The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-10-12
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~. third days session was opened With
,r;ne services.
4 t ~. nf the Triennial Convention of Sep
~ ~ 1865, of which the following is q
'e .naary Disbursements. - Secretaries,
s s.sO. printing, binding, &c., 81 ,02s; sun
CO., etnenses, $5i3-totai, 1921. Re-
aI3 az Quotas Of twenty-six dioceses,
Sa5. Deficit, s746. 4
" rs;s deficit, the Treasurer stated, would |
n mar. covered by the balance on hand
~ ~ The Convention Of 1862. The report
I.'." -eferred to the Committee on Expenses.
The chairman of the Committee on, Elec-
.;,ns reported that they had examined the
...aientials of the various delegates repre- !
. the thirty-four dioceses, as recorded
:. the rolls of the Convention, and that
.hav we're all found to be in legal form and
valid. = :. 4
favorably on the admission Of the new do
rrse of Nebraska, and offered a resolution
admitting them to union with the Protestant
Episcopal Church, under the name of the
nCouncil Of Nebraska" 4 ssH.s' - aHlfr
The Hon. S. B. Ruggles objected to the
resolution, and spoke strongly against per-
hitting such changes in the nomenclature
Of church organizations as " Council" in
stead of Convention"
The Rev. DR.. Howe, Of Philadelphia, sup
ported Mr.. Ruggies in his opposition to such
Innovations. ~
me keY. Thomas C. Pitkin, D. D., of
Michigan, spoke in favor Of the use Of the
ro-d Council"
The Rev. VI. Cooper Meade, D. D., of
Connecticut, opposed the admission Of the
Diocese Of Nebraska under the title Of
Council" as unconstitutional. He, how
ever, proposed to vote for their admission
conditional upon their changing their title
as soon as their Convention should meet.
The Rev. DR.. A. N. Littlejohn, of Brook
Ign, thought this debate premature be-
cause the matter was under consideration
BY the Committee on Canons and they had
not yet reported on it.
DR.. Littlejohn added that he held that q
new Diocese had the power to select either
word.
The Rev. Joshua Peterkin, Of Virginia,
conceded with the previous speaker regard
ing the right to employ either word.
Neither the word Council nor Convention
appeared in the Constitution of the Church.
He held that the diocese had q right to
adopt either word, and that instead of de-
batting about this trihing matter il. WAS the
first duty of this Convention to welcome
every new diocese with open arms.
ID g j.
vania, briefly supported the resolution.
Judge L. B. Otis, of Illinois, opposed,
and argued that such innovations should
originate, if at all, in the General Conyen-
ton. He, however, favored admitting them
row on q pledge that they would discard
Council" and adopt the recognized title
of " Convention at their first meeting.
Judge J. w. Stevenson, of Kentucky,
said the new diocese should not be admit
ted because such action would be unpre-
cedented.
Judge William Fl. Battle, of North Caro-
lima, strongly favored their admission,
arguing their right thereto from legal
point of view.
The Hon. Hamilton Fish quoted from
Article 2 of the Constitution as follows:
" The church of each diocese shall be en-
titled to representation by both clergy and
laity, and such representation shall consist
of four clergymen, &C., chosen IN the man
ner prescribed by the Convention" &c.
MIR. Fish asked, if this resolution admit
ting the Council of Nebraska was adopted,
what right, under the Constitution, would
these delegates have to take their seats,
since there had been no Convention, as
required by Article 2?
MIR. Fish therefore moved to amend the
resolution so as to have it read that the
dioceses of Nebraska should be admitted as
soon as they had amended their Constitu-
ton and dropped the obnoxious title OF
Council"
The Rev. William Adams, D. D., of Ten
nessee, proposed to offer q resolution that
would settle the point. Laughter.
A member in the rear Of the house pro-
tested that those in his vicinity could hear
neither the wisdom nor the POPULARITY of the
House.
DR.. Adams said the difficulty was not in
the weakness of his voice, but in the Gothic
roof, and suggested that delegates when
speaking should intone their sentences.
He continued by asking that the resolu-
ton be amended so as to admit the Council
of Nebraska to full canonical union with
this Church, with the understanding that
the word g Council " as used in their Cor
stitution is identical and perfectly synony-
nous with the word Convention" He
also advocated the use of the word Council
in the place of the word Convention as the
more descriptive Of the triennial meetings
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church Of the
United States.
He objected to the word Convention be-
cause the Spiritualists, Baptists, and others,
held conventions 1" He thought the
Episcopal Convention should not reject the
diocese of Nebraska because they had used
the word Council until the House Of Bishops
had expelled Bishop Whipple for repre-
senting in their assembly the Council Of
Virginia.
The Rev. D. R. Goodwin, D. D., of Penn
sylvania, began speaking in defence of the
use of the word Council, when the Presi-
dent announced the hour for recess had
arrived.
DEATH OF REV. THOMAS Fl. STOCKTON
Philadelphia, October 9.-Rev. Thomas Il.
Stockton, for several terms chaplain of the
House Of Representatives, and well known