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WHAT CONSTITUTES:A PARISH?
The recent trial. of Bev: Stephen TI. Tyng has
brought, into activity some long dormenkclaims,
which have more than a.denominatidnal , interest.
If the canon :underWhich he was disciplined was
rightly interitete,d l bk the court, the . parochial
system of therEpiscopal Church. in this country
involves. anl 'assumption
.'of 'territory and persons,
which is simply an outlaw!, upon .our .American
ideas (if deneminatioral eqUidity.: "That' it?.-Wai
.1 •
rightly interrireted, we do ;not;
„believe;
the .Isiew ,l(o" rk diocese at least, : the ,cutistruetiOn
given must. temain ,the,..operative one,. until
changed. hy.ghe action of; the General Convention
—an event ,of Which we suppose therels"un
mediate hdpe
, .
The parish systemof the Churekof ,E'nglatid
gives to the_ incumbent of each parish; a fixed
territory, makteg all the , persons there residing
to become - parislaiOners. Whey - allay be
seaters,dis
coinut,ll,iiitiiiitis, iu Presbyb or I%.te the
(list tutei''the4arish
ohurah, or accept the services of the incumbent - ;
still they 'belting tolliiipitrishrund are his
parishioners. `.l.`hi..is l ihe l ,parciehiaireirtingenaent
for a Suite Church, andtVOtildieconie . a neceasity,
if any necessity for a sta.'s establishment•existed.
But, until the exhuming,_ ofthis old canon, we
had supposed that, in this couqtry, and under
our voluntary sYstem,,this claim to 'pastoral au
thority over territory as s,uch, waslil?arislon i ed. 11`,e
had supposed that the Episcopal CiDireli• here, it
not content to cast Wolf us au iudefen,4ble spiritual
usurpation, had at least q.uietly.dropped it as an
imprauticability. • • •••• • .
In this counir;, the true idea of a parish is
that which assigns to a pastor the persmis. -and
families who usually attend upon his- ministra
tions, as being pl'operly his Pgrtkhiouers: it ac
counts no p,ersous as such simply beeauseho,l
their proximity to his church. Tue church en
Washington bquare in thiti city, maybe, and
tact is, attended: by families_who a.dOzen
squares distant, and within one squar`Of anOther
church of the saute order., , t iorritorially they
might be claimed by the latter, but-intact they
are Rover thought of except as belonging to the
parish of the termer. And we believe .it ., was in ,
evidence that precisely this state of' things exists
in New Brunswick, between thltparish of Dr.
Stubbs, the prosecutor of Mr. Tyug for the of
feuee of idli•mlion and his nei , libOnteetee ivhfo
united with..bim iu the-protest. Tile Episcopal
churches of this city may each 'have its territorial
parish: we, know not, havr 'this ,is but we are
sure that if every Episcopal family is really a
resident of the parochial territory' orthe parish
whose worship it attends, a .city, map with the
parish boundaries marked; would 4•'•it rich puzzle
fur a geographer. We,preautue, fat::t in the
case is, that, on' the .prinbipai of territorial in
trusion—thd only charge against`
a day passes in which ,the Episcopal: clergy of
Philadelphia or New York; in their'performiince
of sonic of the serviees,ofihe Church, are not'mak
ing exactly the legal intrusion 'which Mr. Tyng
made in the parish of Dr:' Stubbs: it is,a,st i ate of
things which, ander thexelig ions liberty enjoyed in
this eountrris unaitiOidable---tiothiug less. .reb
ple will noi,,,subinit, to.atert,itorial parish relation,
as a thing of prescription. They will; on the one
hand, choose' their ovVri th 9
other hand, they,will reside in.,wore or . less
proxituitil , to the place of itswcreh;ip;- I .i they
,
please. •,, • •
The principle on which.' Dr. Stubbs. founded,
his complaint, and which;while the deCikion
the court stands unreversed,suust he accepted in
the New York , diocese astalaw-or'the'illpiscopal
Church, is the English 'one Whic4 % ii3s,'We j have
said, gives •the' rector a territory with every
dweller upon it, as his' parish: ''Mr."Tyng,
itr
truded upon ,the: parish of Pr. Stoh,s,.not by
entering • his :church, not by going . 4otig -the
families of hie Congregation with ptivate offi
ces, or calling-them u, .together. at some place for
schismatic servieePitnit
_acceptingi an
invitation to -,preach` An. IC71164:110 ,4ehurchi
located within the , :geograpktioal: ltmitei of •said'
parish. Of course elegy - one ' presuings, the
real offence to hava_hflen Interdenominational
Fraiernization; bat as this Wis-cittifulty leftjont
of the iudietnrent; and ia544#4a1?44, - ;04 1 -0ed,
we take only the d04.3' umentary,yiew of the case ;,
and that makes inetktable this idgidafleffect of
the complaini,--that Dr. Sltubbs etaints that, un
der the Church lam, the Methodist Church there
i 9 a part of his', parish„ that the people of the
, • • ~
congregatten to whom : Mr. Tyng preactiett, , er.as t
least SO Maitrori kbemras tota. within
- !: .
