, 1865-10-20
The Episcopal Conyention-Scene oger
the Rtnney Resolutions.
From the ThIIsde1nhfa Brlta:tpI

From the rhIlsde1phia Bn1e:.n.]
The master mind Of the Episcopal Convcn-
Stephen Eniott, Of Georgia. When that emil
nent Southern pselate isued his amons man
date to the North, 'sSi1ence, you please,
but not one word Of censure n he sounded
the keynote to which all the doinus of tho
Convention hare been carefully and accurately
Bishop Elliott to find that his Influence i not
only not abated, hut that It Is greater than
ever. We hare had several marked recosnI-
tions of the supremacy Of the GRIND Master
oF the Order Of Re-unieed Episcopalians; but
the elimination Of them ali was exhibited on
Saturday morning, when our toWnsman, Hor-
ace Binney, Jr., Esq, introduced his loyal
resolution, asking the Bishops to recognize
our debt Of gratitude to God tor the suppress
sion of the rebellion and The removal Of Its
cause. Had Mr.. Bipney invited the Conveu~
tion to unite war-dRuce, be could not hare
met with more violent response. From all
PARTS Of the House loud cries were heard, dc.
olution by laying It on the table. Forgetting,
for the moment, those courtesies which the
Convention may be supposed to owe to those
whose liberal and willing hospitality they are
So abundautly enjoying, the Pcn1syl7anfa
deputation vas loudly denied the privilege Of
the most determined insisting upon their par
1iamentary rights that they succeeded in Sc
curing call Tor the ayes aud nays. Before
this was done, the President, Rev. Dr. Craik,
Of Kentucky, Was asked II the vote about to
| be taken would dispose Of the question, and
even that rsual1y blind and accomplished
divine was SO carried away by the excitement
Of the House, as to throw his Influence against
The resolution aud to seek to bias the vote BY
tine, i least"
or renders hare read the result. Thirty
| six members OF the Convention were all that
| could be found ready to thank God for the
whole mass Of the body promptly repudiated
them and crushed the measure with an iron
heel. We are proud to be able to say, that
not only the whole Pennsylvania deputasion
| vote as a unit for tho resolution, but the
whole New York dep1tatioa, With the exeep-
and Rev. DR.. Higbee, absent, stood by this
most loyal resolution. Hon. Samuel B. Rug
[ giles, Jonas c. Heartt, Esq, Hon. Hamilton
Fish and Hon. Mr. Pierpont are the lay repre-
sentativcs Of the great Diocese Of New York.
We need hardly soy TINT Ohio and hiassachu-
pies On this occasion. All honor to the little
bana Of the clergy and laitY who had the
courage to declare that they are Americans
as well as chnrchmen-that they nrc patriots
as well as Eptscopalfans.
| We pre-" nc that this Is the end Of the mat
1 IEF, EQ I1F Us lHla CONVENTION Is C0uEGsuIu-
The loyal sentiment Of tile North IL a. elect
ua1ly muzzled as 1t ever was In South Caro-
lima, and II will be IN vain for the distin-
g7,ished gentlemen who represent, the great
Diocese Of Pennsylvania to make any further
c0ort to place upon the records Of the Con-
! yentiou those "unutteted truths which, IL
| spoken, would kind1c the affections of thous-
ands Of the free spirits towards the Episcopal
| Church. It Is impossible to estimate the 1u-
tIuence that would hare been exerted in favor
| Of the Episcopal Church had It shown itself.
| ed foimufas