Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-01-01
To the Public.

The Board of Trustees of the Hodges and
Fuller Institutes, at Greenwood, 5. e., regret
the necessity of appearing before the public.
This necessity arises from the misrepresentation
of the difficulties between them and Rev. Chas.
a. Raymond, late Rector of the Fuller Institute.
The hope had been indulged that the action ot
the Committee of six Ministers, mutually ap-
proved by the parties, for an adjustment of these
difficulties with q view To reconciliation would
have been satisfactory. Ithas not been SD, how
ever, and occasion has been taken to circulate
misrepresentation of the whole matter to the
disadvantage Of the Trustees and of the COM
mittee. The Report of the Committee would
have appeared at an earlier period, but for two
reasons: First, Because, on reading OF the re-
port to the parties and the exercises that followed,
Mr.. Raymond gave signs Of concern and pcni-
tence, which excited the sympatles of the
Board, and induced hope that he might yet,
upon deeper reflection, acknowledge his faults
and reform In this the Board has been disap-
pointed. For instead Of any proper expression
of sorrow for his misconduct, he las rather ad
ded to his faults, by an uni ust impeachment of
the motives Of one member Of the Committee
and the suspicion of collusion in another with the
Board and of an unrightcous charge against the
,uhole Committee, of six Ministers of fair and
upright standing. for refusing to linn, as lie says,
fair and impartial trial.
The second reason for delay in publishing the
Report is, that some members of the Committee
were opposed 10 its immediate appearance, under
the supposition that its substance or decisions
would travel far and fast enough to protect the
Committee and the Board. But as this end has
not been answered, and Mr.. r. has made no ac
acknowledgements, and misrepresentation Of the
whole matter are being industrcusly circulated, !,
the Boarl yield to the necessity which renders
this publication Indispensable 1t is proper to
state that although the Board has appeared at
two public investigations of these difficulties, they
had preferred private effort for in adjustment Of
the whole matter, and had in the incipicncy Of
the difficulties appointed such meeting at MIR.
RS request. But he. instead Of such meeting,
afterwards preferred a more public one, which
assembled by his request on the 9th Of June in
the Fuller Institute; on which day the Board, at
MIR. RS instance, met and set forth their charges
against him; but without any decision being
taken OH them.
was made, the Trustees and MIR. Raymond signed
the following document preparatory to business: /:
GREENWOOD, Oct s, 1851.
WHEREAS, Difficulties exist between the
Trustees of the Fuller Institute and tile Rev.
CharlcssA. Raymond, who has been its Principal,
we, the Trustees Of the Fuller Institute, concur
with the said Charles y. Raymond in inviting
our Brethren, Rev. DIR. johnson, T. Curtis, j.
+. Kendrick, j. j. Brantly, Il. Watkins, and 4.
Rice, TO enter into, and fully investigate, such
difficulties to examine any witnesses and any
charges, which, in their discretion, they may
think nccdful, and to draw up their report Of the
result
(Signcd,) JIM. CnlI.Es.
w. p. Hill.
lARKIN REYNOLDS.
T. NJ WHITE.