Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-01-20

| those VINO had achieved It's eStaDlisnWent
should be commemOrsted in a new style
We need. Mr.. Speaker. said Mr.. C.. a,
monuments to tell Us that w ashinelOn hal
lived: he has a, monument, he will cont
nue. TO have one, IN the heart OF every A
merican; such monument as none before
! him ever had; and let il be our peculiar
! pride TO enshrine bin there alone. Yes
sur, We will keep Washington's monument
| in our bosoms. We will commit u 10 nc
! perisbabie sIone-bls name shall have a
! purer, a more enduring memorial. Sir
my hear, beats as ardently AMI fires as
high rs That OF any OF my counEymen on
tbs subject; but ! would erect no tomb.
Suppose we build one, and determine ITS
place 10 be here in this Capilol-will il
be seen by the nation? No, il will only be
visible to The favored lew who are drawn
to thls spot by their public functions,
who visit it on jaunt of pleasure, or at
tend il on concerns ot private business
But Warrington has monument already,
far greater than you can build:--his me
mortal 10 every where; from Maine %
Louisiana; from the ocean 10 the noun
taIns. & wherever, 10 tneir widely spread.
ivy emigrations. the people of this COME.
lderacy shall direct their steps Wash.
insion travels with them, and they in
continue to bear on his living monument
till they have fixed if on the tar,hest shores
OF our continent.
Mr.. Buchanan observed, in reply, lbat
when he brought forward the resolution
he bad the honor TO present to the House,
he did not suppose that any gentleman
would feel il to be bis duty 10 oppose its
adoption. He differed wholly from the
honorable gentleman from Georgia. That
gentleman maintained that it was not pro-
per for republic, by monumental marble,
to excite its citizens 10 virluous deeds by
publicly honoring the memory OF those
who had been the benefactors OF their
country. He on the contrary, thought
that in the case of republics there was in
the practice peculiar and special pro-
priety. Such monuments bad, in all ages
and countries, exerted a powerful effect
in melting men 10 patriotic virtue: and it
therefore seemed in peculiar manner a.
dapted to the circumstances OF this repub-
lie. TWAS, too, a practice which had
been already sanctioned by the example
Of some of the most respectable states in
the union. But il vas now loo late to talk
about the policy OF the measure. Is not,
asked Mr.. b. the faith OF the nation
pledged Has not the measure been
publicly resolved upon by both Houses OF
Congress? Has it not received the sane
ton Of the President OF the United States?
is the county to promise to-day, and VIC.
late its promise to. morrow? The faith OF
the government, pledged twenty-five
years since, TO the family OF the deceased,
and to the American people. has never, TO
this day, been redeemed. Shall we bold
all our contracts nviolable but this !? As
TO the precedent, thai question has alrea.
dy been settled the PLEDGE has been Civ
en-, And were gentlemen alarmed at the
da pger OF such precedent? They might
calm their approximations there was not
the remotest danger OF such another case
occurring. The world, in its long course
OF days. bad never beheld such a man bS
fore and. in all the march OF time, I(t
was little probabil OF the world lSg
seeing such another: and tor bins 81
Buchanan said, he felt so deeply t65sok #
yS=,sAa. to redeem the pledged promise
lhe nation, rtAts Tough little accustomed
10 make such requests, he must ask that |
The yeas and nays might be recorded.
Mr.. Trimbie said, that he die not rise |
for the purpose OF pronouncing Washing.
On's eulogium; that was theme which |
none was competent to but the equal Of
t0n-and such man was no
here 10 be found. But he had risen 20
isabuse this natiuu from the charge Of m.
.ratItude to the memory OF its bsneiactor
On what proof had so grievous charge
been founded? On the fact, that no ma.
ional monument OF marble bad yet been
erected TO his memory. TO inspire Us, Git
,e understood the gentleman from Penn
yIvania,) with the sentiments Of public
,irtue. Our patriotism must be cold in.
iced, If it could only be inspired by the
,oidness Of marble monument. God TOR.
lid that he should advance an opinion, that
UGH monument ought not to be erected.
3ut he would ask, it il had been erected
5 or 20 years ago. and fixed within the
walls of this Capitol, where would. have
,een, or what would have become OF it.
when this building was wrapped 10 flames?
!, would have fallen into the UDhallowed
land of barbarous enemy, who would
ave mutiIa,ed or carried it Of The on.
= charge of ingratitude that could then
ave been urged, would have been, that
he nation neglected TO defend The Capt.
oil !; that, instead OF l4,OU0 IetreatIng
rom handful OF the invaders, they did
lot fight till only IA were lett alive
When they bad done this, they might e
ect splendid monument. But when the
Capitol, tha, is now going on in building.
hall first be completed, and the mOnu.
nent itself shall have first been procured,
t would be time enough TO pass resolu.
ions for fixing it in the Capitol, In the
mean while, Washington has monument
n every place where there are Americans,