The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1836-02-25

g. Wells Esq called the chair and p Faccner Dsian
appointed Secretary
The meeting being caedO order the
which had been pursued By Tu.tee relation the said bu
ryins ground and read ah made them which they
that they have abandoned the idea erecting
and that they intend paper and suitable brick wall around
the
The Committee appointed at former meeting to whom wa,
referred The Address fthe Trustees being called report
mited the following
The COMMITTEES iPpoiaed public meeting Of citizens
rested the buyng ground FIRST second
AssnGe whom referred Address from The
Trustees oftne Methodist Episcopal Church Circuit"
respectfully report,
That they have ined said aless disp ,ey AMI with
the attention and cddor which importance subject de-
manded and the that "tsy are not onl,
willing but anxious that all interested should the
motives and heir doing they viii hive just complain
fihe examination By th=Commee shad result in devopemen
Of facts dscediabe them Trustees Of popular Christian
Sect.
The Address ofths Trustees lows That the
dead h u be permitted t. rep0se peace sentiment in which
nearly all mankind agree NJthng thsfee, ia revolt
ing 10 the nhies of than the Of that
abode to which eonisned them Of moarn-
ing We left them ,i tie gravs Should Be opened 5y tie
ro Of the Son Of God and Se otherwise than pHed
when The srongeSt necessity requires their grave, should
changed Your committee fully the sentiments
aned in the quotation, and fully satisfied that there is not the
The Trustee stat; in their Address thu buryng ground
tuated sin asetOn Of the city rapidly growing and i'm
ProveneRts which have fear will difficult in
few year preventr from being Ell The fronts least
Past experience shows the enterprise and business of our city
respect but little the boundaries Of the house ayard
spang the graves of tho,nnany Of them the n-ar,
friends OF mmy members Of The Trus became of
anxiety to our boTl to engegion and all
eds secure nor and perpeay the ground iere dead al
ready inferred night rrpo sepuloe until the an
fIfI fhr IL
mach effect this object church upon the ground
an ts enclose the whole remaining front, by brick iron
railing"
Fromtae above appear that the Trustees have determn
the house death" By erecting acomp
which, they mss, necessarily Of the deId there in
tered and demolh the last Of h
dredius oscapying to W they say) it being
occupied on the fronts at ea ia U That the
would not erect church prevent being hul few
evident they therefore have dreaded the ereon of
dsiags and none but themselves could o
cnpy withch ting appears they conclude to
church prevent Themselves from building dc
Ing and notwithstanding they inform that they dead
rest until the should be opened by the Of the Son
Of God" yet meeting Of memlers" their voc., de-
cdea that the should be op= and tn labOria in
o." the sgcI should remove Of the tomb.
The Trustees nlheir address say rhh possessed the ground
AMI hat congregation required house Of
but they the strongest" Now il
well know fact thai the Trustee, possession # plot of
vicinity Of the Chureh where the upper Worship
which ground has been sod for S0 very recently and YOUR
Committee bel sold since the determined to To-
Gaze the church the buryng un thu sale Of said .sund
being fair business tranclion ony noticed here that
there necessity for the Trustees awaken those tier feel
ings caused from removing the remains Of the dead.
From all the infrmltoa your committee have obtained they
have To the Conclusion that the spirit of enterprise which
has in few swept into Oblivion places Of
worship, and bialy exposed and the remains os
thousands Of fellow beings exemplary men, worthy
Chri tanshe .1t of enrprse-ha led
erect ehur1h the groand in question seeu y
that the church erected will be disposed Trustees,
sssoon an advance on the cost can be obtained.
Your committee state thai the buyns ground question: was
purchased about thirty since, with exception Of Sun
which purchased recently for the
of s35 the t uerment in said ground in August
ls05 and Of all and from thai time
until very recently had their iends buried there and are
u calculation made by the Committee s70Oo
has bsen received for bodies said ground
Sections fees and all other left which lin our
opnon) ought to hive been guarantee that should
in peace" Bu,we believe, that inodnae desire
tain and hoard up eai strong reusoasp for
violating the boundaries Of the house Il 'eah"
The revealing Of collins and Of decayed relics hu
manly which occurred in excSatng said ground is referred ny
the Trustees fDows" During the illness Of the upon
hons the that time dvolsed the laborrrs eonly
directions approached about and half fset from
% and the ground afterwards ciny in, unfortunately expoed
ends Of Of the rn view. fence mned aty
coffin covered wish EARTH and the personal and
of the Trustees given' II painful duty T.
representation when from respectable
composing The Board Of Trustees Of the East Circuit
but the committee compelled declare that the above
ment made with thl egrd to truth which ought
characterize of prOfen: disciples fO
lowers Of HIM in whm found guile That fence