The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-16

strong has been my luck to see thu Growth NJ IN.
hs ana OF the empire of the West ana no matter
the Valley of the Mississippi must \. 10 ay'
Ihat valley stronger bond to the confedsrscy Of the
make In the State In which now live ~ hrsn Gan
influence TO bear on an extent Of which No. NJ
of the East nothing Of the influence SSoS I'm
sxsrtsd In that part Of the country BY the meeting Of
h sn hs church In Ohio has
parallel; and II the members OF this body viii but
come among us-if they will only and look At It
moral influence Of 1t will be tremendous you win com
fort hearts and strengthen The sacrifice il but
small and he would mplors brethren not hastily
In the matter And although the time has not yet
for the church to hold its General Convention there
the next census will show that we will exert
rating influence over the East. hope gentlemen viii
consider the question calmly and that they will dad the
difference in attending the West trning that they
will allow the next convention to be holden there From
Pennsylvania you reach Cincinnati In two days.
take Louisiana, Florida Mississippi Aabsms, and Ten
nessee, all reach that spot much easier than We
can any other place you can designate.
Judge fer the purpose Of substituting
the city OF Baltimore In preference either the other
places Gentlemen do not appear to think OF the sx-
pense ne would be put to In going to Philadelphia The
which might be spared better purposes Bait-
more Is regarded the most convenient and central
spot for holding all conventions Parts. collect there
from all parts OF the Union and 1t Ia In bis opinion the
most desirable position Of the kind Pref udiced
In favor OF his city he would net venture describing
IL In such glowing terms ths gentleman from the West
has spoken Of that part Union He could only cay
that he would promise the members Of the convention
most hospitable reception.
Mr. WnARIoN said the gentlemen proceeded ON the sup
position that the interests Of the church are best
NOTED by the meet Of the convention in par
tcuiar spots He would suppose that that
does not necessarily follow He would rather supposs
that such consequence does follow at ali and IA MA
opinion the interests Of the church are best M
exercise of its divine functions not on the
Ing OF the general convention In particular parts He
thinks more matter and he recollsots
the same arguments brought up induce the
venton to meet in interior in Pennsylvanis
DR. HAWKS said the gentleman from Psnna has GER
tainy him. IL he supposed that he named
Cincinnati on the simple ground that the interests
the church would be benefited byt The chief strength
OF the church lies In the puritity Of her ministers But
the analogy which he introduces between an interior
town In Pennsylvania and the city of Cincinnati will not
apply Cincinnati Is no little town-it Is suburb Of
either New York Philadelphia 1t Is as large a. the
city from which the gentleman has come IL contains
two hundred thousand Inhabitants Is the largest
city on the other side of the mountains.
The debate on this question continued further;
after which, by vote nearly unanimous Cincinnati was
voted the place for holding the General Conveu
tion and resolution adopted the House Of Bhops
be informed OF the this house in their
resolution fixing upon Philadelphia.
The house then adjourned TO half past nine O'Clock
this morning.