New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-11

| mrisraii5n OF which there is dssgreeuecs-ous n
| i. simply whether the Episccpsesns OF Grsoe
| Church, St Mark. Ascension, Galway, 81.
| Georges ard the Ike shsI mansse DO, ooy
tteir own sfars but ibose Of Trinity Church also snd
thrust their bar ds Ter open cash box for the
" crew to be benefcent To spprecisie fully the
arscttr Of this movement and it, results thus far Il
NJ cesssry to have such knowledge OF the sfsrs OF
the Epic cral Church in this city and Sts,e mere
ouis ders never obtain; ard i Is because ~ b3rn
baptized AID pu,ured within The pse d thst
Il nch and yet am not and never hsve been 9 corpo
raor of Trinity or member OF her parish. that ask
ytur attention 10 tie 10 which this Committee
Of Ipduiry has como ucteG ts inyests stcD.
Whoever will examine the report with ucp-eiu
6ic,d eve Will that its spirit not lcCis be-. in
deed the vey reverse Instead OF lsying before tie
:. ale systematic statement Of the scts elected by
the Investigation, shoagh the report closes with the
a. mission that tire duty of he Committee teruiostes
"by placing b, fcEe the Ser ate " the prominent sud
"iuportaIt psits OF The testimony, ADD IN submitting
The dccuu en;s received durirg the invest ,tiou
with 81 The testimony they have tsken, that dccI-
meDt rem beginning TO end sdroit but not very
CrtCitste srgument-snost frsde-sg Anst Ifiniy
Church: Its sput is partisan IT. manner Is not tosi
Of udge CT legislator but of unscrupulous c,un.
EEL 1t 10 pelvsded with intolerance sud its every
step is .akep. with exultstion that could not
Eel. n snssr, ard ironx sate. fsr rs1.nce
ihst a certain member OF the Stsndrg Committee
ef Trinity Church declined 10 testify, and with demurc
iuI srtisy rtge's the refusal becsu,e sit hoped
A" snt Il Importance TO the Vsstry." But why did not
this COMMITTEE, which represents Itself So so snxOus
that mercy should temper justice, seek from other
souIc,s those important explanations which II was so
earnestly hoped might be Forthcoming Why CID II
rect so quickly lati fed with tie refusal, on a mere
point OF eiiQuet e. of Committee man, when there
oiheIs within reach WHO, possibly at eat might
have been more communicative II seems az If this
wires wss selected with q orekno slej ge that he
", uld decline 10 testify.
Why were the queries addressed TO those witnesses
VIII, n ieht raoIa ably be suppo ell to kno moot about
the beLefic.ioDs o. Trinity Church and the motives
which influence the administration OF hsr affairs go
f-an ed ss admit Of but very brief replies upon INST
teIs Ct opinion chety-mstteTs, too, with regard 10
~tch opinion conscientiously expressed was sure TO
tell tie side of the inquistoris committee. For the
COZ start question to whether Trinity Church
be used Der funds in the best amer for the propsga
ton Of religion and the relief of the poor. Now the
subject of this query is mere matter OF opinion upon
question of economy and admins rsuye policy: ana
WI al nan ever saw arCt Stir fire that he did not
think that he himself could have dOre il better even
though be saehtway comforted mself in the blazel
ArS wns, ~spse; 'hsa that even an Assistant Minister
ucr. be Of in her crate if be held the poker But is
tbCe not evidence in these replies thst connection
with snd dependence upon that corporation Is not 80
destructive 10 independence, does not produce such
oaes If the MOI back bone as some OF the witnesses
mon lefofe the Committee declared 1t does !
TIE witpts es who gave such testimony are known
to every familiar with the affairs OF the Episcopal
CT urcb Ia this city and State having been yesrs
the invetsrate most of them the bitter, opponents OF
Trinity Church Highly respectable members OF the con-
ty their evde nee IN This case, being chiefly as 10
atttIs of opI On yet to be regarded wi n all III Al Us
pc whch must be excited by the testimony of wit
ness VITO, though unmpeachable, Is Lot very compe-
tent, ard is FAR too willing. Certain associations con
Icced with Trinity parish have cased those who cllDg
with clCstst off, cton 10 the doctrines and the ritual of
Il Epic .polsn Church to regard that mother parish
with y. cuhar reverence and love; and opposed TO
these especially since the question Of the parse
sfriIss has come up, Is body oil mea VINO
prCfe.s and call Themselves Episcopailsns who yet
care comparatively little about the peculiar tenets of
then church. either in matters internal exierns. To
these Trinity Church parish and those particularly At
tachtd to il have bteu for many years the objects OF
epy feelings and II subjects OF unchajtabe con-
s'rucfioIs TIE II fpement of many persons in this
bcdy az but given subtety to their AID keen
ness to Il fang Of their hatred while certain
secal air which they have assumed has enabled them
to the work Of the serpent under the harmless guse
of The dove. 1t 10 far from my Intention to ASSERT that
this character belongs to any of the witnesses who have
pIeartd before the Committee in this case but
evidence the report Of the Committee Is chiefly
founded are prominent members Of the faction which
is dsg.actd by multitude Of ,hose to whom zach
CT may be fsly assigned Is this JUST 10 il
sfen with the digr ty and honor Of the body by
which this Committee was appointed IL 1t thus that
evidence sh Jud be ocured 10 the administration
Of On eminent cOrporae-no TO say religiousTbody
the Trustees Of which have been chosen from
snong tie most spectacle and substantial citizens of
New York Does not this fact alone csst suspicion
upon the report, ard upon the Investigation OF ~hch
that report paiOly the toieOrdainet result 10
my nno it does, and dld long before was led to ex
sm he the proceeding of the Committee with the n-
teLtion of making it the subiectof public comment
This preceding has been thus Tar almost entirey
"a Batt; the mere outward forms of Justice have
baioy been observed in it, Its splt is shown by the
liOger ng reish with which all concerned in it talk at
every opportunity, of " breaking DOM the estate of
Trinity Church; and lie good faith may be measured
A. Al. .l.aII
tie sssetted, and not maed value of the church
properly, wien it is asserted by tboso who should
Low, that prominent member of the Committee ia
I III ated d. sire that the former should be given
March J. 1857. EPISCOPALIAN.