New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-25

was 10 take the testimony q the various msnba,- Of
TIE BcsIc, that u the expelled ,mbS;s. II en-
br-cso fe-iiu ony IN relation to
l. TnE EXCLUSION OF 1HF ExPRTss.
u Tn ACTION Oh THE BOARD AGAIssr TIE Cow.
sIrTtT ON Rooms AND LIBRARY.
III THF FRocE,DIsGs OF TIE PRESENT BOARD
FROM "a ORGANIZATIONS TO THE PRTsEAT TINE
The ebole report IL an ably written doc imsut, i,s
language Dct I'd in terms 81 great charity, sod II.
IL eli respects worthy the mse.er-haod OF Mr. Abbot.
WHO subni't-d il. We appeal the coood'on. riv d
ip the report ard tbs resputoss recommended fjr
the adoption Of tie Association.
CONCLUSIONS.
Your Conn se ubaunou.g OF opioon that under
BY Laws. Committee on Room. sod Lersry s-e Invested
10 our rooms n Their duty exclude from
any publication which the, honestly deem oeeeaons ee
,.toe TIE xI,s !, Ih ,5, Of psSfs: give y .e9
TIE ing ben it first o9por
uny produce the fn grounds Of the Com@tees acton
That m. Com ittee dsregarced these insrnons consider
ing il their duty acnit which they did
That the of the motives OF the members OF be
Cen ni,'ee in this course has not been questioned
Tha expulsion from the Board effected At special
meeting which there was not quorum present entitled to
That of harmony in present Board tA. not been
her, has less into al the important seton # he
Board ard has rendered the meetnss At time. d'odey
That the most posr Committee OF the bosd the rsnee
Committee has almost inactive from the begin OF their
term Of Office aud the Committee Publishing aud Statistics
has practically extinct since the middle Of & October
Charter requires feenfv direcors that our new
to frre present Board departed from both Guar
Constitution 10 practically changing tue number 70
fd,,r and that the ASS citation liable TO be compelled
any by legal proceeding elect Board of tcesfy in com
RESOLUTIONS.
Reof,,6 That the Nominating Committee 10 instructed TO
NOMINATE twenty four Of whom they shall nouste
s, ,t ,pS ye.yurr of tse
hor.d Ths the Association requests present Directors 70
from the Be- ard their ressnsion' to take ehe the
Re,oired Tb. the accepting the resignation Of Mess
tlafls, Moo h.r psfder Cd
Mr.. Amor read the report auobly and distinctly,
msnifestDg the most entire mparraty OF feeling IN
his tone .
crticse the r. port oke down in hs efforts and took
recourse TO per sona criticism az TO Mr. Abbo'ts
ner of reading; finding that this course was almost
unanimously condemned by the cry. of personal
"persopal! e. from hundred voices, he swooned
into Christian admiration Of the spirit OF the report and
expressed bis With its object aud agreed
with all it prop sitions He sid that he believed ths
present Board to be the worst the Association ever
rad He was sorry to admit THE but the truth must
be met for it would sustain Itself against the strongest
efforts of inconsistency.
Mr. HAYWARD then asked for the reading of the ties.
tinony upon which the report was based.
Mr. ABBOTT was quite willing to proceed. The tes-
tmopy was then read, which only served to make the
transactions merely alluded TO in the report infinitely
worse than The Committee assumed in the report
Mr. BRowS, upon whom the CHARM An had his eyes
concentrated for time then rO-e, several other
members havir previously addressed ne Chair.
The CHAIR directed Mr.. Brown to proceed.
MIR HoYT rose to ask whether there was motion
before the meeting
The CHAIRMAN then, In vociferous and mandatory
tone shouted: I" Mr. Hoyt take Jour seat, Sir, or
command You to leave ths house."
Mr.. HoYT contif ued to stand, and the CHAIRMAN
continued to scold bin for standing
The CHAIRMAN then decided that there was no mo-
ton before the meeting, and that Mr.. Brown had q
riett to speak to the Report without motion.
Mr.. MARSHALL said that there was motion toat
Mr.. Brown hso made. and that 1t had been seconded
The CHAIRMAN said "Wel"
Mr. HERRIEs asked if member was at liberty after
making motion 70 occupy the floor while toat motion
az seconded and then proceed to speak as II he had
never yielded the floor to the person seconding the
motionl 49,
The CHAIRMAN's ewes we're upon Mr. Hoyt how
ever and could attend to nothing else until Mr.. Hoyt
sat down. Again Mr.. Brosns progress was npeded
WHEN the Chairman grabbed his coat and hat AMI
tpmultuo usty declared that If Mr. Brown could not
speak he would leave the meeting
Mr. HAYWARD then rose in the name Of Jesus Christ
and in short and violent speech presumed to s@t the
whole Association to shaUe Tnere being no possiou
~ of making any progrfss 1t was Thought osst 10 per-
nit Mr.. Brown to proceed He bad very little TO ray
bu beeped the m mbers 10 let the matter Of their re
port drop. He appealed to them as young men pro-
iersipg Chri-tianity TO proceed no luther
Mr. WIyTERToN thee proceeded TO stigmahze the
whole report as false sud ~ a lengthy speecn endeav
cr.d N ypdicse himself from tie charges against HIM
"a Seyeoped in the readng of the testimony, which he
said was wrong.
MIR ABBOTT then stated that the testimony spoks for
;,se and each person bad signed hi, ne TO the
testimony they gave to the COMMITTEE. He therefore
urged for himself and for his colleagues in this arduous
ard upwelcome duty the considerati N that they had
only acted upon testimony aud not up apy feeling.
He sad that whatever the report revealed, it vas
The Instrument of the Association, and he was in
no way responsible for the facts which it made
known He had DO. said 80 much as bis friend
Prof Crosby; be had not said that "tse present
T" BOARD was the worst one the Association ever
had" Az to his manner, be had dooe the best
he could and all be could do would be to throw
himself upon the charity and good judgment of bis
brethren Of the Association.
Prot. CROSBY then moved the acceptance Of the re-
port and the discharge of the Committee, which vas
parsed unanimously.
motion to &C jourp wss then made lat IL! o'clock
til next Monday evening in the came place.
At II: 10 O'clock while Mr.. ABBOTT was reading the
testimony the eas put out, but upon the action of
Mr. Wintenon, who left the Chapel to investigate ths
cause Of ttis annoyance light was restored aud they
Who for ten minutes sat in darkness again saw the
glorious light.