The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-11-06

ords Of that committee may be compared with
the original charges, etc. No objection was
raised on the part CT the defence. Ihey
could with safety have sent on thesr papers,H
they could not have come themselves. Those
who preferred the charges were good men,
They profesesd to have no personal kaowl-
edge OF any thing wrong. / have nothing
to do With their motives. The world has
heard my accusers again and again, and this
IS the frst ti.re have ever written q word
about it. ana now, not in anger. would
not write line now, but 1t has created a
watchfulness aud suspicion Of me wherever
I 20. Even when 7 am preparing for the
pulpit, manuscript in hand, and walking a.
bout the streets and along the road, which IS
my custom, and oitentimes as obliyious to
things around me as if | werc in the moon,
am suspicously watched BY some one.-
It is time I said something. Ny health is
too precious, my religious conviction too in
tense, my family too dear, my pride of posi-
tioa too exalted, lny love Of my Church too
strong to make an act of immortality with
reference to me. even possible. Ia connec-
ton with this, my life Of necessity has bean.
one of self sacrifice, and Of the d'seplining OF
the appetites aud passions. -
The report OF the committee is az follows :
1--WE the committee having heard and duly
| considered such evidence as was before us
declare it as our Judgment that said evidence
does not sustain the charge and. specifications
presented, and do Therefore declare that Rev.
! VIM d. Munsey, D. d., on the evidence pre-
scented is NOT GUILTY, (the capitals are
their own) aud we therefore recommend that
the case be dismissed. And further In re-
turning tits result Of the investigation, We
feel 1t due to DR.. Munsey, to declare that is
our solemn conviction that he is free from
moral as we'll as technichal guilt and to ez-
press our satisfaction that aothlng that has
come before US has created suspicion in our
minds against his purity or diminished our
Christian confidence and esteem.
Committee :: John L. Clark, W. K. Boyle,
I. w. Cauter, j. Lester. Shiploy, Louis Z
Jones.
This decision was given eleven months be-
fore the meeting OF my annual Conference.
| When the conference met last march, it was
referred to the usual committee OF enquiry
appointed In such cases, OF which DIR. Nelsou
Head wss chairman. The committee repor.
ted to the conference, they saw no reason tc
dissent from the report OF the former COM
mittee, and the Baltimore conference ,eonsis
ting Of nearly 200 members and among whom
are some Of the ablest diyines ia this entiEe
country unanimously adopted the report, and
thus refused to send the case to committee
Of trial. | never was tried. 1t is due to me tc
say that before any action Was taken at al
upon my case at the last session OF my con-
ference, my accasers wrote. TO Bishop Pierce,
withdrawing their names from the charges
etc. Though they said they did not Withdraw
the charges. But their names are written
upon more books than one. We shall meet
by and by and the judge Of ali the earth vii
co tlghs. | vast O young a Eian to take 4 su.
peraunuated relation. 4 sn pernumerary re
lation would have left upoa me some measure
of responsibility which wished to avoid. =
Hence located, ndwept like chitd when
the appointments wera read, aud | will BE- IN
the regular itineracy when God gives me
heaIoh TO meet folly it's spopsbiltles. Ny
health is now better. Your aiiectonale
brother Us ever,
| W. r MUNsEY,
Jonesboro, Tenn Oct, II 1872.
The IAempeFitess haye been wasting q cou-