New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-02
r .heh III. Corrcr.en indemnify the Church
Xif, rrorossl should be seeer;ed
remain, WITH srest respect,

.,.r, tn. .cad have to ind'mn, the Church
YOur Ossa', a., .srsn I; ,,,sos
y.ss..t Dec Ie 1884, Controrsr ks, Of trinity Church
Council from whence we also obtain the following
RENossTRAScrs or rHE GERMAN LUTHERAN cosGRrGA'
NrwYO.x. January II; 1886
tn ne osoable ne com@ea Coraeefts ~ Guy Of Ne- York
You, ps;sSns member Of ss Unss e.%.1 H. La sssn
ina Through their bsryns srosnd cAras which
the line Of the opening Of Burton and lie Roy
May your petitioners have the Of dear relations aud
ted Id the Of the respectable citizens be
Second :. moS.,rsnes-ssnedb by % rsnOnstr.nts.
EIf,qet Jre~ Renoniraaes q he co,aoH Of TIE Uaiisd Ger
Your petitioner. hat he q Fla and
kuhdre Is OF their Defendants be deeply wo1ndsds
Sb%1Rp RtFFERsBEa6, sse'y.
yourth remors;Inee-signed BY IS renonsirans
Fh Gy 50 sSSasia'
Yet so powerful the efforts of Trinity Church Yes
rv that this opening carried through even though
mater solely Of private speculation and by no means re
aured for public convenience
By the opening of lie Roy the bodies inferred IN the
German Lutheran burying ground as also many in Trinity
Cemetery we're removed though in many cases recent IN
terments solely for the purpose OF aordng that wealthy
church corporation an opportunity OF dpcsng Oh portion
of its cemetery for the purpose OF building lois 49,
Ills curious co incidence. also, in connection with this
matter that when the matter brought home TO the
Vesry that by the opening of lie Roy ST. the removal oil
ed to deny the fact and urged that having always had in
view the use portion OF the space for the purpose OF
having the opened they had carefsy restricted all
n,erme nts within limit not required for that end This
however whether through careessnes orgnorsnce of the
Interior designs of the Nesy not adhered TO BY those
employed in making burias and is pred fact that nu
merous bodies removed from their own grounds on
the line of the street. in addition TO the large number from
the German Lutheran Cemetery.
Though they may have designed making sale for
building purposes OF that portion of their grounds they
very carefully surrounded it by the Cemetery fence and
are now lgatng the matter viii. the City authorities, TO
aroiG e CRY TAXES upon that portion which they pro
fess ALWAYS have designed for sale They called all
CFNEriRY to escape taxation and yet confess that they
always had in view its final disposition and never designed
for any other This certainly is very consistent with
Their present mock conservatism for the protection Of the
dead.
The plea now presented TO excite the patriotic feelings
of our citizens toward the remains of Revolutionary he
"roes comes very strangely from church VIGOROUSLY
TORY" throughout the whole struggle for freedom A
slight rere nee the history of the City will show the
part Trinity Church took toward those who fought for
liberty and their county while they prayed for the
success of King George, and confusion 70 The REBELS
pure Revolutionary petro living or dead, would have
spurned the protection OF those who changed with the
current merely to keep the Kings farm from conis
cation I'VE VINO hHo"s
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