, 1861-10-11

pa1take more Of the character Of O mass meet
ing than Of a deliberate body. He was sorry
to hear stamping and cheering whenever any.
thing was said which conceded with the vic.s
OF certain party in the house. He referred
to tie students, They had come Into the Con :
vention, speaking, acting and influencing the ac-
tim Of the body very much. BE thought they
were out Of place,
Rf.y. Nj. -Hanm end rose to poiut Of order.
The matter before the Convention was tue
taking names OF volunteers for the Tork to be
do1e, and he thought the gentleman wandered
from the subject. Some little discussion was
| had, but the speaker W2s allowed to proceed,
| ard Was followed BY the Rev. Mr.. Blanchard
| in scme remarks Of the same nature.
| Mr. Ea1ter thought 1t doubtful IS to whether
! the amount assessed upon Iowa could be
| raised. They are called to raise an amount
for their oWn colleges, and they considered
| that prior CHIN.
The chair stated that Missouri, Minnesota
AID Iowa were provided with agents.
Wished to resign his position on the Board ct
Directors, IS his other duties were sucn as to
| prevent his further acting with them. His
s5mpathles, however, were and would always
be with the Institution, and he begged 1dkye
to nominate Mr.. Kedzie. After soma di5cu=-
eicn, the MISTER Was disposed of by the Con-
yention refusing to accept his resignation.
The Committee On the CaNqregltioua!
Herald, appolnse ed IN the morning, made re-
| port, that in their opinion the paper could be
supported By Qoo subscribers st 81 per year,
sume zone Of the old debts Of the concern, nor
be responsible to tie old Subscribers.
Considerable discussion enBued On the re-
port. Most Of the members appeared anxious
for paper In the West, to be the exponent
OF Co1gregatioL Lslism, as no reliance could be
| placed upon or favors expected from the NaW
York Independent, Much feeling existed
against the Independent with members from al
the States represented, IS they could get no
terests Of the West advanced through ths1
psper. They we're disappointed in it. They
had been snubbed their communications on
important matters ' thrown in the scrap boz
repeatedly" and they would much rather give
theis S2 to paper in the West which they
1t 1as moyed that committee of five bf
appointed by the Chair to consider the mat
tel, and to collect contributions for dolls
paper, and they met with sufficient success
/ to wurrant it, they would proceed to the pub
Gshipg newspaper.
Pending the question, several statements ans
counterstatements were made, IS upon whom
, | the legal and moral responsibilities Of tn
debts rest, snd who is responsible for the fail
ure of the euterprise-the Convention man
matter, without arriving at any satisfaction
conclusion.
To the motion to appoint committee 0
five, an amendment wss offered to add, "Ant
to take some steps to arrange the presen
debts Of the Herald" The motion a. anende,
was adopted.
The Chair appointed on that committet
| Neksrs. H. L. Hammond, J. G. Roy, j. q. Dill
E. ". Blatchford, E. 8. F. Savage.
Rev. Mr. Goodman presented commun
cAt1en from the publishers Of the Fire Natio
At Cincinnati, offering to buy the subsctiI
tons to the Herald, and publish 1t in Ctnci1
matt and Chicago, when 1t could be made q
.. anti-slavery paper. Referred to the Con
mites.
, The Treasurer Of the Seminary offered
- exhibit his scccnnts to any member Of Il
Convention who might wieh to see what ha
been expended from his Department..
y 1t Was moved and adopted that copy OF Il
ID resolutions on the state Of the Union, passt
1t the meeting On Wednesday night, be Eel
h to the President of the United States.
- The Executive Committee were ordered
b, cause the proceedings OF the Convention
be pub]isked i'm pamphlet form.
4 vote was parsed, tendering the thanks
o. the Convention to the citizens Of Chicago,
re the railroads, and to the CongregadoI
[r. Church for the use Of their building.
-, The minutes Of the Convention were th
y read, and after prayer BY the ReT- M. Fla
the Convention adjourned s!k dte-sub}e
to The call Of the Board Of Directors.