tory, are his parishioners, and are under his ec
clesiastical jurisdiction as their rector. And the'
logical result of the decision of thecourt is to
to give thisponstrous assumption the - imprimatur
of the diocesan authority of New York!
We 'suppose there' are dioceses in this 'country in
which such a ceanplaint'n'tiuld have been promptly
dis Missed. We know that , sdme of the Episcopal
clergy around us, including men of .the highest
consideration, incur .precisely the:.same exposure
to pros'6chtion, but the . ); are'not molestecNr likely
to be. But the 'evenChere naked, is one of a
. ..c
series of movements which' are working the
Churgh. 'concerned toward some 'mire decisive
and• unmistakable positionr on the points at issue.
(f . thelCi6 the inimericar strength to . carry; out
•
. - anti ' , n‘afe- O •
tisnis it will ere ion&
co'/ des,
develop itself by mere .specific canons. If, on
the other hand, those bishops,and .clergy._who are
desirous of Servjlig;:the, cause of our common
Christianity, 4herever and whenever the truce?
(lonian cry calls them, find theMselves able to
command a .vote, they will sweep , aside' these
technical embarrassments, as relicsof the darkneßS
Miich is' past, now' that the light shineth.
di)", belin•A:'that ManyTreneral Conferences
will pass, before 'either more and : :sharper restric
tions willbe i laid.Upon, the. Low-A:lhu.rehi,elergy
or- they wilPtdisenthrall the Church ab 1.. whole
from this bondage to effete canons, and in offipial
Ministrations and holy cordiality, walk 'hand in
hand with the entire "sacramental host of Gpd.S
elect,"
THE MEETING OF THE JOINT COMMIT.-
Th E has
vangelat of last week a much fuller
rppert of the meeting of the Committees on Re
union, than appears• in any of our. other; contem
,
poraries. We were aware-of all the facts stated,
and more, but Were pfev nted from publishing
them and.others by ii - fiehno• Of`what was due Co
the ciretunstances and wishes ,saf, the Committdes
themselves, and to •_the -Assemblies .which they
represent. But us` thee() facts have been made
pnblic, We -think our readers may ,as-well lie
made acquainted with them. We, fthe'iefiiie
copy from the Evangelist arnisina that Dr. Pat
tersurr,- I*n before thepLatvae
'was re - tiched, now finds T hinkself rinablet ti . p - ObV i e
h lie,understands t
of the asis,—as it,- g as no su -
ciently guardinc , our Presbyterian liberties: He
,
prefers the plan agreed tipen,last Year. -,
The Old School Committee met a day 'pa ad
vance, for separate consultation: 'When both
came together, they presented certain points on
whieh,they desired a modification of, the •basis
formerly adopted. This led -at once to a full ex
planation on both sides. Brethren on both sides
felt it-due to eaeh'other, and to the great bbdies
which they represented, to be perfectly outspo
ken. Hence they " kept back nothing." Every
latent suspicion that lurked in the corner of any
heart, was brought to light. I ,The 86eol
brethren told all their doubts and fears. On our
side the Committee were equally,phAn. Dr. Pat
terson, though sineerely - desirous of union, if it
could_ be a truaand,cordial one, with no mitntal
reservations, whatever, was not yet blind. to the
difficulties in.the way: If there were to be " guar
antees" for " orthodoxy" on one aide, there
should be guarantees for "liberty" on.the other.
