, 1873-11-06

Hero tho great editor'a shrill voico was drown
ed III roar OF laughter % tho nature OF tho
joke dawied On the byBtandors, and the Seward
party, with Tom Ayer towering towering up IN their
against the dcfoas TINT stared thon in tho faco.
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lcttor from bishop Fottcr--Tho sup.
posed Precedent In the Case ot tho
Dcnn of Canterbury.
10 the Editors af the Ne!o 1fork Eucni''g Post:
IN artiolo in tho Euening Post Of last Saturday
headed, IA Precedent for tho Dean of cnntcr-
bury" for tho pnrposo Of correcting 1nlacon-
ception in that article as to tho object of Bishop
Tozer In sonding to tho Archbishop OF Canter-
bury copy Of tho letter which ho had had tho
eonsiaerate kindness aud tho matilinsas to I'd"
dress mo. hnyo reason to know that It waB
very far from being . has y" letter. 1t waH
well considered; and he Inns boon warmly
thanked for II BY men 9t the highest character
on every side. a sini1ar letter has been ad-
dressed to mo BY ono Of tho ablost and most
ragorod Of tho English BishopB on this conti-
mont. !,
OF course, among poreona outsIdo our branch
Of tho Church, aud oven among some Of those
within 1t, there arc plenty Of mistakes mud
uliaapprehonslons. Probably should scarcely
have takon tho trouble to notice them had
it not aoemed to mo to bo duo to
appears in the article am referring to,
that ha sont o copy .of his lotter to the
Archbishop ct Canterbury to moyo His Grace to
some act Of dlscplino against tho Very Reverend,
the Dean. Nothing of the sort WAS intended Or
Desired. Bishop To2er sent copy Of tho letter
which he had addressed to me first Of all to tho
Dom himself, because ho did not caro- to send to
tho bishop OF this diocese q strong protest
his own branch Of tho Church without as once
communicating that protest to tic person com
,plainad Of. Aud he forwarded copy Of the lot
ter to tho Archbishop, bocauso he thought that
to m American Biahop his objections, to
what an English Dean had dono IN that
American hocose-his own ecclesiastical supc-
rior ought to be informed Of tlo step lie had
takon in writing such letter. presume ho
Aaa as little Wish Or expectation, as hnvo that
His Grace will in my WY notice tito matter.
Bishop Tozer felt, and think felt truly, that his
own branch Of the Church had been 'nisrepre-
sentod aud compromised by an act OF lrregularty
and ascpuItesy IT IL one ot 'h9 dSSssos ; Of ns ss
have fell had been on visit IN England anu
found m American Clergyman there acting 10
way to encourage irtcgularity and disorder In an
Englisl tiioceso.
As to tho precedent for the Dean OF CANTOR
bury" which ia supposed to have been supplied
BY Dean Afford at Berlin, it is obvious to remark
that II M act bo wrong no precedent, no number
Of precedonts, can maIo 1t right. And IT 1s
-AA"s
diviluals, However humorous, however excellent
or elevated III station, are OF no force to impair
the authority Of prlnclplos and lava which are as
old as the Christian Church, which arc divine.
precedont for the caso Of the present Dean Of
Canterbury, tor for IN one important respect they
arc not parallel. Dean Afford did indeed OK
erclsc his ministry at Berlin in way not easy
TO DO rcconclled with bis otdinataon VOWS, and
go far tho cases are parallel -, But Dean
Afford did not carry bis irregularities INTO the
diocese Of sister church, ~ Disregard Of that
woll,known order Of TINT Church, lrrcgnla1itloa
which, in form, # not in intention, would lave .e
bcen diBcourtesy toward tho bishop ot that
doccso. At Berlin thore was no sister Church
in communion with tho Anglaican Church. an and
consequently no injury to auy such church: Ihe
case Of the Dean Of Canterbury IN tho C,ty Of
Now York was very different one. do not
wish to dwell upon 1t !; but am not in tho loast
surprised that Bishop Tozor fett constr@ined to
daayow all sympathy With 1t J; anu l think no
need feel no.concern at tho way IN winch he has
been installed quot in your papor, put ~ other
quarters) for h,o manly letter. letter which it's
we'll known first found its way into print, not by
design but by accideut.
1tis q pity TINT amiah]o aud impulsivo move
merts toward what 1s called unity should SO
ones own spiritual household. For myself,
honor and eateom Christian people wherever +
meet them. And thore are abundant oppor-
tunitios for making such feelings Of rospect and
in the ordinary concerns Of life, without onter-
ing into unnatural ecclesiastical unions which
compel sacrifice Of truth and a violation Of
saorod obligations TINT hayo been deliboratelg
aas,,mod. The venerable and beloved bishop
long tho presiding Bishop Of our branch Of
the Church, and was limuelf beloved by
in his charges aud addscsaoH he repeatedly
warned bis dsocesa and tho Church ut large
araiuat t{nga mixed reliEiouH Beryippg thpHo