, 1864-11-12
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. c0N.
TRQVERSf,

| THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CON-
TR0VER51.
Ansver OF Isi.hhop whttehouso to
the Letter OF Judee Lawrence, pub-
Nov. I'd. 1864.
| To the non c. B. Lawrence, Judge Of the su.
preme Court:
| SIR: I have read with cure your reply to
my Letter In the CHICAGO TRIBUNE OF Octo-
ber eth. which was review of an article Of
yours published in the same paper Of Octo-
her 18TH. It Is endorsed So very Convincing,
and contemnatory Of Bishop Whttehouse.
This could hardly be Otherwise to some ex-
! tent, from the Influence of either Of your
letters; and this, because, instead Of regard:-
Ing the case on It's merits at all, your first
letter throughout, aud your last, in much of
It's assertion md spirit, is simply deuuneia-
sien OF me as Bishop, q citizen, and man.
| There we're vaIious ways. OF course, open
u you esteemed Dr.. Cracratt and the con-
or Illegal action, and suspected malien mo.
tive behiLd), in which, with your influence
md ability, sou could have advised the YES
try, and conducted the affair as q case of
Church Discipline, which required for all the
interests involved as much prudence, tact,
| possible. It Was ut the least quasi legal
case, capable Of biting conducted In legal
| and tu1ictous manner, for which no one
yourself
fnd that shon1a MT nract,ca11v orr ~
IWere to indIcate Won a. tia attorney and
counsel Of faction of the vestrv since
the duplication of nv 1etter ~ th9 os1h
have had lntervieKs (sought BY themselves)
| tbe Ycatry. The vis;t ~ the fornnar 1ros ~.
ficial. aud in It he freely commnnicstsd r.
ms several inc,denfs If }mnortsnce In ana.
tanning the correctness Of nv own views
and action. Among these. for exnuple. it
they wers infringing the Ganons md actin@
irreeularly. and hsd felt dissatisfied xfth the
| nosiifnn. Rnt learned a1so ronr nnTn ,,er.
| sonal attitude and Tesnons{h;f;tV Mt
yourself member of tha Vestrr Tnu tni
nndertase1 to answer Rishon Wn;f.honasss s>s
1etter tn that hndv ana Whep rnn y gunr hog 1rs'
| rared the articte which annsarad n thn
iIp1nrrxr had srfIcr5 from ,1na1l.. ~ o5ea4
| # hv vnfn "a the eTnrea.inn' ~ thajr
| g.ntiments in answer to he Rishnn's
communication. Tha facts. "a Ike
Tar5rn nresented them. ane snhstant,a,,v as a.
toiloWs. 4 meetinp 1yas 1,eid ri i've man. ~
hera 1T the Vestrp thraa othees ha;no amt.
led htronse of the,r Lnown nnnnajti9n a.
thia MEETING ron we're nyaaant Titn ronr ~ ~
neF for the nurnose NJ feadfnr Il tn the }I hoSr
1aii ae snhsannst h, ~ anu tusa u
t;ons wfre tsfen ~ Il ;" reaeons a. odverss SsPs
e aioas "e1S - eaAsn " u, leasons aaYetse 0ese
stafed srhst.nti.1lr thaf r. - - woa ~ Jnnh,
fbat their cnnrss .d hee, nonttsr " ~ ~
Gannns ana thev h.d inown ny - = ~ ha ~: lug
fhst ha 'a ~ 4a4 },,tnr ~ a1 ~ tet ~ ne ~,
En1.r e e,t;c,a wv 80 r3ns+ e u
shnn1d conc;,,o+a the p,aSn on nntnsio,.. LII
facs hi,n fhat ro,- or,;n1e ~ .1sa, 9dois4s ~
sWered on canontca, rronnd" ;f m nthsr
You were, ho oweyer. admitted to read your
article, ard then vote % vas n taken @ Oh 3ta tne
=
on which three yoted fayorab1y. whi1e t6e
Warden himself. and TestrymaI'. ho,h cnm.
uunIcants r beiieve the onlr oues nrseent1
opposed by thcir negatives. It was thus
fusipn an Wrone inte tbe m tilt COT IT.
| the corporation,
The Harden further said that the tt resolu.
| tiops'' appended to Your arttcla Were moi in.
| tended to be published, that no authority was
given for this, and he did not know why yon
tions, I hare tinee received m affidavit,
which append as note to this letter.
Your first article regarded from this stand
poiut, becomes more dlscredtsab1e, aud, If It
were rcesihle, lees adaptive than before to q
SINGLE wise and jndicious end.
into the single category Of selfish snd pas
sfonate impulse, In which all interests were
absorbed and sacrificed. In It you betrayed
the cause Of your clients, drew them % much
! 1Q1LQef 11LQ L1AE CQnQ$[11u OF 0HGu3G anu
/ contempt to church authority. which will de-
| bar THIN from claim upon it until proper
| public resarattop shall have been made.
| Acting under the advice OF the Standing
! Committee, I have informed them Of this
painful alternative.
While thus ID contact with the past I VEN
ture to express my eonvictIoa that you
have failed to remove or impeach q single
one OF the many grave allegations Of nj iet-
ter. Tney .psrs grave, deep. toned, peryad.
Ing, such Us really struck vitaliv. II what an
pealed 50 patent through the article in its
Outrage Of personal attack, ite libellous
charge, its Wild threat, its disingenuous mar
ratiye, its inconseguent issue, It's frirolity Of
depression, and cheap W1tttctsm we're to be
what you we're int1in6lcally al man and an
officer.
And this marks the widely different posi-
tions we occupy in this Controversy, and
from tie vantage ground OF my own shall
not readily depart. Ton art the assai1Ant,
and step up 70 the attack abruptly and v!o-
iently, The o1erse imputed to me being the
With local excitement
30 Tar as my full moral consciousness goes,
am Obliged to regard tie attack as mere
outrage. Inefe ls nothing NnateYer 70 a..
s"er to what Jon assume and brand me- with
!of pneuc reproaca; Neltasr N oeed, nor
Inonsht, nof ID o1nclA action, subordinate
= others plddlng, Is there anJthlug respond"
Ing to ar Impulse OF political partlzauship.
or to motive OF action derived from or
9uickensd oy eympathy Win the rebellion.
s1anu n LIE nesauon OF al sncn lnnu"
! ences. Inc epeclac ls ae Mntrae as t1e gene
nc; mare not san)ecter W: Cracra1t TO dis-
c&pGne o1ecty or naireetly oecanse he
Psfaeneo s9tha1tg etfGns on poatea suo1eem @
| H.