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(2) inat there are not sumcient private non-sectarian schools in existence to meet the alleged needs;
. (3) That the entire purpose is to circumvent the law;
‘ (4) That the matter has been rushed through the Assembly with suclj haste that there will not be adequate time to study it fully.
The first fact to be considered is that the action of the twenty-four clergymen is in no sense an official action of the Episcopal Church in Virginia. It is simply a statement adopted by 24 clergymen of that Church, who belong to a voluntary ‘Clericus’ which may include active ministers, retired ministers, non-parochial ministers, and even ministers from the city of Washington having no connection at all with this State. Their names are nof given—the simple fact is that out of some fifty or sixty or more clergymen of the Episcopal Church in that section of northern Virginia, 24 are opposed to the Amendment sufficiently to fight openly aeramst. it.
The great majority of the population of that rapidly growing section are not natives of Virginia, but are families of persons connected in some way with the U.S. Government or in public service. They have come from every section of the country. They know little or nothing of conditions within the State, and their sole right to vote here arises from their present residence. The great majority of the Episcopal clergymen in Northern Virginia have come from outside the state.
They have the full right of every citizen to express their own convictions upon political matters and to work for the party or the movement in which they are interested. But certainly it is to be hoped that no one will think that the public statement made by these gentlemen is in any way an official utterance of the Episcopal Church in Virginia. And as they have announced their stand, it is perfectly proper for other clergymen of the Episcopal Church to express their own beliefs and convictions on the other side.
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