Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-30

1t Will be understood that the do
ceses which are divided are counted
with those voting ii the negative. La
order to confirm the election con-
currynce OF both orders would have
been necessary. Even had one order
voted in the alternative and the other
i'll tie Negative, the result would have
been against confirmation. Here both
orders concurred IN the ncgative-a
result totally unlocked for by Prof.
SeynIOurs supporters.
OUTLINE OF TIE DEBATE.
The Injunction of secrecy being re-
moved, tue delegates felt entirely at
liberty to give the outlines of q debate
which, in point OF time and Importance
is unprecedented in the annals of the
the American Church. RitUalism has
been on trial rather than Prof. Sey-
mour Every effort has been made to
ascertain Prof. Seymour's views in
regard to ritualistic practices, and the
debate has turned on Il doctrinal pivot.
No question of the moral fitness of the
candidate has entered into the discus
sion. as we at first supposed. There
has been an earnest desire to find out
the truth. and in this search docu-
ments, letters, pamphlets, personal
knowledge, with much irrelevant and
unnecessary gossip, have been care
fully considered. A great deal of out
side influence has been brought to
bear upon the convention, and in this
way, it is asserted, much of the docu-
mentary evidence has been provided.
With all this earnestness, the proceed
irgs have been characterized by great
courtesy and dignity. There has been
no violencein speech or gesture, though
President Craik is a very lenient ruler.
Each side has put forth its best efforts
to carry the day.
THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION,
said one informant, who voted against
Prof. Seymour, admitted that he could
never have been elected had they be-
lieved him to have aided or abetted
the practice of habitual private con-
fessiOn or eucharistic alteration. This
would seem to have been the chief
charge against him. These practices
were not considered as proved against
him, but the result seems to show that
the majority believed that he had in
various ways given aid and comfort to
the Ritualists, and therefore should not
be raised to the highest office in the
church. The argument that prevailed
was that while diocese has d perfect
right to select any presbyter of good
standing, within a moderate range of
Guardianship, yet the representa-
tives of the church have the right to
determine whether it will be healthful
to the church to put such a man in the
eDiscopate, and that now, IN a very
sensitive condition of the church, OBJ
iections which would be overlooked
under other circumstances should
cause the rejection Of the bishop elect.
Theicase at last seemed to narrow down
to this, that he had declin to keep
the young men under his charge fro M
the influence of ritualistic practices, on
the plea that they were sanctioned in
stead of being merely tolerated by the
church. Over this the contest ragged
a close contest, too. Up to Wednes-
day morning, even in the convention,
Prof. Seymour's prospects looked very
bright: Int when the letters and pa
pels nItA,IU4ttI Hi - 81 C~iti, there |
was change. Judge Otis, before sum-
ming up in the afternoon, is said to |
have announced, in order to induce |
the DELEGATES to vote for the candidate,
that the committee on canons had
nearly completed a canon, which, i
would
RESTRAIN ALL EXCESSES
in ritual. All profess sorrow that the
rejection of the bishop elect has been
necessary. One of the prominent dele
gates of the opposition made this l