New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-03

that recommendation, ne vas hiused the endorser >,
of this calumny. tAft fttttf 4 ~
There was but one course for a man OF honor IN
these circumstances. II vas impossite for the .
brother 10 dcnounce person toward whom he
sustained such relations, - guilty Of q crime
which is ranked In the decalogue with the crimes
Of theft and murder, without showing reasons for.
so doing. It was impossible !or him TO denoQnoa
this person to those who had Joined with him in
this public act Of recommendation, as bearer of
false witness--a calomniaior and one guilty. BY
bis own admissions, OF false and dshonorsble con.
duct. without. at the same time furnishing TO the
person so denounced an opportunity ior defending
himself from these charges
Had that preference Of the matter 70 a-btrators
who should sit privately, which was proposed a.
first, been accepted, the necessity OF presenting
this matter In person 70 the notice Of the Associs
ton would have ceased FOR this proposed invest.
CATION having once brought the true Circumstances
of The case to the knowledge Of those who shared
this responsibility with him, the result must have
been the same IN the end. But that proposal,
made BY mutual friends, WAS declined by Dir. A.
and his advisers. There remained, then no alter.
native. - -
by whom this matter " ss 70 be decided numbered,
among its members, the three Clerical Professors,
IN whose families this scand had had It's origin aud
the President Of the Uuh ersity, whose bias might
be supposed TO be IN their favor and several OF the
friends and supporters Of these Professors, some
on them retlFtu Ger WIN VIZ
vicinity of the University, became rs natural
allies, while the remainder OF that Association con-
sisted chiefly of men who had received their theo-
logical education from DR.. n himsel5-the fact
that the tribunal, TO which this matter was to be
referred was thus composed, is that which serves
best 70 show the true character OF the step now
taken by the brother. N0tone instant, on account
of these Instantaneous circumstances did be
hesitate in the course which his religious duty and
his sense of honor alike prescribed TO HIM
IL. eba rfxy tulfh WI ms
had originated, and who were now so eagerly en-
poyed in circulating and defending 1t, steadiasty
resisted every attempt TO bring the matter to the
test of an investg alton The injury which such an
investigation would bring to the tady, was made
the pea for this refusal 1t was asserted that fht
ridSnceo of the truth Of the charges in circulation
was then in Mr. AS possession, and that any in
yestigation must necessarily result to her INJURY
For bis own sake, and Tor the sake Of ma sister,
the brother was urgently aud patheticay entreated
| Re desist from any inquiry which should elicit this
| evidence 1t was in the face of these assertions
that the charge Of calumny, falsehood, and dshon-
| orable conduct on the part Of Mr.. A was present
| ed TO the Association with resolution for the APP
| pontment OF Committee who should be author
lied to investigate the facts on which this charge
! was founded. rl
| - Having thus made room for as full an account
| as possible of the case itself. we lind ourselves
precluded from synopsis of the Ecclsiastical
! Trial Those who would like to trace its progress
will of course obtsin the book. Its nature Incl.
| dents and results fill authoress who wass Wit
ness with indignation and grief which she does
not endeavor to conceali but We do not see that
they were much worse than on some trials In civil
courts where the leading counsel for one party are
the presiding judges. In one instance only-that
of receiving testimony Of a warm partisan OF A. a.
TO what a lady who was witness) sad OF the
character of Miss d. and never asking that lady to
say what she kaec OF that character strikes us az
Their sharper practice than is usual in courts Of law.
Though there was evidence, and could be none,
sustaining the calumuies so vitality affecting Mics
DIS character, yet there would be no difficulty IN
proving What this one inferred, and that one
missed and that one supposed, TO the discredit Of
her motives or her deicacy in the progress of the
affair with A. which, with willing Court
swered about the same purpose. The following is
a single glimpse of the influences which governed
the result;
cit appears from the testimony, that DR.. N. not
only openly advocated and defended ais piotegS
among the wide circle OF his friends both in the city
and abroad but that he felt at liberty ctile the IA.
resttgati0R wds pending, u employ all his remark
able powers of influence and argument, not only
with the members of the Association, most Of
whom had been his pupils, but also members of the
Committee who stood in the position of Judges,
two OF them being his pupils, and the other his
classmste and personal friend And his attempts
to influence the views OF this Committee by personal
repre- sensations, were so open to be subject OF
wide observation and remark.
e." And some estimate may be formed Of the I'M
scrupulous methods thus employed, by one fact,
which on record az part OF the testimony. Il ap
pears that Just before one OF the most important
votes was TO be TAKEN and one ON which the whole
question turned, this Professor took opportunity
70 inquire of one oil the members OF the Assoca ton,
il he was aware ofthe fact that Mss d. bcas claim
ing him also, as one Of her rejected suitorsl Tha
sole authority which ne had for such statement
was the rumor originating from the lady before re.
erred TO, who told the writer herself that she nev
er authorized any such representation, as coming
from Miss ID. but had expressed it simply as her
ora opinion. distinguished legal gentleman, on
learning this fact, remarked that had such course
been taken with ajuryman, in civil case, by the
reverend gentlemal, he would have been sent to
prison.
Under such influences, so exerted decision in
the premises was made in the words following:
Rssoised ls. That action e this by hi. body is
that hat the aforesaid cenate has reported II
OF The complainant Is fyEei .t
Reolrsd 2dy, That The view Of members OF
this AssOcson the aforesaid cenate has been greater
thee hs Ssrnes being nsnlionedI Give win cirsrian
and paterEal kiadnsA such adm0nsan to him, 10 their
hThe number present at the taking Of the vote
was trewy-three, and Of these trelre voted ia the
affirmative. Eieral voted in the negative, Of
whom all but two signed solemn protest against
the whole proceedings, and had it recorded. The
twelve who adopted the above resolutions, consist
ed Of the President Of the College, the Two Theo-
logical Professors the College Professor of Ethics,
the Chairman Of the investigating Committee, and
two clergy men without parishes. TO these were
added fre OF the parochial clergy and OF these one
,l.o Il 10.
Theological Professor that the lady was claiming
him as one of her rejected suitors Another voted