The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-01
resolutions on the 14th day Of &C.

ASoOAACAOno OA tuC 14tu Gay III ~
tober: '': -. :. &. ~ tn =,
Resolved, That this House, in most cor
daily concurrinS, as it has done in tho resu-
luton Of the House Of Bishops, appointing
q day ofthanksgiving for the return Of peace
to the country. and unity to the church.
most respectfully expresses to the House Of
Bishops, its earnest desire that in the relig
ious services to he appointed tor the day
especial thanks be offered to Almighty God
for the re- establishment Of the national au-
thority over our while country. and for the
removal If that great occasion of national
dissensions and arrangement to which our
late troubles were due.
Mr.. Chambers, Of Maryland NOV
ed to lay the resolutions upon the
table, which was agreed to. DR.. D.
R. Goodwin, Of Penn, moved to re-
consider the vote to lay upon the
table, when Mr.. w. H. Battle, of
North Carolina, moved to lay upon
the table the motion to reconsider,
7ohich 7vos carried. Judge E. T.
Wilder, Of Red Wing, voted AYE"
upon this motion.
Again, upon pages 1913 to 30 of
the same Journal, we find it record
ed that, on the 18th day of October,
(lhree days later,) Mr.. Binney Offer
ed the following
Resolved, That in the judgment Of this
House it is the duty Of body Of christian
men which has offered its devout and earn
est prayer to Almighty God for a great
national blessing. to render its thanksgi wing
to Him. when that blessing has been gra.
ciously granted.
Resolved. That this House having. ~
solemn resolutions. adrpred at it's session in
October, 1852, pledged to the national gov
eminent its devout and earnest prayers,
"tnat its efforts might be so guided with
wisdom and replenished with strength, that
they might be crowned with speedy and
complete success" which effor for the r.
establishment OF the natl nal authority
over our whole country. have now lie, n
crowned with success, it becomes our duty
to tender our thanksgiving to Him, to whom
that success is due.
Resolved, That the address Of sympathy
from the Synod of the Canadian church,
lately sent to this convention by the House
Of Bisf ops. with the expression Of their
great satisfaction thereat. which was concur
red in by this Houae. did most really and
truly express the trust 'fthat the original
cause of he separation between different
portions of our church had COW ceased 10
operate the feelings ui brotherly love and
zeal in supror- OF the same hallcwed prin>
ciples whic:, formerly united the nam oer<
OF our church in one :'odv, would reasscr'
their claims, and triumph u'er the external
causes whirh had kept is apart"
Resolved. That rejoicing. as We cordially
do, at the future prospect Of entire and
broken union Among ai| the portions Of ocr
church, we deem it our duty tn render our
devout thanks giving to the Divine Head Of
the church for the remova! Of that great &c
casion Of national d;Ssen> ons aad estrau Sc.
ment, referred t. by our Canadian fellow
churchmen. to which we feel, with them,
that our late trout les were due.
Governor Washington Hunt: Of
New York, moved to lay the resolu-
tons upon the table, and the motion
: :H,s < =" Judge Wilder voting
Those who put this accusation
forward seem to overlook the fact
that the motions 1t'ere carried in
both instances, and that, too, by
large majorities, and that to the ex-
tent that these votes were proofs Of
disloyalty against Judge Wilder, so
were they, also, proofs ofdisloyalty
against large majority ofthe entire
Protestant Episcopal church of this
country; and moreover, that in 1862
a large proportion OF these same DEL
egates had joined in pledging to the
government the moral support of
the church in the prosecution of the
war to speedy and complete sue
cess" Now, We are not prepared to
bring such a sweeping charge against
any church, even inferentially; nor
are we even prepared to call in
question the veracity Of Judge Viii
der, DR.. W. W. Sweeney, Mr.. E. J.
Hodgson, Mr.. B. B. Herbert and
Others on any such tlimsy pretext.
Read the letter of Right Reverend
E. R. Welles, which will be found
in another column, concerning the
action Of that convention.
1t is sufficient for US, and it ought
to be sufficient for every intelligent
republican, to oppose Judge Wilder
because he IS democrat and the
nominee of the democratic party,
whose election will constitute a de-
mocratic success and strengthen that
party in the present and in the
future. For reasons that we have
frequently given, we regard the pol
icy of that party as radically wrong,
and its success as certain to bring dis
aster upon the country ultimately.
Its policy is dictated by a force