The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-07-16

vantages, without some interference.
suchas is now contemplated, will in a
few years be completely lost as the
progress of population and building is
rapidly surrounding it, and ere long the
| place where Warren fell, if nothing
be done to prevent it, will be covered
by streets and houses.
Believing that the time had arrived
when successful appeal could be
made to the community on this subject,
an Association was entered into, for the
purpose of making such appeal; and
an act of incorporation was applied for,
and obtained for more conveniently car
! rying the design into execution.
To solicit the necessary aid from the
Publick, collect the fund, place it ad IN
term in secure and productive invest
ment, decide on suitable place, and
make arrangements for its execution,
were objects which required time, de-
liberation, responsibility. and system
For this reason, and no other, it was
deemed expedient to proceed under the
provisions of a Corporate Charter.
1t is intended to erect a MONU-
MENT, which shall be consecrated to
the great leading characters and events,
both civil and military, of the American
Revolution, up 10 the 18th of July, 1878 !;
10 bear appropriate inscriptions of
names and dates. 1t so happened that
this part of the Union was first called on
to act and to suffer, in the great revolu-
tionary contest. The storm of war
burst here; and it may we'll be our hap
piness, as it seems to us to be our duty,
to rear the first enduring Monument to
events OF so unmeasured an importance.
AS all the Provinces and Colonies of
New-England, which now constitute
the Eastern Division of the Uniled
States, produced conspicuous actors, in
those times, and sent soldiers of tried
bravery to contend in the conflict of
that day, they have all like interest in
the honour and happiness of the result
and if the present design should meet
the general appreciation, the generous
and patriotick feeling of six prosperous
States may, we have supposed, be safe
ly relied on TO furnish adequate means.
AT present, it is not practicable TO de-
fine the character or magnitude of the
Monument which may be erected
This must depend essentially on the ex-
tent to which the feelings of the coun-
try shall be interested in the undertake
ing. The general view, however, is 10
erect a Monument, which shall be dis
tingushed by simplicity and grandeur,
rather than by elaborate or elegant Or
naments. Like the events which it is to
commemorate. we would wish it to ex-
hibit the character of natural, inherent,
durable greatness.
Ii is obvious, that if the undertaking
is to succeed, it must be adopted, carri-
ed on, and completed by the publick.--
The Association aspires only to the
praise Of having attracted the publick
patronage to the object, and to the
pleasure of bestowing their own best
services and labours, most cheerfully
and zealously, in furtherance Of the de-
sign. 1t is composed of Gentlemen in
different paris Of the State of such uum-
bers as TO insure intelligence and good
councils, and of such character, we trust,
as to insure the publick confidence in
the faithful appropriation Of the contrib
uted funds.
As soon as arrangements can be made,
appeals wil be made, through commit
tees, to individuals. All will have an
opportunity of contributing as their abl-
ity or inclination may prompt.
The smallest donation will be gladly
received; and the humblest citizen may
have an opportunity of saying that he
has contributed something to testify his
respect for the labours and sufferings Of
his ancestors. An exact account of all
subscriptions will be kept; those Of each
town entered separately, and the name
of each donor recorded in a permanent
volume, to be deposited and preserved
in the Monument.
1t remains only that we submit this I'M
dertaking to the consideration of an EN-
ightened and patriotick Publick.
DANIEL WEBSTER,
WIN. SULLIVAN,
III. A. S. DEARBORN,
w. TUDOR,
r. y. SULLIVAN,
S. ID. HARRIS,
+. G. GRAY,
SAM'L. SWETT,
GEORGE TlCHNOR.