The Portland daily press., 1865-10-11
BY TELEGRAPH,
Proceedings of the Episcopal Convention.
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Proceedings OF the EpeocOlcUe NOTCe7atlO3a. g
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 10.
The Episcopal Convention reasSembled This
morning. Rev. DR.. Burgess of Maine from
the committee on Conservation of Bishons re-
ported resolution favoring the transfer of
Bishop Talbot to the assistant Bishoprie Of
Indiana, and from being Missionary Bishon IF
the northwest. Adopted. 81
The same committee then reported a racolr,-1
ton recommending concurrence in acf enhance
by the House OF Bishops Of Rev. r. Fl. Wilmer
as Bishop OF the Dioeeseef Alabama. During
the discussion Mr.. Mourinot OF PHILADELPHIA.
made speech denouncing the spirit which he
SAID mad crept mo the church, that nothing
must be said against such evils as slavery in.
temperance, &c, because some serious feelings
may be caused by it. A Southern delegate at
tempted to stop the speech sby calls Of order.
but Mr.. Bourlnot was sustained by the chair.
A motion to lay the whole subject on the table
was then lost
DR.. Vinton of Penn, said tIatit was a pain
1ul duty to him TO oppose the conservation of
Dr. winner TO the Bishopry of Alabama,
showing nm as he did, and having partaken
OF ms hospitaltles He then read certain
resolution which had been offered by him at
the last convention, and which had been laid
on the table, as follows: 5ed
p ihesot0ed-That, the House of Bishops con-
eurrlng this general convention Of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church in the United States
OF America, pronounce the action of the Bish-
ops OF Virginia, Georgia and South Carolina
IN their conservation Of Richard FL. Wilmer,
" d., to tie Episcopal See of the Bishop of
alabama, to be irregular and schismatical, and
that his jurisdiction Of the diocese of Alaba-i
ma Is void and of no effect. -a9
Resolred-That this preamble and resolu-
ton be referred to a joint committee of this
house with instructions to consider and report
what further action, if any, this Convention
SHAH take to assert the dignity sand enforce
the ri ghts of the Protestant Epicopal church
OF. the United States in the premises.
DIR. Vinton then read the cath required of a.
bishop, which required him to swear allegi-
ance to the United States. He then asked:
Shall there be bishop, acknowledged to be
bishop 0 f the church, who ha not conforned
to the oath required of hims by our canons?
Had we better not wait until the church in
Alabama expressed their willingness to COM
ply with our requirements? s%
Rev. Dr. Clarkson announced that a letter
addressed to bishop Hopkins and others, bear
ing on the very subject, had been received VN
DIR. Hare stated that the papers proposed to
be read were the letters from Bishop Wilmer
to the clergy, the order of the commandment
thereupon, the request Of Bishop Wilmer for
an explanation of the action Of the command
ant thereon, and the reply of the command
ant. The letter from Bishop Wilmer to the
House of Bishops was not in the envelope. DIR.
Cummings objected to the readingof any part
of the documents in the envelope.
Rev. w. ID. Harlow stated that if the tele-
graph had done its work with ordinary speed,
Bishop Wilmer had heard of the action Of the
Convention, and that he had expressed will
ingness to conform to the requirements ofthe
church. The President in ruling upon the
call for the reading of the documents receiy-
ed from Bishop Wilmer, said that as it ap-
peared to be mutilated paper, it could not be
read. 9s3ai Vfeagsfs .isids 1ais ff.;ls.Yss7,
81 DR.. Clarkson then explained that he, had
stated that the letter from Bishop Wilmer to
the House of Bishops, had been received with
other documents. The papers had been hand
ed to him but were subsequently withdrawn.
b Hon. s. B. Ruggles, of New York, then
made an address, but owing to the noise and
confusion at the door, none Of it was heard.
II The Convention will not be in session to-
morrow, the day being appropriated to the.
conservation of the Rev. Charles Todd Quin-
tard, Bishop Of the Diosese Of Tennessee, at
St Luke's church. An extemporaneous SER
mon will be delivered by Bishop Stevens, of
Pennsylvania. The discussion in the Wilmer
case continued until the hour Of adjourn
ment MD a4 18 p ii.9ilib .lzp13