The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-15

CRY RErosh MEETiNo.-A meeting was held ct
Military Hail. Bowsry last evening, the call to which
was beaded Independent City Reform Mesting"-
The meeting called to ssembs at ~ O'Clock. and
ut that hour sixteen eighteen individuals
assembled In the engaged, in warm discussion
to the merits Of certain questions arising out Of the
proceedings the last meeting held at that place Un-
pleasant spithets passed freely, but for some time
impossible to gather what the topics In dis
CUSTOM At length how ever, 1t appeared. There
quits number Of National Rsformers" present, and
the original "Cy Rsfornsrs not 1t oil disposed
to have . vote yourself a-fsrm" complexion given
what is this meeting to be p, asked one gentleman
In loud tone. III 1t Is to be rational reform meet
i!5 "Nor H'-r.:pondsd several voices The tim: i'm:
having gone past for which the nesting called,
gentle came forward .nd proposed that Mr. L. D.
Dewey act - chairman Of the meetiLg This
RED and Mr. Dewey took the chair. Mr. John Windt
was next appointed secretary These appointments
had the msjority.
A motion now made that the report Of the ma.
jorty Of the committee Of thrty.sx be read. Voted
down by the nation al reform party.
The reading Of the minutes of the last meeting was
them and the reading was therefore necessarily dis
pen,.d with "a gentleman getting up)
"Is this TO be- city reform messing, or national
reform meetipg?' "a voice. move the call of the
meeting be read" tAnothsr voi,e.) 81 move the call
of the meeting be approved" The Chairman put the
last motions and at the call for treme dou yel
was raised in the afir matiye The negative broug nt
yell Of negaon from tho other aide. The hous. was
Ihen divld,d, and the ayes" had 1t; thus showing
that the natioDsi etorm.rs III in majority
nteE who hsd jutt come into the wanted
know what were The min ates Of the last nesting
The Chairman rose to explain. (he Secretary Of
tie Last meergO and stated that among the principal
pIoc ediDgs of the last meeting report from the
majority Of the committee OF thirty .ix; there was
also inc ri,y report presepted that the majority
port wss rejected, ana that the aority report
accepted. He proceeded to commen6 severely upon
The Of the committee in passing the msjortys
report, when entemsn arose Ind said,
81 charge the chairman with making misrepresenta-
A vocE-"Lst's approve the proceedings of last
meeting"
PsEsiDrNr-" Those in favor of approving the NIL
nutss Of the last mestiDg"-
A VoIcE-.The Secretary has no minutes here"
ANOTHER VoIcE-"DRpense with them, then"
Things procc edipg in this way when gentle
not Of the national reform party and sAid
"Mr Chairman DO not think this meeting can give
fair expression public sentiment reere nee
subject CT city reform. The public have not been
hsndbh. bsvs been cirsussea. and In FAC fact, NO
proper notification las seen made" This gentle.
ma had NO soon er taken his seat. than one of the
nation 81 IttoImeIs arose, apparently for other
puIpoee than to abuse the preis We could learn
exactly what hts plant vas but hs proceeding
at treme ndous rate when voice cried oar, +" cAiI
tb~ worthy citlx-n to order" but the worthy citizen
would not GENE to order until he Va, completely
a. s- was obtained Of the participants in the
| doipgs Of the meeting Grid out The question
committee o. So" "a voice. This re port was laid on
the table ~ No" "yes' non yesn n o."
yea" were heard from all 'ides The city rsfsrmsrs
here canvssstd the matter among themselves and nd
ing that they in the minority determined leave
the allow the reformers to have their
own fun all to themselves. They about to retire,
when The fecr~tssy CONNIE need to read the minutes
Of the last meeting on the minority report See
ing this the city reformers did retire; but one
them cried ont, MIR Presidept these are not the
minute, Of the lest mestingn "a yoce3-Mr. Chair.
man believe the question !. on the adoption Of the
"Mr. President you have called this msetpg.~ still
louder voine ID move that the minutes read, in
thnuu tho k~l
the table (" (Qu.st,on question question from all
sdes In Iuttins this question, the CHI rnsn a'ed
adopted nipo iy instead of majority report OF the
committee Of &c. When he had concluded, voice cried
meeting" (Another oice)-Whst are you going to
Ihe CHAisMAr,why the motion to read the
minutes must te laid on the table, not the minutes
Themselves.
Apotber vorcI-" want to ak you. Mr.. Cha,rmsn,
by what authority this me- citing WAS called ?"
great deal Of by play rssorted to- and In the
mean time an ausme tstion had taken place in the
numbers Of the city reormers, who called loudly
for vote on tho question 10 accept the snersd mi.
nutef. division taking place. vote Of Is to 10 de-
the TO
obnoxious minutes, Immediately made motion to nd
The CHArnMAr-Befors this meeting sdjouru,, /
With to take some meaures to the expenses Of the
msetiTg
room, pay for It. call for the question adjourn.
ment.
The CHAInxAS-I shall not put 1t till something is
done about the expenses.
One Of the msjor,ty here stepped forward to the
side Of the Presidents platform, and slevatiog his
voice raid "Gs ntlemen the President will put
the molten, viii. All in favor Of adjourniDg will say
aye" "Ayer' aye !" aye % came IN response from
tine majority of eighteen and the nesting declared
adjourned one Of the opposition crying out, 81 am
sorry That have chairman who will not attend
hi, duty The Pre,dept requested friends OF the
can 10 remain; but whether the sixteen paid for he
room We did not learn We only observed that
the chairman, and one Of his fends, went consider
al tSf hS,r "a ct do.
of the reporters of the public press who was
s<nt only for the purpose Of performing OCCASIONAL
and thus, We spprebepd must end the movement,
unless it falls in'o other hands than those who
Quoted the meeting at Military Hall last evening.
Mr.. BEowrsoN's LEcTuRE.-The Tabernacle, last
evening, YVES crowded to sxcess by mixed audience
copsisIpg Of almost every dsnominst Of religion,
~bo an xious TO hear the above lecture Sub
ject" Religious Liberty.n In his op. ming remarks,
Mr. TOOK occasion to ray that much had bee heard
Of religious lberty',- and he, therefore, would take
| the absolute freedom Of religion IRON all human
thonty. Social ameliorstion, he commended, could
tbouid nrt understand that every thing Game from
! Goo an nothing from man God was the absolute,
unlimited, end uniysrsl sovereign, and His .ovs-
reebty extended TO all things and to all creaturss-to
every ttir which We rec to every principle which
recognize. God IL sovereizn and we, therefore,
are bis property and be bss right to do with us -
he psss.s The foundation Of al sovereignty 10 the
.ov.r,isIty Of God. Man under God has duties, but
he rig bts bis duties are entire neon
and ppTssrv. TOW ards bis Creator Liberty, there
fore bet and God could not be recognised
society ard society. We therefore, owe all to God
and no,bpg to mad. Power, even in the State could
tD,y be d,Iiyed from God. Every nan had fr- esom
to Go i'll fIe,dom, in Standardization TO license
Az forms Of religion were tolerated 10 be prssched
here. only "a far a. they were under,tood but not
contrary to Chrstian morality Jews, Pagans, Mohom-
M. osDs, toie, at.d; but in Massachusetts, the
| laws would ceem some of tbeee relgioos b aspbemy
country, from day 10 cay from see TO age; vas
the tame always and would always centinu~ TO be the