The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-29

g. Mcclure Jas Y. Ewing, Robt. NJ Campbeii,
NJ Clymer Dr. Thos. NJ. Miller, Maj Alex. Gordon,
| Rev l. W. X. Handy, s. 7. HART, DIR. ii. Lacy, Da-
| vid Y. Morton, Robt. Howard. H. d. Shillingford-
The Synod of Maryland should have been Synod
| Of Pennsylvania.
The names of DR.. ". r. Gaines, H. C. Wingfeld'
! Col .rhos G. Tinsy, Vim. r. Norment A. W. Taylor
| and H. Craig added to the delegates from
| Hanover Presbytery, and the nsmesf John Nc
Kinney struck from thelist of Holston Presbytery,
as his name was put on by accident, he not bsing
delegate.
At IL o'clock the Convention took a recess of a
quarter ofan hour to await the return of the bust
ness committee.
At the appointed time, the Conventio assembled
and the business committee reported the following
resolution:
Resolved, That in all ordinary matters, the Con-
vention shall vote per capita but when any two
Presbyteries shall; demand it, the vote shall be
follows, viz: l. Each Presbytery shall be entitled to
two votes. 2 Whenever Presbytery has mem
bership of over 1000 Members each additional 500
shall be entitled to one additional vote; or each
fraction of $50 shall be entitled to additional
vote. g. Each church represented, whose Presby-
terry is not represented, shall be entitled to one
vote.
| Dr. Leach offered amendment debarring sim
! gle churches from voting on matters of vital i'm
! portance. The amendment was defeated
A discussion ensued on the resolution, participa
| ted in by Messrs. Grattan, Leach, and others.
| Rev. Mr.. Handy said that there werea number of
! churches who sympathised with the movement,
yet had not sent delegates to the Convention, be-
cause they were presided over by New England
| ministers, and the congregation out of delicacy,
had not taken church action. They, however, had
sent members to express their sympathy, and he
| favored their admission and their right to voting.
After the action of this body those churches would
| provide themselves with other religious directors
who would be sympathisers with the objects of the
| Convention.
Rev Mr. McIntire, of Wilmington (Del.) Presbyte
! ry assured the Convention of the sympathy enter
! tanned in his region with this movement. The
| churches, however, had not acted as Il body. but
had sent members lie hoped they would not deny
| these members u representation. The larger num-
her of representatives refused by the Convention,
| the more would the sympathy in in its behalf be
| curtaed. There was more sympathy at the North
! for this cause than thought. He said there
! was no power represented here and there could be
! no proper basis of representation. They had met
for the purpose of consultation and elaboration,
! upon the question of forming separate Organza-
ton or Joining the Old School, if this body would
admit them with their protest against tho consti-
tutional which constituted the difference be-
tween them.
DR.. Converse, of Philadelphia, as the North had
been spoken of rose to say a word. They
not here clothed with any power, but to consider
the prOpriety of making OyertureS to all their
brethren, North and South, to join them in re-
sisting an infringement the practice of their
fathers who deprecated this mischievous agitation
in the General Assemblies. There were conservs-
tives in Philadelphs-the great body of the MEM
bers were conservatives, and there were but few
ministers sym athising with the anti-sayery cause
As they met as brethren without power il would
be more gratifying to him to every part of the
church represented, whether in a movement for
fusing with the Old School, Independent Synods,
or new General Assembly.
Or. Leach, of Virginia, was in favor of allowing
members of churches present to vote when the
vote taken, per capita, but opposed to that
liberty being extended to then, when the scale
vote was called. lie did not believe in Northern
conservatism. He believed that more members in
the South of the Old School sympathzed with
them than their were sympathizers among the
New School at the North, and yet l. would not be
expected that these sympathiZers of the Old School
would be allowed to vote. What would they rep
resent? Would it be the Old School churches to
which they belonged? He thought not. and
thought that individual representatives, of church
es present occupied the same position. He favored
the resolution
MI Marshall, OF west tennessee, favored
tne le6oiutioh' lie uepfecatea this agitation
~ the very commencement Oh the convention
~ WAS not ueneral Assembly, anu no power lay
IN the BODY. lie thought that 1t should be un-
derstood whena vote was gwen, who represented
himself, VINO represehteda church, and who rep
resented fIespytefy-
Inc resolution was adopted by the convention
by a unanimous vote.
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~ IN, 'yn'P"snhs WIN Tue 1'gects oi 'he CohVen-
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tue ground .ia' large NUMBER OF such commun-
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80 Sc I:t So to 49, N"h'alueu adSlce,
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of Rev Cao pa;nter nf Tann pav NJ S UI1.o.iS
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tba Convontion go, H., So, o 90 $500 " VI
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;on 81 ,hh tho III amo iol me
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~. " so.',o my, III oiuei 10 give those
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:" N'oA "'i'ii''
Dr. Leach, of Va, and Mr. Martin, of Tenn,
were appointed committee to wait on the Business
committee, and ascertain 1t they were really to re-
port.
Mr. Price one of the Secretaries, stated that,
by accident, the members of the Convention who
came over the Richmond Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac Railroad, had been charged full fare. On
hearing OF this, Edwin Robinson, Esq, the Presi
dent, refunded the entire sum collected, $l32, and
rendered free passes to those delegates returning
BY that route
The committee who had waited on the business
committee, reported that it would be ready to
make a report at o'clock.
The Convention then adjourned until o'clock,
engage In religious services.
NIGHT SESSION.
The Convention re-asscmbIed Mt 8 o'clock
Rev. A. III. II. Boyd, Chairman of the Business
Committee, made the following report, which he