He was not willing to surrender a pa'rtiele of that
liberty iu Christ, in which our churches had en
joyed such a blessing from on was - a
valuable accession to the Committee that he could
be preaent, not only on account of his own personal
iufiuence, which is deservedly great, hat, - as hg
represents the 'Northwest. :Other brethren were
,If the unien was to take place,
it Was not M be One.iii whichthe New School
men were merely, .to
,be tolerated, but oup in
which both parties,were id be equals in every re
spect.:;t ,
These declarations had their effect. It is due
to truth to say, that, this mutual frankness dis
closed such a divergence of' views, that at one
time those wbo were most desirous of union, felt'
very doubtful of the result. . They had been in
session two days, and Still they could, otsee their
,Way ,
to a perfect avreement " Their hearts were
anxious and troubled, lest:: [Weir labors bad
• ,
- been id vain.
' But'phe third day brought lia.ht. After dis
,
.cussion had been exhalisted, Dr. Gurley, _of
Washington, who had come to Philadelphia in
great feebleness, yei` r ivho was anxious to be wes
efif meeting, whirls night be the hist
'could Ptteria, , arose wad'affered'h resoldtion that
.
a clause be L iiigeited in „
the doctrinal basis, Which
'LLwl,illeriVii4ting that the Calechisms, our'reek
"rdiedstaildaids as a, Church,..should bp held in
intd,,,a-ritS and in their fair hiStotteal, that
in' the 'net - brined o'r Cal viniki6,eitise,” yet granted
fail liberty to both sides - in "explaining and 11-
lustratidg'" those doctrines of' the u-ospel. This
cut the 'k not atmide., The resolution'was adopted
untitiinic". - All felt that there could be no
( longer any o' union in a Church 'which had
Villa - proved itself at once prthodbx and free.
tfigiledi,ffidultie's Were'thus mei: and it be
gan to - aftigethat they wouldfie ov63orn i e; the
tide oefeelin g , which had beeWrestraiiLed, - 11egan
'to.ii 4 geand overflow. As they bowed together
in thatiksgiving to God, the voice of prayer was
mingled with weeping; and at — the close of the
laieetina•, as'they were about to part, they stood
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1868.
0p . ,: and joining hands; Song together the glorious
doxology •
" Praisa ifroni. Whom , all blessings flow." •
THE PERMANENT , COMMITTEE ON FOR-
MISSIONS. ,.
The Pprmanent c i opwittee on Foreign ,
sions desires' to.remind the Standi:ng,Counaittees
and Stated ClJerks or Presbyteries , af•the impor.
tined of their forWardinistatenients i frce'the
Presbyteries; so th 4 thetOintnitt'ee !nay be able
. • . • d L VI ,
make a full and satisfactory ' report to t
the I,
neral Assembly.: Such. stutemeats shouldobe Ad
dressed to the Secretarrtat 258 Bmadiay; New
York) so as to reach it the latek.t','l:4''the
.Y +'s • r • "
first day of May. IJO -
The Counuittee also wcuhl culltbe attention of
Presbyteries; pastors, andlChurchreessions,to the
earnest appeal of , the Jest; ASsenibly for an .. on-f
ward movement, in all the congregations Hader
its care, in the 'grey t catiSeof 'Foreign Missians.
-
The Assembly, qxp,rcwsl its •‘• I
cern" that thik-cause does not receive . a lar i ger
support; and declared its se'atitnett
, to :bet that
ait WoUld , be disisttous beyond ensure to` the
piety and power of oni,Clisiireit", W4Ve j the
prevail that ta,prowitd.hcme evangelization our
foreign work <thust balforsaken."
