New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-24

men are ,menable the means Of Judging whether that re
pert > warranted by facts the only recourse ieit rs WI
f.l deeply injured By such c,urse 70 ask thAt a'
Hororah, A. uhy will cause the testimony taken BY
! H. C~antt-- 70 b. Published 70 the world.
The only plausible cfion that can be urged % sacn
t. ih.t useless txpeUse viii Do incurred oy t1-
state ssmush A. Il ackrovldg thai no uiisr0c action
be had by tie L-gi. in relation IN the ii'sf
Bot your hemoriAsts most respectfully AK su-uTs
refusal BY state on such grounds. ~Oud De d0ng JUS
your H-uor diets or the Institution which has been
nsCe the SUBJECT OF this inquiry.
Among the several alley atoms contained IN the report OF
the Conutfee which not in the Judgment OF the Nc
mo'ssrs fairly sustained by testimony. the attention
q the Assembly respectfully solicited ~ the oHosiog
Fr't IL sisted that the annual elections were coudnct
&c IN manner quite too loose and vsgue for lnstta
non g utroing 80 large Of money rust as ins
~hss done
TIE language used in this extract does not convey any
precise ueanug but IS evidently intended 20 b. Ruder
stood rs IN putting 10 those ho cond acted the cleo
lions IL sufficient to say, in reply the elections
proved Slssys 20 have been conducted 10 strict
fomfy with The law the thousands
thcs oireci, Interested in th- ana without instance
having occurred OF dissent By single person from
the decision announced.
ScOad IL also stated that the disbursing officer
nearing doubtless the Treasurer exercised his adg
in the payment OF bills Snd 81 sms before the
were audited but AZ the END OF the year ne obtained
"ther approval BY the proper Committee II Management
So lar from this being "a fact demonstrated
BY admission it Is wholly without foundation, and at vsr
with the facts eciied in the examination Ii Is IN ties
tm0ny uucOutradcted and uuqueStioned that the Urea
surr attentive accurate and faithful IN the dsch ESe
al BIZ duties that he for the greater portion OF sew
era years largely in advance 10 the Institution
that the bis paid by him approved and passed ~
wetky sessions oftbe Executive Committee AMI reported
monthly 20 the Committee Of lnagsmsnt in strict
foruiIy with the b. Laws There also a general
account current Submitted by the Treasurer the annual
n Getting ct the members and the was immedlstey
thereafter examined audited and certified by Committee
for publication.
Third Ii il further stated in the report that your
Committee are clearly Of opinion that the great error into
which the managers of the Institution fell in soPro
pstrg five per cent of their annual receipts TO building
md
This remark, together with what follows the
topic inc caes very clearly that the writer had not made
HIN III AZ Quanted With the documentary evidence before
hin and had elected examine the record OF oral test
uopy The establishment of the building fund Vas not
the act of the Managers lt dei0ersis aud ws COZ
I'D, red processing OF the members themselves la the
month Il December ls47 by unanimous vote at an an
nut meeting convened IN strict conformity with tue sta
tute n Recommendation adopted fr the creation OF
bucing fund arc THIS principle IN the same month,
made provision OF the Constitution snd has since
continued IN force The existence of tins provision
mrde known 10 every member of the Institution More
Il al ore hundred IN usand copies Of the Constitution
buec the general plsn OF operations was pub
fltd in the principal spApers of every section OF the
country where members known 70 reside. Printed
report contnirg record of these proceedings, were
placed before Commit and the question was dis
cuss.d Al length and fully explained by witnesses during
the .on Action, therefore under this resolution
became g,tory on the part of the management The
lev wa- Creoiabe the intelligence Of the mem Oers.
Ihs apparent by the fact that while IL afforded To
tn public be EFT free gallery for the eXhib ton OF
works at American artists has been the means OF en-
ahLg tie Institution - realize considerable pecuniAry
profit for the benefit OF the members, and 70
h. IN local habtsliun and the means OF advancing the
csu.e of the Arts for several years 20 come In the
iud ueu ~ the Meuorial.t.. other policy could have
- d, vsed equally just in principle and well cal
aed 10 advance the objects for which the Institution was
established
EDfB The clo sing passage Of the report states that
The managen the Art mon have been unt rtUnste
" in forum basis and hHng The details ot seton; tner
expense been great o enable them To carry out
her designs and the au1abe objects they SOUGHT to
G. asComp III have utterly failed.
The M,morass must be permitted to express their sur
pris. bat 90 many un-uppur,d statements and errors Of
OPTION should have been compressed INTO single SEN
teuce Of public document They are wholly At loss to
Iom what source, or upon what authority his ss
meHt il promo unccd Certainly, nothing 10 Justify can
be found the testimony the 80 TAR troh there
beng sny ground the assertion that the expenses OF
GENE had been too great the testimony IN the case
stsb shes the TACT that the utmost economy prevailed IN
all the details Of business, and that unusualy large
amount gratutou labor performed by those entrust
With the manag ement.
To reute the allegation that the objects sought TO be
accomplished rad utterly failed il Is only necessary to
examine the statistics Of Its proceedings The large amount
of money collected from every section. including the
moest regions Of the country aud appropr usd % tbs
art the large number of productions Of the
biphest order OF merit distributed the wids
parse thereby awakening and fostering love for the beau
ul ere tIons Of the pencil the diffusion among every
class # the people Of engraved copies of those works
she'd lusire the character OF American genius
thus AFFORD ing the surest for educating the puoic
tsste the extensive circulation Of illustrated publications
d, voted 10 the dissemination Of information kindred
suhee thus keeping alive and extending kno sledge Of
the progress and condition Of the Arts these the re
suits which the Memorislisis regard furnishing con
elusive evidence the practical usefuness Of the lns,,u
ton The beneficial Influence exercised by the American
Art Union the public taste of the country cannot oe
sateO IN clearer sro ger language than may be
found in the volumes If Official correspondence which
were placed before the Committee ard left ia their custody
throughOu the examination. That correspondence en-
braces information ana opinions from eminent and nts
gent artists, and Of education and Refinement IA
almost every walk Of lie and in every section OF the Cnion
Nth correspondence upon their table, and cOrrobora
tive testimony accessible to them IN every direction Is
matter for grave surprise that sentiments wide Of ustce
should be found in the report Of the Committee
The MemOalsts feel and knew that injustice has been
done not alone themselves but 10 the interesting
IN which they engaged. They desire therefore TO
controvert tae statements Of the report and 10 insist that
The sudsbe objects they sought to accomplish have not
" utterly failed"
Their prayer is that this memorial together with the
testu ouy taken by the Committee VI Investigation, be
printed
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ASg-{@k, June 10, ls5S
RE IGIOUS.