The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-10-16
,o,estant Episcopal General
fhe convention.

III pFNtSSts' :
d The convention.
q .,rsrox OF TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
4 "Ny usage from the House of Bishops
& ATeS3 announcing its concurrence in
T% rs.n If the Diocese Of Western New
h'pTfGSa division, the new diocese to en-
4 I'TS ~ ~ counties Of steubcn, Wayne, etc. :;
hrse ~, 20 take effect from November /.
tbs %.' s "a Committee on New Dioceses.
Rtis''' ,m,sr,orisl Of the Diocese of, Georgia,
i r;nr for the substitution of the word
3 ?7a!,agsf ar convention wherever it occurs
''aD E. Constitution and Canous, and from
10 w., r's.bsr consideration Of which the Com
ne ~. ,~ an Canons we're released o few days
TN', COS arsin taken up: but before discus
So, :, The Rev. DR.. Howe, Of Pennsyl-
Hot t,,n the Committee on Canons. re-
W., W. IN favor of the establishment of
ste councils in States where two or
'.., 8;cceses exist. A canon for that
~. -a,ss wss presented also, but with pro-
?.,,i hat the council proposed shall not as
Vs., Vs., sny powers until ratified by the Gen
s ,-I Convention of the Church.
m Haight moved that the House recon
dor the motion making the canon ~, title
"a section G. on intrusion the order for
Wednesday.
nr Hsight then explained that the
,nspament proposed to the canon by the
,,-onittee was designed to cover difficulty
yl;rh some ministers complained of, that
he supply Of their pulpits even by their
invitation is prohibited by the present in
correlation of the canon, which requires
them 10 obtain the consent of the whole or
maiority Of rectors in any parish. The
report was again, on motion, postponed until
Wednesday.
Dr.. Norton, of Virginia, offered resolu-
ion to amend the Constitution by the sub
;rntion OF the word council" for con-
anton wherever applied to the General
ayention.
Dr.. Howe remarked that that subject was
ready disposed of by the House in its
ytion on the Georgia memorial.
The Chair decided otherwise.
DR.. Adams, of Wisconsin, asked the
-oyer TO accept an amendment substituting
10 words "Great National Council" in
lace Of " General Council" Refused by
r. Norton. DR.. Adams then offered these
yaris rs an amendment. He boastcd OF
40 Protestant Episcopal Church's descent
..an the Anglican Church, and of its apos-
~r;c succession, which boast he has made
,anpateIly since the opening of the Con-
rontion and he thought they should stand
anon their dignity as national Church.
General Council" he believed, would be
,,pled TO q world convention Of the Angli-
an Episcopal Church, and he did not want
a make such n blunder as to call national
council general.
Mr.. George N. Gordon, Of Alabama, in
n eloquent address, endorsed the resolu-
ion Of the deputy from Virginia, and
s,reei with the remarks Of the deputy
from Wisconsin. He believed that the day
was coming when the Anglo-Amcrican
church shall be the central point to which
Christians Of all denominations will tend.
He wanted the Protestant Episcopal Church
70 he ready to meet them all. If there was
anything non essential that they could give
10 Rome or 10 Geneva, they should give it.
Bat he vas opposed 10 the introduction Of
titles or names that might be productive Of
evils 10 his children greater than that to
which he himself has been exposed. The
eru,v from Wisconsin assumed that there
e.li not be "generaln convention within
a1alion. He denied that assumption, and
.-9yed that such q convention could exist.
lie therefore urged the adoption Oh the re-
sutton offered by the deputy from Vir-
cinia without the amendment.
Judge Conyngham, DR.. Goodwin, and
1thcrs, discussed the legal and constitu-
ignal effect Of the change proposed.
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS PROCEEDINGS.
Dr.. Samuel Cook, D. D., of New York
presented the following memorial, accom-
uuiCI by verbatim report Of the trial OF
the Rev. Stephen II. Tying, Jr., &C.:
IT, the House Of Bi>top& and The House
a C!ricql ard Lay Deputies in the Gene,
ral Convention of the Protestant Episcopa
church in the United States of -4merica, =
The undersigned, being members of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and wardens
spI ycstrymcn of the Church Of The Holy
Trinity in the city Of New York, respect
fully invite the attention Of the General
Convention to the annexed report of the
trial OF the Rev. Stephen Ii. Tying, Jr., rec
Tor Of said church, as exhibiting recent
Interpretation Of certain canons, the pre-
yious understanding thereof, and the
0ng-contiuued, widely and I'M
ti,puted usage in conformity with
that understanding, and respectfully sub
nit for their consideration the propriety OF
ronounciDg some definition, or making
some amendment, which may clear the Law
Of dispute and promote the extension Of the
Church and the advancement of religion.
Very respectfully, Robert Dumont, S.
Henry Hurd, wardens E. r. Tremain, j.
Nelson Tappan, Charles X. Randall, Will
lam l.. Andrews, Jonathan Edgar, William
b. Northrup, r. NJ. Brundige, vestrymen.
A'r York, October, 1868.
The memorial was read by the secretary,
and, OIL motion of DR.. Cook, referred to the
Committee on Canvass without debate.
resolution was adopted ingtructing the
Committee on Canons 10 inquire into and
report if it would not be expedicnt to amend
article 4 Of the Constitution; which was
read Is follows:
The Bishop or Bishops il every do
sese shall be chosen agreeably to such rules
as shall be fixed by the Convention Of that
diocese; and every Bishop of this Church
snail conhne the exercise of his Episcopal
oace TO his proper diocese, unless requested
oo.4ain, or confirm, or perform any other
act Of the Episcopal Office, by any church
destitute Of Bishop"
', Ine secretary read message from the
house Of Bishops; which was az follows:
AsSo!vsd (the House of Clerical and Lay
Equities concurring), Canon 10, Section 2,
iEe |, be, and hereby is, annulled by
"flHlng out the word three" and insert
'ne IN us place the word "one," as follows !:
And If such foreign clergyman be a
Geaeol, he shall reside in this country at
,s"st three years, and obtain in this coun-
u! Inc requisite testimonials Of character,
"S.Gfe he be ordained priest" Referred