The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-26
viryiu,a Annual C.nference-Th,rd d.

| Nirgfuia Annual Csnference-Third Day.
In the Conference Friday, proposition was
made TO pledge the members OF the different
congrega tions for contributions of twenty fve
cents each towards the erection OF church In
! Washington Some ministers seemed to doubt
the expsdisncy, in view OF the present reyolu-
| tionary state Of affairs.
Bishop Paine said that as this church was
| TO be bull In the Virginia Conference, il was
| expected in the South that III 9 Conference
would do a great deal owards that object
| This enterprise was one OF great in rer-st-
| Mum 5ers Of mem bers of the Southern Church
visited Was ington, some of them were In
| Congress. He wished there were more Chris
| tian men there, (Amen.) The ground ocsu-
| pied by the Church South, was the conserva.
tive ground-snitable alike to Kansas and Ne
| braska, to Virginia and to Maryiand-(a voice
and Maine,) YES, to Maine, and if anything
| will suit all New England to all New Eng
| land. II was not proposed TO ask any one for
| contribution, quid pro quo WAS given in ev-
| cry instance, and more Inan a quid for each
quo.
| Rev Mr.. Edwards expressed desire to dis
cuss the question, but said that as the sessio
had already been heightened, he would prefer
| to do so Tomorrow.
On his motion, the subject was laid on Il
| table.
| During the day, in passing he characters of
| called
BIshop.-"Apything against Brother ivy.
mau p
Mr.. Ware, P. E.-"Nothing
bishop" Let MIN re ire"
| +. E" He has retired from Iabors to re-
| waIds-he is dead ~ [Sensationl
| He was faithful anu died triu mphantly.-
| Tears fell freely during the allusion to his
Mr.. Early paid feeling tribute to his mem
orr.
| Saortly afterwards, the Conference adj'd.
urday, tie case Of the Wash ngton Church
was again brought up, by proposition to sell
the pclures-"The Methodist Pulpit of the
| Sou tn'-fOr its benefit
| Mr. Wheelwright opposed the resolution, on
| general grounds. He stated his opinions with
| reluctance; but he was opposed. as he had
| always been, to the general policy which bad
| been pursued on 1.-The border" He thought it
| had been aggressive and such as gave eDconr-
| agemeut to faction. He argued hat the effect
| had been unhappy, and that the present es-
| arrangement between us aud the Baltimore
Conference, when events had otherwise
| brought us TO common ground. is the proof of
| the mistake. He defended himself in advance,
| and with spirit against any suspicion of dis-
| loyalty TO his Clurch or TO his State. He
| pioquenty referred TO his ancestry and his
| Virginia BIRTH and TO the education Virginia
| gave him at her Military Institu te, and the
! oath OF allegiance with which he had confirm
| ed his in )rn loyalty; an allegiance which he
| was ready TO yiudicate at her command any
| where, and at any time, and even with the
arms which she had taught him 10 uee. [Sen-
| satiOn.
| Mr. W. di,approved the formation Of a
| Southern Methods. Church at Washington
| ci J. lie thought the arg lments by which il
| was defended insufficient. But if such n
| Cnurch shall be there, they should be content
| with a Church adt quate 10 their necessity, not
| splendid editice To crafty pride.
| Mr.. w. was also opposed TO the mode Of rails
ing the money. Not because of his indiffer
| enceas to pictarsS-but he objected to the pri
| yate character of the eD terprise. Suppose Mr.
| SmithsOn, on whom everything depended,
| should die The enterprise would die with
| him.
| DR. Lee deeply regretted the course of remark
| adopted by Mr.. Wheel wright. He argued that
| the Virginia Conference was deeply commit
| ted to the enterprise Of Church in Washing
| ton. The engraving, the sale OF which the
| resolution WAS designed to promote, is a credit
| TO the brother who had got 1t up" n thing OF
beauty is JOY forever" This picture wa.
| such. Shall we now, when the foundations
OF the Church are about TO be laid, turn upon
| ourselves, and discredit our own nearly tul-
| filled purpose He was astonished and panied
| at the course of remark ID which we had lis
| tened.
| Are we ready, brothers Of the Virginia Con-
| ference, thus to strike down and dishOnor our
| own cherished enterprise Voices" No -
mo ~ No. sir!"J
He, too, had been in the border war. He had
| nothing 10 reproach himself for, but he was
| no longer warrior. lie fought no more
| His were now the calling and the arts of peace.
| The fight was over. HIS own Church aud her
| sister Church now might gather golden har-
| vests where had been The fields of strife.
He wan ed a church in Washing g'On--he hoped
| some day to serve II himself Me wished to
heip the enterprise. He would support the
resolution, and carry out what he understood
| to be its pnrpose. He appealed earnestly and
| clog uently to the Conference 10 give heart and
| hand AID praises 10 the worK, and stand up
cordially ana afftctionately TO the noble
| hearted man Mr.. SmiIhson) who had given
| himself to this most laudable enterprise.
| Without concluding the subject, the Con-
! ference adjourned.