The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-15

ed the following resolution:
Resolved, That the vote By which
Sewanee was adopted as the location
of the University of the South, at the
last meeting of the Board, be and the
same is hereby repealed.
The Right Rev. Bishop Green off
cred the following resolution:
Resolved, That the vote by which
Sewanee was adopted as location of
the University Of the South, at the last
meeting of the Board, be and the same
is herebyreconsidered. Bishop Green
in offering the resolution, observed
that his matured reflection and many
careful inquiries with referehce to Sc
vance had served only to increase
his confidence in the previous action
of the Board, and he was indisposed
to distrust that action. Inasmuch,
however, as objection had been made
in some quarters and one diocese deep
Iy interested in this enterprise had in
timated her wish that the subject
should be rcinvestigated, he deemed
it was no more than courteous that
the Trustees from Alabama should be
allowed this opportunity to express
their views. .
Bishop Polk rose to second the res
olution. He felt assured that no do
cese which had united for one object,
felt a deeper interest in its success
than Alabama. He did not under
stand the action of the late conven-
ton as indicative of a want of COR
diaIity in its SUPPORT, but rather of
anxiety that there should be no fail
ure. This was shown by the terms of
the resolution which it had passed, the
main object of which she feared from
certain indications, had been lost.
He then read from the Journal Of
that Convention it's action as follows.
Whereas, the selection of Sewanee
as the location Of the proposed Uni
versity Of the South does not appear
to have given general satisfaction,
Therefore
Rcsolvcd, That the trustees on the
part Of this diocese be requested to
urge the reconsideration Of the ques.
ton of location at the next meeting
of the board of trustees with q view
to restore confidence in the minds OF
those o.! its friends who deem Sewa-
nee an unsuitable location.
Bishop Polk resumed. Hc thought
that the action of the Convention of
Montgomery, was, as it was intended
to be, final on the question of location.
He did not therefore admit the right
Of Alabama to propose to distrust it,
vet so desirouS was he to remove all
grounds of discomfort and to give to
this movement Of q sister diocese a
respectful consideration, that he was
willing to waive his opinion as to the
propriety of the course she proposed
and therefore he seconded the motion
of his Right Rev. brother from Miss
issippi.
The Rev. DR.. Lay remarked, that
the few words he should utter were
designed chiefly to explain the posi-.
tion which had been occupied by him
self and the diocese which he repre-
sented in the matter. He confessed
to a feeling of annoyance in some con-
versations which had passed on this
subject at the quiet assumption that
Alabama was displeased because her
merits were passed over and that her
Trustees were in opposition because
Huntsville was neglected. In the
frailty Of human nature such feelings
might have biased them, but they ut
terly disavowed such bias, and cited,
in their behalf, all the history of the
discussion. Alabama had uniformly
debated this matter as question OF
principle; she had never exhibited any
undue solicitude to have the Universi-
ty within her own limits. but she had
taken her stand upon economical and
other grounds against the mountain
and for the plain. Whatever may have
appeared in other journals, he claimed