The voice 'of God ails for an , : advance along
all the lifines' of our benevolent action , There Tto
peciai .and ; urgent reason, in the 'condition
claims_ of nth ,:missions which we snppor,t, and in
thepresent circumstances of our' biarteh ,of the
Church Cathelie; `for' more generons . aids than
ever' before in SaSitilnino , the heaven=biessed'work
of vying the gospel to the heathen world
China responds to the resolve of the American
Board to undertake her evangelization on a scale
more worthy of Aniericai Christie:LS an of the
end to be - aCcOnipligliql, by sendinc , under the
read of an American friend of Christian missions
.•
an embassy of, her noblest sons 011ie : nations
Christetidoin, asking for an intercourse `by which
she map receive dp'e'd:ticiejr 4aVerto im,
part to her. One hat of the pagan WOrfe'thus
tql C)
invites us to it the gospel. The protryess Of
the Nyoi..k fields, imposes a necessity
rinforcements of men a - targement of ap rot
riations from which there iknd-eseap r ing,, The
'6'is 64(1 1 a vtiVe s '*iinii't!' - nht
y m the•
`will of what.the will of our Lord is, and what, will en
sure his blessino.
Tiw Committee heg leave Of their brethren to
f the lused -
remind them o 4nguage y e last
Assenably in regard 'to the remedy for the want
1,1 .
of interest - and Ina equacy of contributions which
it deplored in relatep to. this cause., ;If the pas=
tors and statedfstiripliesmill acquire and comma,
nicate information on: this subject; and show that
personal interest in hi, which the, .A„sseiribiiy'ek=
horts, the churcheS,will 'advance.
Immediate *action „op, the part of.church9s
which have not , yet lbs.& icontribations in this
ecclesiSstical year 'fbr thia''Ohjact, and the for"-
Wardii3o' of ropolig fitan'es are am st
7 • • _ Presbyters. :
invoked.
• ROBERT, RUSSELL ROOTH;
Ch'n Perm: Com. , inifFor. Missions.
WALTER' S. GRTII4III t , •••ci•etafy - -• • •
• N March`t.B 1868—'
DR. SKINNER IN . TII I E4I.ILPIT TIIEVA'St
ClFlllRCH.—We,havp,p , refy
. ctqpiled a mprg„,
teyesting . service,
_than tliwt ih tanit Firstightinch
on Sabbath ; 11.G.trafr122adY,ir pattii 41tes
pied' by Ittv.: T. - . F IT." *foil Viddti
the'deV i etional pi,'rt 4 Tke:sPivi - itii r. Barnes.. ;
It 1iC . 14
• I • privilege f tkelph9;
services igiuflyiledilv the.w two,tveterains,itf the
service of Christ and , his Churcli.l;i Sie n 6s arn d
• . ,
events' in' which Ihth 'bore a n
11261.11316 1 iind"bi
iumortant part;andlyhichtfie Acome,liiAtbric
rose before the mind./Theirlong and well filled
lives have been lukujin,q,with consistency to the
theological princtple3 whiCh in.tdo them Eintaus in
the days of-thet; yoWth, and which...mart be he;;rd
with no..ut'ertaiii Sonia from their liips to-day.
:
Not the shadowfordeaxpr weakness has yet
the Mercy. oe God v fal le n IVO mental ifaculties
of eithbr.t How it is.-with Mr.- Barnes,' his Lee
tiires on the gvidencks •pvtic k eNineteenth,Ceritury
Whitt the conditien of the
revered Professor in Union Seminary,. now in his
seventy-eighth year:, one need have no doubt who
listens to his 'animated, logical, trenchant 'style of
delivering his Mastefs message from the pulpit`.
The Sermon on Siind4iitternoon was frOni, Isa.
