Excerpt from The Argument of the Bishop of New Jersey: In Reply to the Paper, Read Before the Court of Bishops, in Session, at Burlington, on Monday, 11 October, 1862, by the Bishops of Virginia, Ohio, and Maine; In Answer to the Representation From the Diocese of New Jersey, Read, Before the Court The Bishop of Ohio, on behalf of the Presenting Bishops, having concluded the read ing of their answer, which occupied an hour and a half, at half-past 12, on Monday, the Committee of the Diocese of New Jersey, by letter, asked leave to reply. This being refused by the Court, the Bishop, as its next friend and only representative, and at the written request of the Committee, claimed the right to defend the rights of the Committee and of the Diocese, and to answer the Paper which had been j ust read. The claim being granted, the Court took a recess, until 3 O'clock. The Bishop of New Jersey then replied, as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.