Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1852-12-02


journed, % meet again at Burlington, on
the LIST Of December. and hear The re-
port of the Committee.
AT the meetings Of his Conventions,
It is said, the deaiening tones Of the
Bishops voice, and his overbearing,
overwhelming invective Of thought and
passion. seems TO paralySe the audience.
He referred to the trial and removal Of
Bishop Onderdonk, of New York, con-
victed ot drunkenness. Righteousness,
&C.. as an 6 unjust persecution" Du-
ring that trial. Bishop DOane was charged
with unbecoming Ievity, with occupying
a conspicuous position with the accused
Bishop, laughing and making light of
the female witnesses. who revealed the
shame and indecency of the accused an
indecent leyity altogether unbecoming
man, who. like Bishop Doane. processes
to bring up and educate yO@ng ladies !
Inc Bishop now declares, and in these
precise words, that " he intends, hereaf-
ter, to make the trial of Bishop hard"
We have no doubt Of this. But at what
a sacrifice Of religion and Of public de.
cency and Of public morals But We
have done. We have no desire to pur-
sue this subject, for We cannot do so
with calmness. and we have no wish to
do no more than simpfy chronicle this.
as We are bound to do, among the re-
markable events of the day. In taking
leave of the subject. we quote para
graph from our neighbor Of the Evening
Bulletin. who. as q protesting member ef
most popular and extensive denomina-
ton Of Christians, cOncnrS entirely with
all rejecting men in the opinion. that
" the whole Of the transactions in re-
spect to Bishop noane. from The tinae Of
the 6rst charges brought against him
by laymen Of his diocese. to the close Of
the examination bg the Court Of Bi.
shops. have shown an absolute determi-
nation, on bis part and that Of his friends,
to eyade the issues presented. Wheth-
er the several charges. made at various
times. have or have not q substantial
foundation, we have, and the world has,
40 right to- decide. But the very fact
that they were made. should have been
enough to have induced Bishop Doane
not merely 20 submit to, but to demand
an investigation. II a private individa~
al, resting under injurious charges, had
succeeded in smotheripg them in this
way, no after~life of strictest integrity
would have wiped away the suspicion
from his cha, acter. But when public
mau whose, honor is part Of the honor OF
an influential Christian body. accom-
plishes a similar end, the stain is deeper,
and marks not only the personal charsc'
ter of the man but the reputation OF his
church. We speak of these things as
layman. unconnected by any ties of &C.
quaintanceship or of Church relation
with Bishop Doane but equally unintfu-
enced by any prejudice against him.
The suspicion that rests and must rest
upon kim, till he meets fairly and nobly.
IN the true splrIG Or u CouudeuI Onrtr1an
integrity, the injurious accusations
against him., will rest also upon the
Christian community Of whatever creed
and the personal wrong which he
seems to dread will be as nothing to-
the wrong done to- religion. which should
ever have the motives and deeds of its
professors open as the day and utterly |
removed from the shadow of suspi-
cion. s. . M