48:18: f! Oh that thou hadst,,hearkened to my
commandments; th'en had thy peace,U &c. His text,
he' said, so.ggeettd•thiee 'propositions .: (1) That
God desirecland had poivir'o lidugto Bass; what
yet did not happen. (2) That lie Was willing to
shciwicavciur where he.eould not ? showit, from the
failure of men to fain' the necessary conditioni;
add (3) That what G:pd'siTremely and intebsely
•
desired was that men should-keep his command
tnentst-1 These propositions he illustrated and en
faced: without .any display of imaginition, brit
wA r b. a clearness of statement, a rapidity at. d vMd
nes§ of allusion and a.Lonly. Scriptural and com-
mon sense mode of. argument which riveted the
attention. His inferences and his cantitins-left
nothing
,t9 - ' :- ke desired in the completenesg:of the
forni ; anethe soundness and practical excellence
of the matter. The,,Homiletic4l Training 9f onx
young inen cannot be in-safer hands. t We:dci not
yothigee one more capablel of
Wire l entliusiaanilbr the' right, or .indimbation'
,itl.
aganitst.. the wrong, one who u .synipithies cg
the : , ancl moral issl/A Ctr;t!he day ar9
'fresher, warmer or sounder, beats Art-Any:bosom
of tlose Whogtiok.tip' to and venerate Min as their
itistruetif. . . '
MEM
; j . ....
A ZNITER-PRESBYTERIAN. Ok THE . INION
OF TRE 4 BRANOESi-r'.'
[The T CHRISTIAN INSPliliefOAt. of this cit,
contakay,the . , following tliqughtful, letter from
" anuesfeemed; friend and correspondent:" (With:, a
disclainier'on the'pext of theEclitor,-b.grto'erieldfs
ina its statements. The' Whdle is worthy of
careful consideration. Italics are oars.] -
1 '•
suppose that many have. beep surprised n at
the,great solicitude manifested by sowe ofus;lest,
in, negotiations :for; union between; the 0.-S: and
N. S. Churehos, the latter should,,get, the advan
tage, and the,former,.shoold, be:drawn intA, her
esy; and, in . our, , solicitude„,we o baye not been
slow to counsel and warn our Old.,Schoolfriends,
and:to attend to i their. business faily as much, as
was courteous, and we bave trot hesitated to talk
about our sTew School friends inia,;way that bore
a little hard
,on gospel' charity,:. After ally j our
solicitude may .have been. wholly; unnecessary.
It: may, he : that our Old School, brethren are fully
campetertt u to ',manage, their ,part,of this matter.
They. may take our adyice ,yery; kindly, and they
. Thc.ll may: fancy Oat ilig'Y'aFe as. 'Wise
as KO:are,andljn§t..la loyal .to:,Muth .1 We; er'Y
not,:be„thankedfor our interference, and may be
bidden to mind our own business. Then the
consideraZion that, in these negotiations, the Old
th&liconSertrAtites, should
still our fears, . Cen§eryatiyes are ,not likely to
be caught napping. They are
,wont to contest
the field inch by 'pith They vf'ould jaiher have
wise.. 'The newness of a thieg.is likely to' be
peirnas facie evidence to them of' its heresy.
They are much like-ourselves, and we need not
concern ourselves about them. When conserver
taffies
,progressitei
,nfgatiate,' the progressives
opt to put up with= preseift: toteration. 'Thus
it has been i .and : thus it. will likelpl be again;
There is danger that our motiveabe. saspected
when we ~thus ,dissouratie this union. Some
1314 y that Oar solicitude is prompted by
steothilig aenoniin'atioiearyeifidinss.
It- Yay seeitlllat i 'while such a union‘lnigh,t be
of wrsat ,Udvantage to did , cause of ...Christ,. it
Noulci„lilzely,,dup,age the United ,Presbyterian
04 1 Z;p41.. , -t,.. l woufcl, likely draw in many of our
people cid*wasters, The Presbyterlan Church,
divided, •swhllow`g*our interegetvery Year; the
Rieshyterian church, unitedi'woirld,' draw largely
upon;pur, principal, aulsoon rob.,ust.bf our:present
vigef l ..4o, strength. I may, be - that our Old
School friends•will thiek l pfthis,, and. regard our
solicitude, as A ctep'l ; ll . h t i l itiatitiet Of 'aelf-preserva
Au:honest doiffessiiiii' . fs' said to he good for
the'soul, and hdw;ivitli,:yOur leave, good reader;
I will go on to confess as follows : 'although.
