, 1864-11-12
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I. more Ii QttEfanca. =" Your fffEer would have
been more explicit, and I have 80 corrected
| western Church."
The, other complaint Is more serious,
though equally matter Of entire inadyert-
ence and mistake. The passage reads as
follows: "HaEing, slr, so far in your article
handsomely exposed Bishop % 9 'fool
with the intolerance OF Land lackered over
with the surface polish OF the Rev. Cream
cheese" &c. OF this you say that not one of
these Phrases" p hadsomely exposed a Bish-
bfgot''-ls to be found In Jour letter. Tne
first is The caption Of your article as pub.
lished in the TRIBUNE, "A Political Bishop
Handsomely Exposed" and I quoted 1t
thence with entire propr1ety. The next two
words were not written by me as quotations
emphatic summary of what your allegations,
Il well founded, would make me. am not
able to cay exactly how the quotation marks
did occur; but 1t Is believed that they Were
kindly inserted, because deemed necessary,
In the last r:vision Of the proof, which did
not eee-that work was done for ne. They
were rema1ked By me as incorrect on my
fret reading Of the letter In printed form.
The word "senseless" Is certainly inaccu-
rate, though-I cannot explain the occurrence
OF 1t except By lapse Of memory or vision.
10 that extent am responsible. There Is
one thing, however certain, that there could
be no motive for the Intentional substitution.
Seneeess" indicates want OF perception Sim
ply, while "hopt'ess' carries with It the tail.
ute Of all means Of remeaying that want
"senseless bigot" Is less ecvere than "hope-
lees bigot"
had obvious reasons to charge against
POUR first article, that II ignored altogether
to the yestry as containing ths issue, trans.
cribed In full in order to do me no Injustice,
and then reasoned and scolded without ths:
least further attention to 1t. The Issue was
MT action In remandtng Dr.. Cracraft to Ohio
for Ecclesiastical Inquiry, which could only
that action In its substantive character, the
Canons by which 1t prof: esed to be rcgula-'
ted. and the accuracy OF proceeding under
those canons. Strictly You were as much
debarred as was, from arguing the case on
its merits, as to Dir. Craerai:'s guilt or limp
cence, or the verdict that might be given It
It went to trial. 1t was primary proceeding,
no matter how conclusive it might be In It's
effect en- the assumed position, OF Dr. Cfa.
craft within my jurisdiction, which WAS in
reality necessity, aud the only proper in-
a %a assHp sPeR e a1t s 5 Ss
law and practice of the Church was the only
guide and test
i CO mplined, aud, beyond all. denia1
Justly. that Jon lrss, last, and withcut
end, made as your issue, the impulse aud
mo!ivea BY which might BE- actaated, IN
anomalous position. That you put me on
trial Thus iar under an Impeachment eesen-
TALLY Infamous and malicious, under which
must be constrained to elaborate mY inno-
cence. but which lett the case and its issue,
after all, In Its merits just the same. Wneth-
not affect the question OF the regularity and
the propriety Of remanding DR.. .Cracraft un-
der charges brought against him in a formal
pres sentiment, in part at least for acts and
neg1ects, which my duty required me otH-
cially to prevent and remedy, This WAS bad
tor my personal suffering under an accusa-
ton made and ad}udicated In the forum Of pas
sion without one single reason Of aamis-
eib1e relevancy In the forum Of law or equity,
or COMMON justice between man and man.
After the exposure OF this hardship, which
claim to believe that you would atone for 1t,
and that If you renewed your public criticism
Of my official conduct, you would put your
self honestly On the issues Of law and fact. I
cay honestly, because your present letter, so
d1fle1ent in style and intelligence from the
and with legal form and acumen, is stu vir-
tually evastVe Of the t1ue Issue, while in
reality 1t is equally pertluacious In implead-
leg my sePFessa p.1v~t..- .aetlvse, sad In foot
character. Your present letter, I must be
allowed to say, is Ii those last regards espe.
cta1ly disingenuous and malicious.
