New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-20
SELECTIONS FROM THE MAIL.
TIE STABLE BY THE TOMB.
TAMMANY's INSULT TO THE NATIONS ILLUS
rRlous DEAD

1hMMANfS INSULT TO THE NAIIoSs AhA'"
TR1oUs DEAD.
TO the Editor of The tribune.
or: NOW that design has been seiecteo 'or 'ne
"rAnt monument creditable alike to INC 'Ac'' VI
the architect ana the taste Of the committee
there ought to Be as little delay as possible IN re-
moving the stables that are still standing Wi'nih
stones throw Of the Generals tomb Before SPADE
ful OF earth IL turned to make way for the ioihaa-
ions OF the monument every vestiee OF nose uh'
seemly buildings should be obuterated from 'he
spot where they have already been too long allowed
70 remain. Having seen the article on TINS suo'eo'
IN Inc Tribune OF July 30 took the nrs' oPpr'
tunity that offered while In NewYork City recently
TO devote an afternoon to careful inspection OF the
north end of Riverside Park
At the. first glance any one but q Tammany
"heeler' or q Democratic Park Commissioners VIII
admit that the stables so ugly that to be ioathed
they need but to be seem From architectural
standpoint they are simply an abomnation ana 70
the injury thus inflicted on the sight seeing PUBIC
mas been added the insult OF painting them suen .
light, and therefore conspicuous. color that thc'r
unsighy bulk persistently thrust upon the vision
while one is anywhere In their neshborhood. IN
approaching the tomb from the north, one sees That
the two structures are really separated by con-
siderable stretch OF lawn, but In approaching from
the south. as majority OF visitors do one Is 40
prived OF even the inanitesnal comfort that this
OoStTNdtIOn Uieut lmparL FOR as one looN0 A"A'"
ward up the slope and sees the small brick tomb
against the shapeless OF wooden stables, tho
space between the two is foreshortcned that tne
smaller building has the appearance OF oeihe .
humble adjunct to the larger one. Thus bad Dc
gins and worse remains behind 1t Is only after
one has stood at the portal OF the tomb and, ooAns
between the bars Of tie gate. has gazed at the
green mass Of palms and growing plants and the
wreaths of uniading bay within, and read The
iuScrintiOO
casket, and over the whole Of that grand career
from It's baptism OF lire on the Mexican plains to
lis melancholy close in the cottage on Mount Mcueeor
and realized that within few feet rest the asheS
VI the hero Of Donelson and Nicksburg OF the Wider
ness and Apyomattox-it is only after one has done
this that feel to the full the eDormlty OF
which is the victim when, with thoughts still
exalted by the spell Of those mighty memories, one
turns away and is confronted By cattle she'd
Thsn it is that paticnce ceases TO be virtue that
anger gows at whitehead, that indignation and as
gust possess one to the exclusion OF every o'ner
emotion. What would one not give at that moment
for tongue that should the very bricks OF the
tomb TO rise and mutny. What are tile people OF the
imperial city Of New-York thinking about that they
allow political groundings thus TO desecrate the
grave Of the great cheftain Is acton delayed II The
hope that the men that have sanctioned THIS piece
Of vandalism Will undo Their worAl TO lean on
such hope is to lean on broken reed. For In the
lexicon OF the Tammany brave there are 10 suCh
words as sentiment and shame To him private duIy
and public decency are sounding brass and tlnAlne
cymbal whenever they Jar with personal pre1ernlen
the Of faction. He would peep anu
botanic upon his mothers grave Me 'no 40 is
profits from q job.
Had this eyesore at Caremont been built anywhere
hut IN the Park, 1t would have cost the lessee OF
a site, and therefore, to save expense and do havor
TO who is somewhat OF power In city polucs,
this outrage was perpetrated not only In violation OF
the ordinance prohibiting the erection within certain
IN defiance Of the unwrtten canons that good
taste shall govern the architecture OF all build
respect at least il not reverence shall be shown the
lasf resting places Of the lusrous dead. 1t may be
that the sicky shrubs and scraggy trees set out
along the southern side OF the stables and presumably
the eyes othe visitors the tomb have been planted
concession to the popular indignation that has
been aroused But they only aggravaton of the
offence For they seem to Indicate thai the men that
gsrded Others determined TO defy public opinion
and to keep the nuisance where II Is while this mser
able growth struggling maturity or at any rate as
In this Instance, then. in many Others the
people of York City must turn 10 the hallotbox
ir redress That their sRPf" made with unity,
cannot lie doubted. The community that nineteen
years ago crushed the Tweed ring' for picking Its
pockets now has splendid chance TO show It's ad-
vance in civilization and It's adoption Of higher code
Of ethics by crushing the Grant ring for outragng
Its feelings As Cato the closed every speech
with the words, Cartilage must be DESTROYED so
every citizen who reveres the memory OF Ulysses
simpson Grant terminate each eXertiOn In the coming
contest with the thought. The Claremcnt stables must
be removed, And soon "a the fight has been won
'0' "'e"i - FRANKLIN BALDWIN WILEY.
Cambridge, Mass. Oct. :, 1850.