not N - ,: f etyp s id rojnatiT, I 14Olrk preach
in tor, thein''Bf ! 'i'Mvri.m 7 lx a have be
lieved, ' and. hat 'to' Make othersii el leVe, that
itV;ik'all'AVeA'eriotigh that.the church was broken
rip, t7iat; 'Perhaps ' (?) thereby the gospel was
more widely knOwp;tha t t 'saran' denominations
su
could 'act ; morel di'rectli ti . dtt r irdnitiilt; if
1 No . ti t tehil;Sw i 'tqt tfin"n..l . ,3re'we
it proved •
cart 'reiieup - Thele,fitirch the better: I alp hggin
iliWg my apclhigizing• fOr seliiSPl with
tdi re rsh 'I. feel about it as man l y may be
supp'o'sed to feel over their'apOlis•s c rling tor slavery
ten years kgo. 'AS I for myself', 'd - to u not think
that IT will ever. a'gair''lnake"eleuses . flor
or' ceasl'io regard the - prOsent`ifiticle'cl 'state of the
. I CBieck as involitirig God s people , in great
TILE MOTE AO TOE 8EA.31.-Thp . Congrega ;
t w reglisl has been defen.ling the. "Puritan order"
in, the.old style, i. e.,‘ by abusing all others: It
says: ' - ..1,
' The first Church of England bhurch in this
city' [AOsion] became th'e• first Unitarian-.--using
a' Pr yer-Kook stiii.'Yes, but by its ieily change
it ')36o.ine' Corigregational. • '"-The Presbyterian
Chiiiclfin England hifi 'VeUmne and remains al-
Mbst` Wholly Unitarian." "It! never was Presby 7
teiian in any proper, historicalsense of the word'.
• f:, 3o
are 'glad that 'the - Examiner and
arronicle belongs to a denomination that practices
immersion, and that the Religious „Telescope
(Dayton, 0.) represents a 'body (the United
Brethren in Christ); which sometimes adminis
ters baptism in the same Way. We hope that
there is•water enough in their respective denom
inations to wash them clean of the obscene quack
ivies that defilßl their Bth pages last week. We
are sori . ttd-add that the Church Union avows
that it-considers such advertising•in the lihe of
Etb.lo.itimaW business: . • • • ' '
Genesee Evangelist. No. 1140.
Ministers $2.50 H. Miss. $2.00
Address :-1334 Chestnut Street
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL.
."`range whisperings float through the air of
greatitemptations addressed to the most exalted
station and fame; and far. worse, of au attest ear
to these satanic seductions."
. Mr. Tilton is correct when he writes that these
".strange whisperings" do pollute the ear at
Washington; but he ought to have added that
they are set on foot. by men who are Judge
Ohasesienemies,and that great injustice is done
to him 'when his% friends treat them as -serious.
'"i'he'aiippoSition• that he will become the Deal
cainfiaate for fhb Presidency in the event
his,daiug or attempting to do something in the
irupeachmentArial, arid that he will perform these
etiiiditione and accept the nothination invo:ves :
first that Judve Chate should ''become a party to
utterly corrupt and ll'isVonorahle bargain; and
second, that the Democrats, should enter into a
compactso'foolish as .to contain its own defeat.