1t Is iEfnEed to my apprehension With q
constant desire to relieve yourself from the
personal consciousness Of the wrong done to
1Etaction that after oil, In some way or other,
| deserve It. 1t is u natural impulse, as We
kick the stool over which ne have tunbled.
lou cannot let 60 for moment the idea,
~ am bound to convict Bishop Whl.ehouse
Of eomething wrong IN motive" and yon
the direct and subtle Impeachment Of hin,
for hidden and bad motives, your case Is
gone, and almost yourself with 1t. This is
the Spectre that really arrested your better
Judgment and consciousness at the critical
hour which sou note. .-''".' =, =
cannot present the moet demoL strattye proof
| Of What have said, because that lies in the
| permeating spirit, tricky words aud twist
aroma and ti1ge adroltly cast in, and the
:. '.a'inaus,'' u which, though bad, works for the
| time as natural power. =,
| should be glad to comment as they are
| eeyerslly quoted On their assumptions and
| tone, and should like to mark beforehand
| with emphasis the taunts 60 haughti1y flung
! from pile OF faIlacies that will crumble IN
! deryour feet. should be pleased to beckon
/ forth the Eophisms which peer in grimace
out from words and .epithets, but leave
| them as they are, hoping that they Will By
| and br be remembered for Retrospective
| glance by those who read them.
I ~ charge, and think I shall be abe 10 soy,
that ne re- gsa1am Of soar aessnss
vestry, w.s tie alleged Character OF some OF his
u cha7ge thst auch procedure /. i waoton VIC.
i lattou Uf those Innclp.ea Vi universal Justice,
! Vhich,-whetheF written or nNritten, lie ns the
touno;,,lon Of al law,-~he'aer of the church OF
.s.You now ssudiously place al thi. in the back.
| groo1d, and seek to plant yourseIt on Dr., Cra.
c.att's alleged Disregard OF the letter Of the church
canon that required him, WITHIN si1 months from,
Dimitsory, which, IN common English, simply
means letter Of Enforcement"
sons pe:tedn H. isGM Is uea IT. S1sR
bic under The very canons Of the church on which
yoa 60 confidently plant yourtelf, but intend
"1n my to3sner letter did aot think 1t worth
| while even to allude to this charge, because II
realty never occurred to me thnt you Woutd seeE
tuth merely na1rov and technical gfoand."
~. Sydney Myers your ally and eoaeofer IN
.a,With III. Myers' printed letter before you, and
having acted, az all the world believes under. hia
snpgeetion," ron hare he hardthood to eay, "Dr;
Cractaft should bare produced Letters Dimisso1y.
aHy for asar;y q gsar. he and the ye.l1y ignored
eysry eblisst,on . eesanss Of TIC ssppo'ed Aesnc4
| t0ittth it Q6te AIM.
The above quotation you charge with false.
| hood, and then go on and mitigate mJ delln'
/ quency in veracity by impeaching it in
':But how, ,ihen, do account for this strange mis-
letter to the Veay, yo1 did not conedsr the iii.
ure to prehens the Letter Dimtsso.y as a eerionf
ground. Of 5aur proceeding Had you thought
1no that matter the corner'Btone Of 30 grave az
official act, 1ou would nnqnessionably, in common
prudence, hare s.ee5tsinsd he s1sct dates, at up
restectly evident that, At that time you were moi
thinking Of this technical matter. Probably those
whese inst,eatiGn {Gq r. wers aetnE Informed
ating nearly year, and that co1nt wRs thrown In
to the 1uolctmenr aa convenient and safe cover
;thuugh forming no part Of The resl antmts Of you
tsk oi 3oIr article about tbe Letters Dlmisso N 20
eernte ID a. simple IN 1 al siserthousht % s0uf as' 's e0n
Il think may safely say that these cxtracts
one and all, tmplead M private notiucs o1
action, and that to the broad accusation be-
fore made that have been actuated In al
the proceedings entirely By sympathy will
the rebt Lion and hatred Of eutspoken 10y
alty, there il now added number Of insinua
tions and direct assertions Of the same IN
worthy character.
Yon affected to answer my letter to. ths
ycstry Of October !, in tteIr beh If % vel
y {our own, BY ignoring e IT. altogether, AMI
you now try to defend your first by heaping
| up bald and unsupported assertions Of #hlcf
am constrained to saY---before God-the,
are in every sense unreal and untrue, hay'
not even decent !erislmilItude, and fo1
which you offer not particle Of proof be
man Il Galesburg and al the world outsid'
think, as you affirm. lam happy to "a.
that there are few here, whom happen Il
know as exceptions to this worldwide ooin
! ion, ard hope before Get through, shal
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