which ha |. Bishop into dsrepate--thereiore,
 " kesatned, That committee be arpointcd con ststing of three clcrgymen aud thres hywen wAs. or majority of them, shall mas saeh inqaisses ss shall satisfy them of the iARocency of the aeeas,a or of the suicieney of groand for presentnent and trial ana that they do make report to this canven
 ton at its present session, A such other time as this convention shall designate"
 Previous to presenting the resolasioa, Mr.H. said that, inasmGch the proposition he was abOu, to submit nearly concerned the character of ,he presiding ohcer he desired in courtesy to th-, die. ttuguished gentleman, to give hIm an oppoF,aaily ef yseatAg the chair, by going ato committee of the whole. This being quite an uausual course in the convention. and the Bishop indicating no wish to shrink from any duty as presiding officer. tho motion was not pressed, aud tho resolution va. presented.
 Mir Halstead prefaced the resolution win fsv, remarks in calm aud measured language. discla,n. ing any unkind feeling towards the Bishop or aAy purpose other than of enahling him io ul.ca formally and officially before the diocese such r. panation as he might be disposed and ahls to give of the charges, which ia he shape of ramora news paper publications and placards in our chief cities were calculated inluriOusy to affect his reputa ton.
 An earnest debate ensaed upon this resolution. IL was opposed hy Mir. A. Clifford, Judge Dayton, Ogden. Charles King. inc Rev. Mir. Phitipe, and the Rev. ]. D. ogiIby, and supported by the mover, Mir. Halstead.
 By the two first named gentlemen lt was shown that the convention could not lawfully pass the resolution presented to them-that it was wholly uucaaonicai and unconstitutional; but those Rsa. tiemen, aud all the others who spoke ia opponition to the resolution, uurcservedly declared that if charges specifying with reasonable precision the offence imputed by rumor, any offencs coenisa- ble by the convention, should be presented they you'd oppose obssncle to Inc receiving, referring and investigation of such charges, but that ia no other way could the convection lawfully reach or touch the subject.
 Mir. King spoke with great sarnestness against the injustice and enormity of putting any man on his defences-and least of all d such as Bishop Doane--npOn vague rumor, and which was eAiea l" newspaper publications" MF. K sad he felt his own personal character, and the calling to which the best of his life had been devoted in rescuipg newspapers--such as he understood newspaper should be, and what the obligation and duty of the editor of such paper were--lrem any fellowship with or responsibility for such papers As that which had circulated the charges preferred in the resolation-a common receptScle for all that k vile and paHderng to the worst vices, passions and preludices of our nature.
 Mir. K. insisted that, whereas, upon rumor or newspaper charges, the meanest criminal ooad not be arraigned, il was nolcrabe that s man of such eminent services as Bishop Doane, of such untiring devotion to the church, and to the of edaca- ton as connected with the church, of such self sacrificing lahnrs. should be held np suspected criminal-theugh freely admitting that if these any charges should be made under responsible name, and net by anonymous sanderers--the basest al once and most cowardly of mankind should and would be no hesitation in raising comUitee of investigation. The gentleman who presented the resolutions did not profess know anything of
 
 lions, and in manner makes himself responsible. and this should. of itself, determine the convention 10 reject the resolution.
 The meeting of this convention was no sudden meeting, nor clandestine meeting. IL was a stated annual meeting. known of all men who might de- sire months in advances and its place o assembling equally we'll known to be ut this town of Burliag- ton. where all the misieeds which rumor imputed tp the Bishop had been perpeirated. If, then. there was truth in these rum0rs, how comes it that--aileF sitting here with open doors, with the eyes of all upon with the ears of all open to our diseussions-no word of complaint, no charge of any sort had been made m any rcsgonsl- ble anBeF to this convention, against the blshop The fact that none such had been made must Mir K. contended, under the circumstances of the case be regarded outweigbing entirely, and discredii- ing, the rumors upon which Mr. H. wished us tO proceed.
 Mr k, after reviewing rapidly the career of Bishop Uoane in New Jersey, aBd his eminent sue there in building up seminares of learning and the church, called upon the convention Co stand by him. and to show hy their vote this day thai bow ever over -sanguine Bishop Doane may have been ia some of his auticiPalons. howeves even iBproyt' dent in expenditures-niade not for personal par poses but for great public ends-aothing had been | presented known 10 tho convention which could authorize any withdrawal of confidence or support from him, or impair the trust they bad-- ! that with renewed health and Gods blessing upon his abors the diocese would yet roap in the pros porous and triumphant march of the church and the church school the most satisfactory reward ior the' | steady and uushsken adherence to the diocesan The Rev. Dr. ogilby presented, with great force his views Of the inquily of the proposed proceed ings and finally, at about nine o'clock, inc BishoP to put the question on the passage o the reSo | lution.
 | When, after q few brief, touching, steadily ut tered sentences upon the extraordinary snd trying position in which he stood, the Bishop said '" at who are in favor of this resolution viii say Aye a silence deep death fell upon inc assembly, beating of each heart was audible bat not wofC 1 was spoken. No solitary Aye" broke this awfu silence The mover of the resolution himself wal yeiceess. After due pause ihe Bishop again spoke |" All opposed to this resolution will say No" lhe' went up, if with one breath and from one heart such a negative enc could mistake the 'mPor of lis tone, its fervor, it's sincerity, were Sghih csat more than its unaniniiLy- he ~ofA eas done, and, after finishing some formal business t0s convention adjourned. c~ l