The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-10-15
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New yoaE, October il. 1,o The surprise
OF most persons In attendance, the House
of Deputies to-day postponed the ct,nsidera-
ton Of Or. Seymonrss election until 'asY dnes.
day. Before the House got to- business; it
was evident to the Inquirer that aofne quiet
icanvassing had been going on TO thas end ;;
and though ft was not reached until after
considerable. discussion, Jet from the, firss 10
was regarded rs q settled thing By those
shrewd lookers-oni In 6, the clerical Vienna
the press men present. y
This delay ISL undoubtedly secured by
those opposed TO DR.. Seymour's election.
The Rev. DR.. Sullivan, of Chicago, who sis
telegrsphed from that city as being one OF
the Presbyters proposing to withdraw his
name from the Seymour testimonials, asked
for the postponement to-day In order to al
low of the arrival Of the memorial which
has been In circulation there asking the
Convention not to confirm the election. DR..
Sullivan is large. well built, and handsome,
With bis South or uelaId origin unfnistak.
ably impressed upon him. It is understood
he is a candidate fer the Bishopric Of Iowa. !
BY the way, the Convention has something
to boast Of in the way of good looks, II
would be difficult to fad in any other pub
lie bly, have ever attended as large q
majority OF really handsome men as are TO be
seen in this Convention Of Episeapalans.
Indeed, there are very many who might
fairly be presented as modelsof manly beauty
and vigor, physically and intellectually.
This is especially true Of the clerical 'Depu-
ties. 1t is doubtless to be accounted on the
fact that they are, as rule, picked men in
every sense. -
1t is difficult to conjecture what will be
the result Of the Seymour fight, but it is GER
tain to be closely contested. A movement
was made to-day which indicates what will
be the course of what may be termed the
Right Gentre--the moderate High-Church
party. The Rev. Samuel S. Harris, of Ne"
Orleans, one Of the youngest men ID the
House, offered q preamble and resolution Dy
which the question Of adopting canon
against ritualiSm would be practically shelyed
for the present. The argument Is that any
such changers violation Of the constitution
unless first submitted bya Triennial ConYen.
ton to the Diocesan Convention, to be again
taken up three years thereafter. The'Com'
mittee on Constitution consists of nine mem
bers, who are all Conservative Churchmen.
Six of them are lawyers, only three being
clergymen.
The ignitihle character Of the sentiment
| to be found among the Deputies, was Vlgor-
ously Illustrated to-day by the introduction
| of r., E.
SEEMINGLY INNOCENT RESOLUTION
! by clerical deputy, the ReY. DR.. Schenek,
! of Brooklyn, who is generally classified with
the opponents Of High-Church views, but
who found himself, apparently to bis own
surprise, in antagonlsm TO his closest friends
1t will he remembered that in 1867 confer.
ence of dignitarles belonging TO the Angli
! can communion, in Great Britain and her
colonies, was held at Lambeth Palace, Lon.
don, under the presidency of the then Arch.
bishop Of Canterbury. An invitation was
| extended to the American Bishops, of whom
some fifteen attended. 1t appears to have
been nothing buta conference, but 10 report
of wbat was considered or proposed has ever
been made public. !,
DR.. Seiwyn, Lord Bishop of Licb6eld, in
bis address to the Convention, announced
himself as commissioner to ssk~the concur
renee OF the A American Church in second
leathering would, he believed be the mos
/
Church in this country united with the othel
Episcopal bodies in the call. It is knowI
| that there is a body of influential advocate
of visible and organic unity Of all the Pro
tes,ant Episcopalian bodies through the me
dunn of Pan-AngEcan Synod. Some 0
the same school urge unity with the Russo
iGreek and other Eastern Churches.
All these plans and "dreams," al the!
were characterized to-day during the debate
lare sharply criticised, and will, it's evident
be as sharply opposed by churchmen o
Broad and Low or evangelical views, who's
" dreams" of organic Christian unity lie il
the direction Of the. other Protestant sect
who are nearest to them in doctrinsl ahilia
ton. DR.. Schenck's resolution endorsed th
invitation of the English right reverend
, bishops. urged the House Of Bishops Il
concur in the case, and accept the invi
taton. He felt so sure OF its passag
:. that be declined to speak, and WA
therefore apparently very greatly sur
prised when the Rev. DR.. Mead, on
Of the oldest, bot not by any mean
the feeblest of members, arose to combat il
,, which he did with great vigor and earnest
ness. Like .Drs.. Vinton, Of Massachusetts
ard Norton, Of Virginia, who followed him
DR.. Mead declared tue movement to be anti
American, and tending to a surrender Q
this Church's independence to the direction
OF the English Pritnate. he recalled th
early struggles with the English Episcopacy
declared the Church did not truly trac
itself back to the Anglican, but rather to tn
Scotch Episcopate, and asserted in roun
terms that for American bishops to atten
such gathering, except as visitors in per
sonal way, was folly and farce.
DR.. Vinton spoke with measured elc
auenee, whose earnestness was all the NOR
'Ifelt because subdued and held in check, G
the unavoidable influence that must come t
an American Church from such close con
munion and unity with foreign one. 81
declared it would revive the old ieeliD
AGAINST the Episcopal Church of being ant
republican IN character, aristocratic j
mould, and sympathizing with monarchy
1t was evident from the discussion that Their
| is strong undercurrent Of feeling runnin
against certain marked tendencies OF inte
rior Church sentiment. Il. y. II.
No POSTAL LEGIsLATIoN.-lt can be state
that Postmaster-G General Jewell has deter
mined to make no recommendations in his al
nual report to the President looking to new
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