, 1864-11-19

Your obedlent servant,
C. B. LAWRENCE.
LETTER FROM A. 6. F1sKK, ESQ.
71tAt r.. Be-; Henry j. 4V7stehou'e, D11Aop Of
SIR: I did not dream Of being compelled to
| take my pen In hand for the purpose Of cor.
rccting false statements Of my con7ersatio
| with you on the Goth Of October last. ! had
| presumed that cur Bishop, Of all men, would
! be exalted above, even tendency to false
| coloring Of any conversation held with lay.
man. But, /. am disappointed in this, and
feel myself compelled 10 set the Bishop>be-
fore the public, In his true attitude, however
| unpleasant The task may be.
~fbe first quotation Is as follows. You say
t in your letter Of Saturday Inst, found in the
Chicago TRIBUNE, to Judge Lawrence, rs fol-
lows:
"Among these fer e1anplc. It w,s confessed
violated the Canons. and had been irregular, &c. y
Now. sir, ! positively deny having made
aaed sa'9 to gou int the o Tesly try
dreamed Of violating the Canon, or doing
| was received by them: -.
| The next thing which occurs IN your letter
+ to which I would call your attention is the
Nc. :. RThc facts as the Warden presented
them arc substantially, - follows, VIZ. Ameeting
waa held Of five members Of TIC xsstIy. DC. ~
for the yon ~ to he boH TRis
| was at first objected to, &C"
Now, sir, I. emphat:cally deny that said
t9efe "as au opJec1o3 talseu u tat leauinS
o. 9uaee LaHIGnce,s !etter ostoIt lns.a, hna
IN tnls connectaon asso aeny u taatd oP]ecteaa'
ing Of that letter to the vestry.
No. 5. With regard to the publication q
the vestry's resolutions in connection with
Judge Lnwrence's letter you hold the follow
ang 3angnase a.. A.. ,,,,.o.x
,-a1d, ~ ,,r srtis srat w. ~ iton1sd
daT~ tE3t ea;S fhev rar, nro ut ;ntenfe;
for publication, and in support Of this denim
iwauld say TIT Nc had nasseti resolution
to publish publ 81 item hem ii IN the TIC f fChicaco TRIBUNE
I the Nort.spester1 Curean,an, and the Gales
burg Democrat, and TINT resolution was OF
church record.
| Now sir, in view Of the above, 50 variant
from the truth, am at loss to know Wha1
amount Of advantage to yoursef could be
sufficient inducement for youto resort to sucl
astonishing misstatemcnts.~I freely admit
that would not have believed 1t possible thai
| any nan, much less Bishop, would descend
so low, and resort to such means to sustain
his assumed position against one Of th'
churches of lis churgc. It looks very muel
as though you had but one cherished ,oblcett
though the heavens full and all the churche
with them. A. e. F1sKB,
SEN. Warden Grace Church, Galcsburg.:
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n,a,l. 1 ~. ~ 80 r Wh,.ahonsa.
10 tne nlgnt nes. nens' D. m n1osnoas' ~ y ,.m
sIA--1 your letters TO tne hon; ~ y. b. -" :
renee, punlisned IN Tue lineage lnlnuNE q
October 9th ana November zth, yon max
some VerT grave charSeS against myseu
Thus far nave renamed ealent-nave 1eirMn
: ed from making any reply whatever. 1no"
however, feel 1t to De my duty 10 say some
thing IN my o"n defense.
]. n your n5st letter 10 inc 1uaSc, yoN 81 81:
that "Woald not. present ny Letters u!
n1ssoIy "otsanse o} t:e supposed "ee'a3 u yaee
me- This charge you repeat IN your sccon
; lctter. ,..o-,
NOW, slf, pronounce cnarSe uIteEi
untrue.
= ngain IN sala seGono le!ter you say
/ ;, he mas peen femlnoea o1 us outy unoet
the Canons, "and dclloeratciy chose 1he c<
centric path 81 disooedicucc'"
This, also, Is Untrue.