Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-11-29
Our New York correspondence.
NEw YoRx, Nov. l9, 1856

EDITOR of the FREEMAN:-
Having the most enlarged and liberal views
towards all denominations of Christians, Inev-
er attack religious opinions but as a matter of
fact. Without assuming TO determine where
the blame lies, | may say that there has been
considerable disturbance, lately, among the
Roman Catholics in this diocese, in reference
to the burial of their dead. Archbishop
Hughes is the proprietor of a cemetery near
Willismsburgh which has been consecrated
according to to the forms of the Roman Cath
olic Church; and the priests, under his iuris-
dction, are forbidden to officiate at the funer-
ais of persons buried elsewhere.
Before this cemetery was opened, it was
common for Roman Catholics to buy lots in
Greenwood. and other public cemeteries, and
these lots were cousecrated by the clergy, and
the dead were inferred there, with all the cer-
emonies of the church. Now, however, de-
ceased Catholic must be buried in DR.. Hughes
cemetery, or the burial rights will not be per-
formed. Those who have relatives inferred
in other places, Baturally desire to have the
whole family buried near each other, and they
complain of the new regulation, as being de-
signed to enrich the Archbishop. who receives
81, believe, for each burial in his cemetery.
On the other side, it is said to be fitting and
proper, that the faithful should be divided
from the heritics, after death; and that is de-
siruble to have but one place of interment for
all belonging to the Roman Catholic Church.
! am told by those who have travelled in
the Eastern departments of France, where
the ProtesIants and Catholics are almost
equal in number, that it is no uncommon
thing for the same church 10 be occupied by
Protestants in the morning, and Catholics ia
the afternoon; and the graveyards are COM
mon to both denominations. Why there should
be more rigid separation here, is not under
stood.
Well, the election suspense is over The
Wings, contrary to all expectation, have been
bealen-by small majorities it is true. bu
still beaten. You probably guessed as much
before; but tie contest was SO close, that moth
ing but the official returns published here on
Monday could place the matter beyond &
doubt, in the minds of the Wings of this City
The question now arises Ill the democrat
ic majority in the assembly make. any serious
attempt to interfere in the Canal policy, t.
the hindering or indefinite postponement @
of the enlargement ," ] trust not; and, fo
my part, | think not That seven-tenths, O
the citizens of New York are warmly in favo
of The enlargement of, their great canal, tl'
chief source of this States unparalleled pros
perity and progress, and that they desire tn
enlargement TO be executed as speedily a
may be consistent with the other importan
|, interests of the State, are facts which appea
to me unquestionable. If the issue in tn,
late election had been enlargement or no en-
Iargement" and that alone am convince,
THAT the statement have just made woul
have been signally verified But that wa
not the only issue; and what with tem?eranc
tickets, union safety tickets, anti-rent diver
sions, continual apathy on the part of some
and criminal corruption on the part of others
4 it is difficult to draw any inferences from til
late struggle, or tell what the result actuall
means If however, any legislator. or attor
ney general. or other functionary, fancies
means opposition TO the present canal policy
he will discover to his cost, as politician
that he has made an cgregious mistake.
, also, any man, whig. Unionist, democrat Q
freesoiler, should infer anything from the resu
!, of the late election as TO its bearing upon fu
ture events particularly the impending pres
) dental campaign, he will only disply his ignc
rance of the real nature of that election. UE
on the great questions which will enter into th
coming struggle, it neither settles anything
: nor forbodes anything So far as this city