Nothing in 3 Judge Chase's course of life gives
Ai:rant : to his enemies, much less his friends, to
connect such.inj.uriou,s susPicions with his name.
lie is tco honest , in nature, and too conscientious
in: his convictionwto:suffer any,temptatious of his
opponents or any, personal disappointments to
draw hiM away . from principles whioh he has held
unswervingly fbr so many years: - And BOy far as
the pemoeratic'fiarty is concerned, the scheme is
an nbsardity' 1i would split the party into frag
merits. Its real strength and energy inside in
its ultra inen, its radical leaders, the men who
are more pro-slavery and, more disloyal now than
during the War; and any such proposition would
be receivedby these men with a howl of rage
and disgust The scheme implies' that: Judge
Chase,LiQ'WhellY corict and that the Democratic
leaders are litter fools- ';--jtieither` of whioh infer
ences are ivairafited'by fact. The whole scheme
has 'dolibtleth ,bfiginated with friends of
Presidthit Johnson and is characteristic of their
*aft cunning and ready deachery—it is denied
by loth Chare and the llemocrats; still it
cannot be r denied that Judgb 'Chase has exposed
hiniseitto many foOlish"cliarges by his fondness
for political preferment` manifested even since he
has beerrin.the Wiest judiCial station:_;
The National iiiiklligemer which is well _un
aersteato be edited at the White Heim, makes
the fell i ctiing bid to Chief Juitice Chase to refuse
le,Preslde at the trial l,*
" L 'a INOVilrre:Vell consider :whether the
Chief Justieeis under the least possible eompul
sion'in this matter' ;Suppose he should be driven
,by theserintolerable affronts to defend the most
sacred dignity:-whioh can be lodged on any man's
,
person in'this - country, by refusing his presence
for such purpoSe?" . ' •
' ' To-day the' President made answer to'the char
ges brought against him. One of his organs
here'sigee that the answer is very strong, and
one MCJOhnsim cen reskupon confidently for a
Verdict from the-`'peti'ple,; ) ven if the Senate
shOuld vote.for conviction." The --House Mans
c,ers have likd daily sessions and have prepared
arguments: in advance as far as possible to meet
all objections that -may be urged' by the Presi
dent's cOunset, that there may be no delay on
their' account. It is' understbod that they are
ready to abandon the last or " Butler" article
reciting-the speeches abusive 'of Congress made
by the President On his "swing round the circle"
trip, if the defence attempts to take undue advan
tage of it, by summoning witnesses from distant
points fOr the purpose of 'delay:
A measure which is expected to withdraw ju
risdiction Of the `'Supreme Court from cases ap
pealed' frtim the Circuit Courts, as was the MeAr
dle case,, and which was designed to affect that
case, hai passed both Houses, and is now- in the
hands of-the, President. He seems, to have been
ton'bnsy to 'send in his veto to the bill allowing
a•majority of votesi-caSt to decide upon the adop
tion of 'a-Constitution in the rebel States, -and
thus that becatne a law: Possibly this measure
14.hiehhasinnw been More than a week in his
peSsession -may 'share= the same good fortune.
The Democrats of the House have- been exces
sively mortified that this- measure should have
passed without their knowledge. It was brought
in by Mr. Wilson of hilts as an amendinent to
another bill, and they have been compelled to
niake the adthission that they did not understand
it at-the time it was before the House. This ac
-knoWledgement has exposed them to the scathing
ridicule of Gen. Schenck, through whose skill the
measure was passed. He disclaimed any respon
sibility for the ignorance of . the other side of the
House, or that it was his duty to run over to that
side, shake members by the shoulder—those vigi
lant watch-dogs •• on the walls of liberty always
guarding the Constitution—and say, "Wake up,
Mr.tßoyer ; wake up, Mr. Holman! the country
is in danger. This incendiary from lowa has of
fered an amendment to a very innocent bill, and
you are not on the watch ; the country is likely
to be destroyed, the Q onstitution overthrown, the
Supreme-Court deinolished, and everythino . ° is
going to ruin'. rlbeg you to arouse and get full
possession or yOur faculties in order to prevent
this catastrophe!" It is very seldom that any
bill good or ••bad gets before the Blouse without
the " I object'' of some of those who were napping
this time, and' the satire of this speech was well
deserved and riehti enjoyed by all but the vic
tims. • , •
Gen. Hancock haS returned from: his disastrous
attempt to expound the Constitution, and report
assigns him as the next candidate for the- De
partment of the Atlantic vice Thomas declined,
nice Sherman declined. EN WIWI.
Bliirc..b. 28,1868. ~