The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-22

mission Of the N.aiodtst EpiscoyM
C,uct, South.
TERMS or UNION.
/. Strike out OF the Church name the
word South"
,. If Episcopal" be retained in the
name, Protestant to he incorporated.
;. Dispense with the presiding elder
ship.
1. Have as many Bishops as Annual Con-
fereuccS.
). III the election Of new Bishops, what
are now our Annual Conferences shall have
the privilege Of nominating from their pre-
sent members their first Bishops, and the
General Conferences shall elect said nomi-
uce>.
:. I;inerant ministers to have the right
Of appeal from the stationing power.
:. Maryland Conference, in the event OF
union; 10 DC allowed to decide upon its
own name, ministerial. membership, and
boundaries; provided said boundaries be
not extended further south than the States
CT Maryland, Delaware, and the District
Of Columbia, and the Station in Alexandria.
s. Our system Of trial Of accused minis
ters or members, or lis equivalent.
.. No minister TO be transferred from
one Conference to another without his own
consent and the consent OF the Conference
TO which he is to be transferred.
10. Local preachers and ministers to be
put upon a par with itinerant preachers
and ministers in regard to qualifications
for and eligibility TO orders.
II. Local ministers TO he alike eligible
with itinerant ministers to seat in the
General Conference.
II. Each Station, Circuit, and Mission
TO be allowed one delegate in the Annual
Conference; in the former, to be elected
by the male members; in the two latter, by
the Quarterly Conference.
Is. No veto power 10 be conceded to
the Bishops.
"A. incorporate in the Discipline the
following: article s, section 81 Inc
ministry and laymen shall deliberate III
one body; but If, upon the final passage
OF any question, il be required by 'leSe
members, the ministers and layiheh shai'
vote separately, and the concurrence Vi
majority OF both classes OF representa-
tiyes shall be necessary 10 constitute
vote of the Conference. a similar reSuia'
ton to be observed In the Annual Con
ference.
shall have the right to participate IN al
the business except such as relates TO tria
of ministers and preachers.
RESPONSE OF THE METHODIST episcopal
COMMISSIONERS.
To tie CommisS toner's Of tie Methodist Pro
teStdnt CtlTch:
The late General Conference, by two
thirds vote, recommended a change in The
name and style of our Church that left Of
the word "South," in Difference TO those
who were embarrassed by ii, and because
circumstances had, TO considerable eX.
tent, caused its history and significance &c
be lost sight Of. The motion of the Gene.
raj Conference was submitted to the An.
nual Conference, which gave an aggregate
of ,lGS in favor of concurrence, and 40g
against, lacking but little of the three.
fourths vote upon which its passage was
conditioned.
2. There would result Inconvenience
and inharmony Of title from this, and also
incongruity; for lay representation having
been conceded, the denial of which was
the principal ground of your original pro-
test, there remains nothing against which
TO protest, inasmuch as you accept Epis.
copacy.
). The number of Bishops which our
poiicy at present maintains, and has main
tanned, makes the presiding eldership in-
dispehsabie for the care of all churches
ana thorough aud effective oversight OF
the whole work. We add, this is a aues.
uon OF legislation, and the General Con.
ference, as now constituted, will doubtless
represent the sense OF the ministry and
laity Oh the subject.
4. The Church, as a whole, has not ia
vored this policy. Many wise and int, zen
t!al ministers aud laymen among Us DO. s,
the late General Conference the pumhar
Of effective Bishops was increased bv Nor
than a hundred per cent, and not a few
advocate the view you present. The ten
dency is, We believe, 10 the increase q,
Bishops.
3. We have no power to make such q
stipulation. We doubt not that in &c.
neral Conference Of the united Church d
lair and even liberal course would be pur
sued. More, perhaps, would be gained il
this respect by confidence than by con
%. Upon this point our Church is decided
ur executive system could not admit the
proposed modification. IL would "a wa