The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-16
The investigation OF the Charges egsiusx
Bishop Dosne, OF New Jerscy--Finsl DEED
sion OF tho Convention,

CONTINUED Prom yEsTERDAy's REPoRr.
me Committee Of tho Whole Convention continued d
at until alter twelve O'Clock, Wednesday evening
mr. WALTER RuriERFohD offered some remarks upon
Judge Ogden's resolutions lie said that the orransa
ton OF the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United
states was peculiar and that there precedent ID
history, past present The diocesan conventions
sembled, in respects the civil institutions Of our
country As Christians, as Protestant Epscopaans they
ought to obey and be bound by their constitutions and
canons. and not trample upon them If they should
violate the constitutions and canons Of the gonsrsa
church. the church this diocess they might be tried
convicted, and condemned. There constitution
or canon au hoiking such resolutions these-hers
was no clergyman or layinan In that body that could
point TO authority giving this convention power to
pass such resolutions They only had the right TO in
quite whether pIcsentment Of their Bishop should be
nade his guilt innocence must be determined by tina
House OF Bishops alone Three Bishops had presented,
end therefore this convention had no juris5ction ovc
the subject Thee resolutions tended to subvert their
Jaws suppose Bishop should be presented for hcresy,
now easily could committee Of his docess fully excui
pave MN from the charge Suppose clergyman to
be tried for any offence his grcgaon might appoint
any committee who would fully excLlpate him, This
Dr. wainwright stated in London IL 1T the trial Of
Bishop Doane would be favorable to him Il IL be So
IL they believed that repotf they believed the Bsou
innoc, nj Of the charges brought against hthe more
they believed his innocence; the more would they DO
maDd trial AS three Bishops bad accused him, let
thirty Bishops honoraby acquit him
MT CouRILAnpI PsRkEH moved amendment, that
that part Of the resolution which declares that the Bshop
is fully cxculpatcd be stricken out
WALTER RurHrrroap seconded the motion and re-
mark ed that III, Eshtp had been presentea for certain
changes He denied them-bv common law and COM
mt II Justice they must presume him innocent The
solution as it then stood. asserted fasehocd The
charge wns made upon the affidavit of Michael Hayes,
who gave no testimony before the committee He had
not been mpeached and conla mol be in this collateral
way III he bad becD examined he might have been in
Ieaclod; or be might have identified the notes that
instead Of fully eAcplpatiugr hc might have fully CO.
tablishrG Tie charges
Rev Mr. SouTriARb addressed the committee in favor
Of The icsouiicns. ana argtd their adoption by the
Committee OF the Whole.
The Rev. Mr. SuIAn,fAN addressed the COMMITTEES
against heir adoption
1be votes the adoption of the ory resoiu-
on were then taken when there appeared for the
lutions 10 clergy and Fl pagishoncrs against them
clergy and majority, 81 Our reporter in
formed that about onc-thrd Of the convention were
absent and wbose votes would in all probability have
gone in favor Of the adoption OF the excupaory reso-
lutions.
No remarks offered by the reverend prelatc and
thus these important proceedings terminated The chief
ground taken up by those who anagonitic to the
passage OF the resolutions the want Of competence
improp,ety the part o the convention to take any
such judiciary part in the proceedings while the
Is pending in the Ecclesiastical Court of Bishops and
the consequent refusal of witnesses whose evil
derce was teral to attend this convention This
Understand is the ground taken by most of the op-
ponents of the Bishop who while protesting the highest
confidence in his integrity condemn him for his mpru-
dence and Irregularities and desire the investigation
pending in the Episcopal Court being the legal and
impartial tribunal; and they therefore deprecate the
efteence of the present convention The phiios0phis
ana high minded calmness orbcaIunce, and constanoT
with which the Bishop endures his misfortunes their
trying ordeal are universally commended