New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-27

About the Common Councils Funeral
COmniftec.

A5oat the Common GOuuciis Funerai
COwnittee.
10 ne Editor If The y. !. Tribune.
SIR: Are you not bearing down rather heavy
on the above Committee in regard to their dealings
with tie coiored peopc'
admire your spirit in rebuking conduct that seems
TO YOU UNJUST but in this you ma! be going Little
too far.
an informed that the Committee were told by dele
gates from some OF the Irish societies that place IA
The procession assigned u 0e oolored Sen hey one
IiA socieiiss) ropf not join IN me funeral eere@oH'
II this is true the Committee. fearing. no donbt, that
he absence OF the Irish sOce'ieb would detract much
from the appearance of the procession ana desiring 70
have the ceremony every way credtabe in appearance
thew may for the above have been induced 10
decline assigning place to the coored people.
AT al events. it is well that tie Committee should
have The benefit Of this apology any other that they
may be entitled to- MoUkNLh
We print the above in Difference to IT'S
author; but We dscredit it, imputation on the
generosity of the Irish Societies. At all events,
we are certain that none of the lrishmen who
have been fighting for the integrity of the Union
can have desired to exclude learty Unlonists OF
any color from the procession. And even NJ
they did. the Authorities would be without ex-
cuse.
=. S.-Since writing the above we have re-
ceived the following letter from Alderman Otti-
we'll:
t. The Elior Of The " 7ribsTe
SIR: A. you have personally connected my name with
the assumed act Of the Common Council excluding
Colored People ffom the procession yesterday, pre-
\. af.,1 -. hrtas rs
the shock Of your attack will permit. or course you
could not e1pec! lie 10 recover my equaninn'y III
stanter.
First You nsinuate that voted in Committee IN Ia
yor OF their exclusion In reply desire 10 state for the
OF those who may receive the insnuaiion
n. fact, that had avoc been taken directly on tsa,
question. should have voted Gid vote in spirit, n
perfect accordance with my sentiments and instincts
they being in entire harmony with The principles and
onnoblng instincts OF the political party TO whom have
pledged allegiance and support.
Second As Chairman of the Committee was obliged
to express their dec s.oLs have yet to learn t..
e expressed myself differently.
There has been ch feeling manifested in 20
this matter but II, facts very simple when ped
Of the mental cobw, bs around them by Interested
parties The Connie on Council did MT exclude any per
son from the procession account of their color,
neither were the coored organizations the only ones
unable to participate The advertised decision Of theI
Committee tina, no applications for position in line,
would be received after Thursday. is matter OF record
The Secretary OF he Committee after adjournment
ON ThursdaX received with some thirty odd other ap
pcations one nom the colored societies, requesting tol
be as,isrsi pldce N the line On Friday. after the
Committee had been busy all day making arrangements
la. afr. AL
to adournnr the subject OF assigning the coicred PEG
plo oaiya place in line was forced upon the Committee
1t was decided simply, that ii would be "injudeions
and improper" to assign the coored people place in
line TO the exclusion Of the thirty odd other associations
of willie men that had applied it being utterly imposs
bic to locate them all at that late hour Thus you see
tho decision was in truth, thst distinction could
be made in favor of assigning place for colored people
onl in the published programme. Nobody would orj
could object to them in with all other citizens
falling in line on the left Of tho procession.
Late Monday evening. ii was understood a telegram
had been received from the Assistant Secretary OF War
desire that discrimination should bel
observed in the procession Of late President As
soon as this was ascerained by the Committee meet
ing was held of all the members of the Common Conn
ell that could be found and while the matter being
discussed and fayoraby considered il ascertaned
that on order had been issued which practically gave
them place in the procession. This left the Commit
tee nothing further TO do and they very properly ad
lourned without taking definite action. Very respect
fully. your obedient servant JOHN ID. OrrWEI-
Office of Clerk Of Common Council, No. Cry Hal,
yec. York April 20, 1860
But we understood from Nj Acton that heI
only issued the order for the admission of thcI
colorcd people to the procession on the refusal
of the Committee, after "a conference with them,