New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-24
THE CESYOL4 ANTIQUITIES.
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me Fdftor Of The Tribune.
SIR. VIII you kindly give room to the fol-
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= , the editors who accepted the invitation 10 eA-
amino IA. two statues IN the Cesnola cOuecuoh' reco4.5
On s.uute Twas all tie more willing to accept tm7 III
y,atiou n f. was at the time necessary Tor me- as al
editor 70 GENE 10 conclusion on the genera 'ueo'
or account Of the proposed use Of iustra2ps Ifre
fan q vur.oe antiQuities IN this magazine E't 49, -
The scrlptors and stOuecutters had app4e1 cn MS. tb
them old several Of the trustees tlsl I bodes
cSsrres untrue a. the larger parts OF the wv Do
6eiDg made M OF unrelated fragments Al me Si1
fund me or ginal charge that the ieet OF one "a
I'm, I'm l' tf1es we're partly remade" 70 ne aDso-
iuelv true not wihsanding tuat the cuuiilt'e w.
yss5aio9 reported 1,as, faTnd {se5 ''A'
am ,s-onshed TO find that the managers OF inc Mu-
=; i mi. denial il reprinted and am still more a.
tonis,d lind that this pamphlet WnIch contains ar
the statements OF Mr.. Launt thompson iltoi ind
opinions of sculpt0rs oil az a., s E',r w.
~ ~ blic ourht fo he informed wherein the opu-
ions Of tne.e gentlemen agree win those PuD,ne an
ma fb nm Sic shcud Dee told whether these gentlemen
consider the whole controversy closed OF Mle.Ae 10y
think the formal examination 81 ne ,l'orI -
and the Informal examination made IN IT, uoruuSu
and satisfactory as TO the CONDITION o. 1ne "IO '0
FST y~ef regret to say that after carefuand
- s,r,c win Mr. savage late assistant director in
eSaTg Of ri e. antiquities hat there are many resiora
lions
haze 5eea de,tied" Yours respectfully, ~ c.,,.r,
The Ceafi,rg Na0G-ine Union square, AeU- York, May
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with the best possible intentions Mr. Glider still
seems to US TO share the general unwillingness Of
the assalants in this matter to stick TO clear issue
After a deluge of miscellaneous and, as many
Thought wauton disparagement of the Museum, the
assault at last came t. particulars. Two statues
were singled out and with every form
Of precise and unqualified arragnment were de-
clared 10 be a fraudulent patchwork Of unrelated
parts" Upon that charge investigation was
elaborltely and defantly challenged.
Now that is ineligible. If it is true,
then the men who say 1t have established
their right TO be heard as 10 their other
more vague and scattering accusations But
If It j. false, they out of court; even if
their motives not questioned. their Judgment
cannot be entitled to further attention.
Well Mr. Glider hurriedly admits that this charge
is essentially false He claims. indeed that the
feet OF one statue have been restored, and accuses
last wears committee Of denying 1t, The
truth is they have been openly repaired
70 make the statue stand up and that fact
neither last years committee nor anybody
else has ever denied concealed or objected
10. Bat this is unimpOrtant. The charge
was that these statues were mere fraudulent
patchwork of unrelated parts Mr. Glider. in
one short sentence, admits the char &c 10 be
untrue: then straightway hurries to divert dis
cusson 70 other and less specific accusations.
THIS Dies not seem TO timely. If the
precise aud formal charge has TO be abandoned,
let Us have that case disposed Of before one Is
opened What is the language to he applied to the
men VINO deliberately formulated charges that, II
false are monstrous What punishment is TO be
awarded rhemi What does Mr. Glider have 10 say
about them and their action Or are they alrlly to
dit away to fresh fables and ISLANDERS new, with
Just as much credit ever
We must also dissent utterly from Mr.. elders
AUTOMATICALLY as we are apt to value his opinions
that il is important 70 know what MIR. ST
Gaudens and Mr. Warner think of the general value
of the Cesnola collection, even of some other
phases the controversy. The thing the public
now want to know of them is the thing at issue -
Are the accused statues fraudulent patchwork
of unrelated parts" as chargedi Later on. per
haps, the public may want their opinion Oh other
polnts.-we don't know We do know that the
thing the Disguised public now asks is, not
"what about a fresh lot Of charges" but,
"what about those positive and precise
charges on which issue joinedf' Did Mr.. ST.
Gaudens and Mr.. Warner say those charges
true or false II Mr. Glider will give Us that nfor-
nation, viii make haste 10 publish it.
But if that matter be neglected OF slurred or
mixed mp with something else, the public night think
a disingenuous attempt III progress 20 conceal
the failure of the present charges under a cloud of
One thing at time and let us have that
thorough Dld Mr.. St. Gaudens sustain the unquali-
fed charge that those sta fraudulent
patchwork of unrelated parts OF did he not f-IId.l
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