Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-06
THE EPISCOPAL FRIENNIAL CON
VENTI0N.
OrganizatiOn-Dr. Crank, of Louis
Vile, Kentucky. President-COmmit-
tee of Southern Bishops I'm Atten.
dance.

OaACCs
The telegraph, yesterday morning, gave
our readers some account of the first days
session of Episcopal TrienniaE Conven-
ton at Philadelphia. A special dispatch
toyesterday's Pittsburgh Commercial gives
the following additional particulars:
The Triennial Convention, at its OPEN
ing to-day, as at the session in New York,
| called the entire roll of the diOceses North
and South, having never by its official ac-
ton recognized the act of secession which
constituted the Southern churches a con-
federate body by themselves.
1t has not for some time past been ex-
pected that the Southern Bishops would
be present on this occasion, their Council
having constituted three of their Bishops,
viz, Lay, of Arkansas, Green, of Missis-
sippi, and Atkinson, of North Carolina, a
Committee to attend at this Convention
and signify the willingness of the Southern
churches to return to their former rela-
tions. This amounts to mere modesty in
climbing down from their rebel stand
point, for which they only ask time. If
the report of the Committee is favorable
to the feeling on this occasion, this fact
will be brought before the Confederate
Council in November, when they will re-
scind their former action and fall at once
into the old grooves without any formal
action being required of this body. This
is the programme. In fact, any action on
the subject of the late rebellion is what
the chief managers in the Convention
most dread, and being masters of the art
show not to do it" both as clergy and lay
men, in churches and in politics, they will
readily control any who are dispOsedto be
uneasy. This rebel committee will be
present tomorrow. Bishop Atkinson, Of
| North Carolina, was present this morning
and took his seat within the chancel with
the Bishops, but not in c%anonical dress.
II is expected that his associates will ar
rive tonight, and take no other relation
to the sessions or business than as honorary
members, though this is optional with
them, as the names of every diocese will
be called nv the nlnrks dolly
Everything looks most paciicatOry,
those sublime apostles of peace, HOratiO
Seymour and Washington Hunt, being
particularly busy on the floor ofthe House.
The former was one of a Committee ap-
pointed by the presiding officer of the
House of Delegates to advise the House of
Bishops that they were fully organized
and ready for business.
The choice of Rev. DIR. Crank, of Louis
vile, as President of the House of Dele
gates, has really little present significance,
as he was the presiding officer at the last
convention, and it is customary to r~e-elect
such for successive term of years.
The opening sermon to-day from the
Lord Bishop of Montreal, Rev. DIR. Full
ford, was an impressive exposition of the
apostolic mission, "all things to all men, -
&c. He referred feelingly to the troubles
in the Provincial Dicceses, political dis
turbances, and wished the spirit of har-
mony for the Church everywhere.
The formal business of the Convention
commences tomorrow. 1t is unlikely TO
be characterized by any marked sensation.
The House of Bishops before which the
Galesburg Church question and the Bishop
Potter imbrogliO will come, if they are
taken up at all, which is doubtful, meet
with closed doors, and in an atmosphere
calculated to smother, like the babes in the
tower, any infant radicalism.
The attendance to-day was large, and
will be larger tomorrow. The session
will probably hold two weeks. Among
the delegates to-day was that shining light
of the K. G. C.'s, Corning Judd, Of Hi
nois. A share of the Convention would
tomorrow vote to wear Grape on their
arms for the blessed memory of Bishop
Polk.