, 1875-09-12
OF Deputies, from which the following extracts

Of Deputies, from which the following e1tr,c
| are made:
Nearly year ago you and rouz feuow-DeputI
gave solemn Judgment in the Illinois case. Sine
that time you have ceased to hear tho acoustic
Of inju1tice. Though haya had the honor to 3ha
IN these rep1oschea have steadfasty refused to pa
any attention to the vociferations Of abusive men, B,
I'm told BY jndictons friends that this calm conden<
may % carried too far that while ne mind our bus
ness and accept the Churchs DECISIONS there III
rsxolutionista at work who will not lot tho Church
have always said that should any public occasio
% gwen 30 that having summed al personal cen1it
! might ind myself called to support the Church
ectef, would not keep silence For I have ieazuo
tnat Crest naster In theology, the colossal Bisho
o. u. Davias to follow St Basils maxim in all sue
casea: :" We are not always to keep si1eaca unde
ea.nmnies: not, indeed, that BY ycontracting them
1ay aVsnEe ourselves but lest we should give fre
80. then, it has como TO this the servant OF tht
lauren Is to be made its Master. An appeal is zde
spa yoa Deputies to the Trustees Of the Genera
aaeoeogscai Seminary. Our Seminary Board, th,
creature Of legisston Is to overrule our e1est
Synod Is to be erected into third House, and .
supreme court q Appeals and the peaceful Academic
arena Of Church poltics,
Ihs journal ~ ef the late Annual Meeting Of the
stces Of The General Theological Semi nary ie now
oeiose ne This journal informs Us that the number
o. tne trustees in 421, inclusive OF our S; Bishops
VI .aese 400 Trustees, IT to hays voted to
OF the constitution Of our General Seminary few
mi anything at ali: ef It's practical management
It u in no respect whatever 1epresentst1ye Council
q ne Church. OF its AGO Trustees scattered over
comment from Maine to Calfornia, only small NUN
Aaa over again has proved ftse able to thws1t the
knoHn wishes Of the Church, and even the recorded
fair attendance had Been secured f'0@ >''s7'
mo Illinois casc WIS decided in the House Of Dep
uea' by most significant and emphatic vote. It has
been again decided by action still mere deliberate aud
emphatic: This occurred after the most persaYering
enos % oI partasans to create sympathy, wh.ls pa-
they poured the Walls Of their c.inmnv and shnsa
thrust ont OF view.
such vote the refusal Of the House Of Deputies to
conhrm the Illinois election il one Of the 1uost ajeh
CAM acona OF that House. in the records Of great
SYNOD. 10 vote in favor ct such confirmation il
easy and agreeable Everybody il anxious to find an
excuse Tor doing what everybody else likes to do 70
sote 10 1s to make eneies and to provoke the spite
OF tho worst characters in the Church Of that Class Of
moa fenuked 70 often by st. P1u1, and Of whom ne
kn9T, from cur Lords parable Of the tarss, there
snau aWaya be specimens among the wheat TIL the
end Of the world. Nov, nobody lies to be hammered
upon the anvil OF Alexander the Coppersmith." Tho
petty terrorism Of such men ia real power
Far be it from me to consure those who voted for
the confirmation. On the contrary shall plead their
eause. While not . few were Influenced by such
operations, many good and true were most hon.
oreolT persuaded Of the entire dtneas Of the cudi
date.
How comes It to pass that many true and wn.thv
name 10 found recorded In favor Of the confirmation
when the same nae s on the record in favor OF tbs
Ritual Canon - The answer Is plain. Those who
as you aro well aware, By perseve1iug course Of sun
preston and conceaimtnt They resented the idea
that their candtdate was one Of the clase which tie
pending "IatUal Canon " WIS mining to chnat}sa
Good nlcn voted for him because they We1e led to r.
leve be vas no q sualist." They believed be ba No
sympathy with tho outspoken President Of Racine.
