New-York daily tribune., 1849-06-11

BISHOP DJANE.-' 3. writes very nasty ana
blunGering letter respecting our article On the
course Of the New-Jersey Diocesan Convention,
I fall Of misconceptions and bad logic. Let us once
more repeat that We know nothing and have said
nothing against shop Doane we do not know
how much he owes nor how he came 20 owe tive
have no tangible evidence even that he owes dollar
may have acted correctly throughout bli the Cor
reu,i1u surely has not and oar censure applied 20 ts
sction alone In crying down and utterly stains Mr.
Hal,teais very proper inquiry li has indicted wound
On the Church and perhaps the Bishop also. Il the
stories afoat respecting his failure are utterly baseess
there is bu, the moro that the truth should be-
e!icted and respou.5'y proclaimed il as B. assumes
the Bishop has really failed. but under circumstances
r,hectne no dscreiit but rather honor upon hs char
acter IL was the plain duty the Convention 70 make
that truth evident Extensive bankruptcy Il Frf71
facs injurious to The hauArupts character especially
II he were NOT engl-ri in traffic and D. is essential 20
hl. good name that the fac,s which indicate his nteg
rity and good faith should be made 20 appear.
.B saws the Diocesan Convention refused 70 ap-
%, nt COMMITTEE OF Invest. alton simply because no
accusations were brought before them which they
could investigate This, If true. shows that the dele
gates had not found time consult the proper autho
rites before making their decision - Paul seems 10
have had this case in his eye when he wrote 20 limo
thy a. Tim. i.i) that bishop must be blamsless,
and moreover. he must have q g5od report o. them
tlioh ars rtb0a" lfn0t although the report may bc
erroneous the respect due 10 MS Office is marred and
hi. power 20 do good is limited. Bishop currently
repuied gluttonols. incorporate, echeroUs, or
reckless OF his pecuniary obs cations cannot truly dis
charge his sacred duties the influence proper
his station. Now the Church may not be able always
to protect her utterly from scandal but she
can and should investigate every serious accusation
which may obtain currency. demonstrate the a.schood
OF, those which are baselcs- and hx the brand OF
iniamy on the brow OF the calumuiators This
done. the poison Of the slanderercr il more than
neutralizcd, and where Wi. De- rcgelled from her
courts by his venom twenty Will be drawn thither by
their sympathy for caumnated virtue and their detes
tation OF It's assailant
Mr Elasieads resolution set forth the notorious truth
that there were reports in very general circulation
unfayorabie TO the Bishops Management in pecuniary
matters calculated to impair his usefulness Here
basis enough. reason enough, for an investigation
There was no need OF direct and special accuser ap
pcar.ng in the Convention AMI throwing his glove IN
the Bishops face 1t could not be expected that those
the Bishop owed, and whose payment df the scandal
has any sort Of oundaton) must depend mainly his
him Why should they thus peril their as chance 10
cct something at some time or otherl No the resolu.
ton was in proper FORM and ought have been adopt
ed And we think the bunder will yet have to be- in
some way or other repaired We feel very confident
that Bishop Doane has not mtaded 10 wrong any one,
however he may have erred In Judgment failed to
crcse due consideration and think least that fact
should be shown beyond doubt or cayil We think.
also it should be shown that he has made and max
ing all proper efforts and sacrifices meet his liabilities
as fast and as far as possible No matter If Of
his creditors should ever t prefer charges against
him before the Ecclesiastical Court which he pre-
sides the facts should be- made manifest
We do not print Bs letter because rs breadth and
depth bear no proportion to It's length ami because It
deals in some the silest of slang about The Tribune
descending. mn. particular OCCASION, from its usually
high position TO the level of the Police Gazette &c SC
1t is rather funny that. while probably tread
somebody's toes almost every day each will insist that
our course Is so intensely respectable except in that
one especial step whereby his corn- unplea-
sanity affected We have spoken of this in pre-
else accordance with uniform principles and
who knew The Tribune thoroughly could have expected
us 10 take any other view Of IN.
We CLEAN from B's letter tie following, which,
though not verified as It should be-, We publish with
great pleasure
"It is believed that none vii. be ultimately injured
and wealthy gentlemen IN the state have the con
tro OF an hs affairs The College and other property
upon which the money has been expended pass into
their hands, and all claims win De liquidatcd