New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-04

member of that COMMITTEES, il my A.s..;ar n 40
10y duty not only TO the city, but TO az
large. was one OF those gentlemen who have been
arragned by the public press 2s me re hardened than
some other sinners Of this Bos,d desire to shirk no
notwithstanding I was NOT bonored bv
that Committee with any pcso Yor the expenditure
OF any money, save the rovition for the necessary
music, Nevertheless, bAving been q member of that
COMMITTEE ana havip given my sanction TO the gen.
tlemeD appointed ca the subcommittee, / am held
responsible for am miftakes that may have been com.
mi led. am cot here TO censure any gentleman OF
the Board OF Alderman. signed this requsitiOn be-
cause was tod The Controller desired II, for If the
expenses Ssre taken from the contingent fund.- there
would e very little left and i was necessary to make
pCarste appropriation. 1t is well enough, nov that
me dog de id and buried to refuse to pay for him. it
is well enough for gentlemen here 20 try to make Po-
ca capital out of the miseries and mfortunes OF his
associates. was a member Of this Committee, and
epdeavored to have the affair go off with credit to the
City of NewYork. 1t is asked by what right we ex.
ceeded the original appropriation Bya precedent
established before, and by wish to have the affair
credit to the city, An event such as never occurred
before, and perhaps never will again. An empire,
with its teemiDg millions through the energy and in-
dustrv of one of NewYorks sons in spite of the in
ducements held out by England selected the infant Re-
public of the United States their place to enter upon
negotiations They here especially provided with
a ship by our Government; and it was supposed the
Republic would be benefited by the trade thus opened
They were invited to the Empire City, not only of the
Empire State, but of the Union 1t was because New
York was ever graspng, and ever looking out for
nues TO be opened up for trade. She deputed Com
mittee of the Common Council to invite them here;
had the honor of being member Of that Committee
and defy any man TO say that one single act OF mine
wrong, to my conscience, my God or my consttu-
ents. Allow me to say, that at the time they were
here not only slO5, 0OO but twice that sum, could
have been raised among the commercial men of New
York. to entertain them. The City of Boston, which
look upoI a small place. sent gentlemen here who
800 0C0 on the reception. Look at the acts of the
Committee. Look at the reception by the City Of
New-York. We chartered a steamer to meet them,
and anxious were we for the comfort Of the Embassy
that not man allowed to take his friend or
brother with him. They arrived at the City of New
York. and the reception and procession is admitted on
all hands to have been the best conducted and
the most magnificent affair we have ever
seen. We took them to the Metropolitan
Hotel Mr. Lent went TO say that they secured the
best quarters and the best rooms that he said to Mr..
Leland to give them all they desired. Was the Com
mittee right wrong He had rather $20O, 900 had
been spent than that any such scenes had been enacted
as were in Phlade phia His friend he sid had for
gotten the ball; that was the pound that broke the
csmels back. And during the progress of thainotbng
more popular. IL was the intention to have given
that ball without any wine; but the public press
ridculed ii ss cold water festival and the Committee
reconsdered the matter and voted to have wine. He
voted against having It, and of all the wine that
flowed there, not one drop passed his head The gen.
teman forgets there was supper, attended with great
expense. He was satisfied that these bills regular.
The charge was made in the press, and sworn to by
one individual to his belief that the bill of the Le
lands amounted to about $40 0O0 but for the purpose
of getting 33 per cent allowed, it was put at s9l 0OO
The greatest liar would know that three times $4,000
would not compensate Mr.. Leland. He had told Mr..
Leland plainly, what he thought of any one who
would be guilty of such thing. Mr.. Leland said
every item of his bill could be proved the goods were
delivered, and the prices reasonable Respecting the
charges made against the Committee, he response
bic only for his acts. He would not afx his sig
nature to any bills unless satisfied they were correct
and the prices reasonable; and if go they should be
paid. But when they come forward here the public
press says this is swindle, and regarded as
swinders; but think of the ten thousand who
we're at that ball-were there any disorder any
panic there? Mr.. Lent reiterated his opinion that the
bills were correct, and should be paid
MIR. ALLEN moved to adjourn. Withdrawn.
Mr.. SHAW said the gentleman from the Twenty.frst
had taken mp this matter, and he seemed 10 have fol-
lowed in the wake of the papers of The city in calling
the Council robbers thieves swiDders and bandts be
seems TO have fol wed in the wake Of the vena press
thinking il popular with the taxpayers of the city.
The press may be homes In this bot there was one
item where they had made uistqke-viz., that each
smber Of The Council bad sN dozen pairs Of gloves
Or they corrected it six dozen He wore gloves,
and members of the Council who associated with him
wore no gloves but what they paid for. He were 40
white hat nor any clothes but what he had paid for
Yet this j. staed fact and has been carried on the
wings If lightning all over the country. The Council
nbn from the Twenty-frst lPinckney seems to go on
" bat he shos'd call the cheap and nasty principle.
According TO bic figure he Hust have gone npon
Bowery plan. he seems 10 think that s93 600 must
have been spent at thu ball or been divided, az his
friend Levi 5. Cbaifeld said But only one fact is
apparent The city had invited these strangers TO visit
them. In ps they only carried out the feeling of the
people st the time. He bad the honor for he not
Ashamed of it, TO have been of the Council VII,
rendered hem the Inequalities OF the city. Should
they have said to them, Come and take
care Of yourselves Certainly not. And after having
extended this invitation TO these Princes of Japan,
should have taken them 10 some dollar day hotel,
or ythiDg less than they had in Washington He
thought the city of Newyork would have been dis.
graced 10 have done less than she had done, aud
Thought tie citizens would Father come forward
and ay this bill than to hear all this harppg about
per PES and robbing the treasury. What tax payer
would not be willing to give his quarter. Butt4ke
auottsr view. The visit Of this Ep bassy brought 10
New-York vs. visitors a half million or a milton
people and il reasonable to suppose that they left here
at least ahaif million Of dosrs in the hands of our store
keepers. This s the wey that Nav York exists. He
Il ought that history will do this Committee and per.
been for this Japanese affair, there would have
been tut very little 20 talk about for
the last sixty days II had afforded grea, deal of
amusement TO the people, aud great dead to write
about for the papers This reception had been admit
ted on all hands TO be the splendid affair of the
age. IL niskt be called the event of the age. When
were macy people assembled n New York, aud
when such order PRESCRIBED! This Embassy came
here 20 ratfy the first treaty made with Japan. En-
gland cia ed The honor for that country but she
Denied il; and the honor obtained for us by Con-
snl Haus, Ninth Ward New-Yorker. And yet we
told that when invited thee distinguished gen.
ttmeD 10 this city, nutt 20 upon tie cheap and
Iasty plan. He thought dollars aud cents should
be taken no account when we look upon the results
of this reception and the ratification of this treaty.
Washington spent s2l 600 alone; and hs was crediby
hot lrzn
in Philadelphia snd that they spent SJ5 900 900
and even b, ton facetiousy termed the hub Of the