fYTn anil ~
gether On doetnak quesior according to tho Chicago
journalist and that such is the czse nobody win now
deny. ~1 1N"
Such were The circumstances; such WIS the fssr-
and ~ such. occeptt II it appears that in thrss
circumstances. the House OF Deputies honorabiy
and fairly dealt with II it appears hst the candidate
himself used no artidces, suppressed nothing which,
the House had right to know and in ali respects est
isled the sn1fetes OF tho House, by full statement
Of what he profssed to state canddly aud for thar
entire enlightenment ~ to the disputed facts II ali
this appears from what is disclosed, then las m
honest and true man been made the victim Of nm
founded Prejudice and all who roted or cuunseled |
against him have done him cruel wrong. / accept
shall prove, from the publications Of the defeated
candidate himself that Ae has contradicted his own
.olemn statements and refuted bis ato.ies: has
atled to make any one detailed statement to which be
ldhetes. and has corroborsted BY the statements Of
,thsrs almost everything which he g.ye the Housc of
!a TO-, suppose untrue Al th. :han b
nsde tmmediately On receipt OF them, but which
rusted wonld not be called upon to make public I
l
wn better disposition aud calm moments, was not
Is prosecutor. 1was satisfied with the result and
o5ry Tor the man It waa pl,n to NE that excitement
Judgment For his self st1dfying oaths and an1rma-
ions would not hold him entirely responsible aud
m truly pained that tnjuditouB friends haye forced
n q crisis which requires my further notice. |
In the second Illinois djsga3ses we're thrown |
.ide. Those who had imagined that tho original can
I'D never had any sympathy with the clzsa against
hich " the Ritual Canon had been directed were 7
ON amazed to find the true state Of Affairs. and to
'serTe how cooily the old pretences were thrown to
10 Winds The same parties who had pressed the | =
nnrmation Of their candidate because he was not
it4ast were now resolved to reelccthim becanse be
cir contempt for tho House Of Deputies.
nouneed tLetr ability to re.elect him, Or. 9
other whose election might the proprety OF
etr original choice, and whose conservation as t
shop would their former Elect and rebuke
ose wno had contributed IN any way to bis defeat c;
h this avowed purpose they selected their ca- &c
1T the ytfy whose ~orda md doinss bad
.jority," they elected him. In accepting the au- h.
lncement ths second Elect gracefully pronounced q
virtual vtndication Of his friend, te former can-
late aak had the unity OF their views been fair q
stated to the House by this reverend gentleman r.
ring tho discussion, what sort Of yote mth m
the prcteuces then made, nsk nQatn. Who | Gu
ieves then now7 It is openly avowed aud con- Ia
sed BY the raEtsans Of both candidates. that tho n
elections IN Illinois in spirit and intent h
fell upon men OF tho same extreme echoo. and | sh
II. And now, say, my second propoe.tiou | m
the action of the House Of Deputies has been s1. he
1ed by actfou still deliberate aud emphatic ye
ST this done e ssto Of the most pc1seyeriur se
os to create sympathy, and in the absence or ali
oindtr, will hardly be denied. have alteady / su
wn that the second election In Illinois was IN ap- to
to the Standing Committees to rebuke the House pr
Deputies and thus indirectly to vndcate the can th
ates they rejected Al
little doubted that the second candidate would tn
,on1rmed and that thus double triumph would he
'ecured. The Church had been flooded with pam | tn
ets and newspaper articles designed to orerwhel dt
opposition. and to bury opponents under noun vi
Of ob1oquy and reproach- These measures had | er.
been without their effect 1t VILE conjecturod. re-
'e{ore, TINT tho Standing Committees Woud be- | III
I'D Less difficult to sasfy than the Deputies They ca
piled With assurances that the silence Of the other CHI
y = confession Of impotency. They were dat- d.
they were threatened With scrne the nn,tfc., OF
.ess called "log-rolng" unblushtn1y resort- col
0 You vote for candidate, and re will vote del
yours Under such variety Of tnauenccs it was no
ected that the Standing Committees removed from CAS-
axcttemsnts and the Publicity Of Syuod would str
ray yield to the temptation Of passing the new cell
ldate by routine vote on tie regularity of Six
papers, throwing the whole responsibility on the son
opa. ed
haired in this expectation. The case Was vexa- NIT
one, and the Standing Committees might we'll Per
to he rid Of it. The new Elect was man entitled | mo
spect. and enco1npaased with personal friends. neI
moreover, believed ba atcye not