Dismissal of Jonathan Edwards 2 - The Confession of Joseph Hawley

Joseph Hawley was a ringleader in the trial and dismission of Jonathan Edwards. He was broken and repentant for his conduct. His public repentance came 2 years after the death of Edwards.
Sir, the most criminal part of my conduct at that time, that I am conscious of, was my exhibiting to that council a set of arguments in writing, the drift whereof was to prove the reasonableness and necessity of Mr. Edwards's dismission, in case no accommodation was then effected with mutual consent; which writing, by clear implication, contained some severe, uncharitable, and, if I remember right, groundless and slanderous imputations on Mr. Edwards, expressed in bitter language.