The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-02


majority in the next House.
COMPARATIVE MEANHESs AND VULGARrrY.--
There has been great deal said by the papers
of Philadelphia and Boston, since the Prince of
Wales visited those cities, about certain acts OF
meanness and vulgarity which characterized
his reception, and the journals there have been
making all kinds of statements in extenuation
or contradiction thereof In Philadelphia the
committee who had charge Of the Opera given
in honor of the Prince refused 10 pay the pal
try sum Of two hundred dollars for the decora-
tons OF the Opera House, and left Ullman and
the Opera people to pay it out of their own
pockets; yet the Philadelphia papers are
pluming themselves on their refinement and
liberia ivy.
In Boston the vulgarity Of the "best society"
in that enlightened city as displayed in their
petty quarrels and wranglings, is very amusing;
but the Philadelphia and Boston folks need not
distress themselves, nor feel at all abashed at
their meanness or vulgarity, for New York can
beat them in both. Witness the action of our
Corporation with regard to the bill for the
Princes reception; the vuigarity and insclence
Of Brady and his associates, who declared tina,
although the entire amount was only four
thousand dollars for one of the most splendid
demonstrations the city ever witnessed, they
would not pay one cent Of it. Brady, too, not
only refused to pay the BILL but insulted the
Prince by calling the young man "tyrant"
who never exercised any power ia his life, be-
cause he has none to exercise, but who is still,
as he remarked himself, "in the hands of his
nurses"
The people of Boston and Philadelphia,
then, may take comfort, for we can beat them
hollow in meanness, vulgarity and insolence;
but the difference is that we do not try to hide
or deny these elegant attributes. but always
spread them out openly for public inspection
Whenever we have anything great to boast of
on the part Of our officials-whether it be
talent, or patriotism, or meanness, or inso-
leDce, or vulgarity-we always exhibit ii to
the world as Barnum does his curiosities
THE PRINCES BALL AND PETER CoOPER's
SrEwARDsHIP-The committee of four hun
dred citizens who got up the ball at the Acads-
my of Music to the Prince of Wales subscribed
a hundred dollars apiece for that purpose,
making forty thousand dollars in ALL which,
doubtless, was paid to the Committee of Man
agement, of which Peter Cooper was the chair
man and the Chesterfield, and it is generally
believed that surplus Of some eight or ten
thousand dollars remains We all remember
what fuss was made about the bill for the
-; .h hal T.
hand, and out Of which they secured such
liberal supply Of yellow kid gloves and white
hats what a clamor there was to get the items
of that bill-which we have not got yet-and
how the public were aghast at the impudence
Of the Aldermen in refusing to furnish said
items. We have said that there Is general
impression abroad that the Princes ball did
not cost the whole amount subscribed, and we
are inclined to estimate-from the fimsness OF
the whole affair, particularly of the floor,
which, 1t seems, could not sustain the weight of
dignity and old fogyism crowded upon it-that
the ball did not cost more than thirty thousand
dollars, and it strikes us that the four hundred
patriots who subscribed q hundred dollars
each ought to call meeting and request Peter
Cooper and his associates in the management
to furnish the items of expenditure. For our
part we shall publish the names Of these gentle
men, and never cease asking them for the items
till the Day Of Judgment-f we live so long
until we get them.
Peter Cooper is said to be very pious, be-
nevelent, patriotic man, and honest withal. He
took upon himself many things in connection
with the ball which be did not accomplish ex-
acty in the fashion Of q Chesterfield but
though he may know nothing about dancing, or
the etiquette Of ballroom, or about receiv-
ing princes, yet he knows how to keep small
accounts, cast up items and so form, for he is
an excellent business man. We think, then,
that he ought to brighten up bis associates Of
the committee and give US the items Of that
bill.
The Opera and the Thsatress