The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser., 1853-03-08

10 Ne EIifor, Of the N,..issilppian

North Carolina fully confirms the fearS TOR
some time entertained with regard TO the late
Bishop Of that Dioeese;
"To-day's mail (Ian. 2sthl brings us In.
teigenoe from Italy that Bishop Tees has for
merig abiHFed Professionalism. This has been
expected for some time; and the result proves
that the Bishop has either been playing the
Jesuit and the -, OF that he is a dcraug,d
man. | have charity enough to believe that
his mind has been affected for some years. II
it were not So he would not. within the last
ninety days, have dawn from his Diocese six
months salary IN advance. TO detmy the et
pense Of his trip to Europe"
When nm individual sees tit, from any cause,
TO withdraw from one portion of the Church
of Christ and unite himself 10 one another, il
is too often the case that his late friends and
associates turn upon him and rend him with
out merry, With SO unkind, and Hhreasona.
BILE practice | will have nothing to do, If
my brother or neighbor prefer the extreme Of
Romanism on the one hand, or Ultra-Protes-
tantism on the other, TO the safer middle
ground Of primitive Gospel Truth, instead Of
backbitngor or magning him, | will only pray
I
may not prevent him from making his "call-
ing and election sure" against the last day AZ
ter thus dsclaming all unknd feeling towards
my late brother in the Episcopatc, aud pray
ing that in the midst of the spiritual dangers
which now surround him his soul may be in
the keeping Of the good Shepherd. must
respectfully beg little further space at your
hand, while briefly allude to The cause of
1 Bishop Ives detection, and It's probable effect
upon his diocese. And that your readers may
know how far am qualified TO speak ON this
! subject, viii simply mention that twenty
nine years Of my ministry were spent in North
Carolina, my native State and that for the
far greater part Of that time | was frequent
| " aud intimately associated with him who
forms the subject Of this painful conrmnica-
ton. When. therefore, in accounting for the
apostacy Of Bishop Ives, ! say that have not,
.or the last five or six years, regarded him as
& responsible man, Ispeak from personal OBJ
seryation and use language, however serious,
4 that viii be well understood, and will create
no surprise in the Diocese Of North Carolina
nor In any other place where the Bishop has
been famliarly known for some time past
Nay in saying this but repeat the admission
virtually made by himself by his confidential
physician, and by one Of his most intimate
friends TO the Convention Of his Diocese in
1851. Before a Committee Of twelve appoint
ed by that Convention to Investigate the al.
legged offences Of the Diocean, their Bishop
appeared and said that However humilia
ting it might be considered in him TO offer
TO the committee the statement he was about
10 make, yet a sense of duty TO himself and
the Church compelled him TO do So" Aitei
mentioning n favorite flea which he had ono,
entertained Of uniting the Roman, the Greek
the Anglican and American Churches, he saie
that: +. "1his tendency Of hi
mind toward union the Churches haf
been greatly increased by high state Of ner
vous excitement, arising either from bodily dis
' ease or constitutional infirnity; and that th'
= change in bis views (which had just then tax
!, en- place. had been brought about in part b,
a return 10 a more healthy condition Of mine
= and body, but mainly by his having perceiveC
4 the tendency cf these doctrines 70 the Chbfcl
4 of Romeb
t The Committee, in their report TO the Con
! veution, state that in addition to a letter from
. scientific physician an intimate friend Of th
. Bishop, they had before them statement
7 tending 10 show that the Bishop has, for sew
? eral years past, been in a state Of mental ex
citement which has impaired bis memory, an'
y rendered quite uncertain the determination
e Of his Judgment An oral statement wa
: likewise made 30 the Committee by distiIl
G guished layfnen Of the Diocese whose hous
T had been a second home 10 Bishop I've
"Showing that the Bishops mind had bee
{, for several years past, from an attack Of feve
1 ahguLarty affected, 50 a. to impair his judq
i ment aud enfeeble his memory, while othe
{ powers Of his mind had been rather exalted
u a state Of mind well calculated 70 misead it
r subject, ard at the same time % expose bin
10 gross miseoEception on the part 0f others.
r These quotations are from the printed Joul
T. nal Of the Convention of North Carolina q
u 1881, and may suffice 70 show, IN the opinio
!. Of that body, the irresponsible condition {
their Bishop. And to this conclusion my ow
mind is driven by that Charity that hopet
s all things" For could be induced to loo
upon my erring Brother ii any other light
4 would BE- forced, upon many grounds of pei
q sona knowledge to think Of him as | wis
D. not 70 think Of any one who names the nam
o of Christ II would be truly painful 70 m
4 70 be compelled to enter into particulars o
; this subject; will only add that the unse
a tied condition Of Bishop IsesN intellect, or n
y ther Of his moral judgment. has been a grow
/ ing sourcefof pain 70 his Diocese for sever
+ years, % much % as % incline many both
: bis Clergy and Laitg to set him aside, or
9 least 10 appoint N q Assistant to him in Il
Q Episcopate: And nothing but his earnest ei
treaties and repeated rcantatiohs. joined
their own too-kind regard for bis feeling
; prevented them from doiig 50 on more tina
Ole occasion SEA aai8 #it s.
: As 10 the probable effect Of the apossacy
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