Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-18
WASHINGTON MONUMENT.

on grand base or zocle, and Is surmosnteo
nv circular pedestal, on which The statue Is
int. nded to stand This base or znelr is nj
~ feet SQUARE, and twenty FIVE fesl hlgh; inc
column is twenty feet in diameter. and win us
sub base, one hundred and thirty tee high I,
the capital is twenty fee, square he statue
is fifteen feet high, and the whole height OF
the monument from the pavement, Including
the statue will he one hundred and seventy
six feet. AS i, stands on hill one hundrfo
feet high, the structure rises two hundred ana
seventy six fee, above tide. 1t is constructed
Of white marble, slightly varirga'ed, and is 81,
ready very conspicuous object to every one
approaching the Guy, whether by land OF wa
ter. Tie statue will render it still more so,
and will Of cousse give finish and beauty TO The
whole.
The monument stands al the intersection oil
four s'ree's. which, on iber approacn 10 y.
are increased in width, so as 20 ALLOW io'!
view OF it. Though he area might have n'eh
larger with advantage, it is not every Puohe
work that has on the Whole, more adVanta'
geous position. A part Of ,his area is TO b
enclosed, and planned with shrubbery, and me
monun,en, is 20 be enciretd with massive
iron railing, three hundred and ffy feet W
circumference, opened on The four fronts ~
iron ga,ewsys, and ornamenied win lamp
stands,
When finished according TO The designs. the
Monum-n, will present the following aPpe r
snce. On every from, Of the grand base, i
flight of marblr steps, (Aanked by massy blocks
ssrmounted with tripods leads up 10 thr door
ways These flights Of steps are partly hnlsh-
ed A broad fritze runs round the exterior o
The base, Immediately under the cornlce,) en-
riched with series Of civic wreaths, each en-
circling ID star designating the States OF TIM
Union. In The centre Of this frieze, above 'ht
door ways are large marble tablets, inscribed
with the name Of Washington. Over The Cor
nice blocking course runs round the Base
crowned al The four angles with Military tro
plies, all executed in marble. Bronze inscrp
lions commemorative Of events in thr Revolt
ton cornec,ed with the life OF Washington, ar,
10 be placed in Latin and English on ever.
from, OF the base. The following has been prt
posed as on, by the architect, Nj. Mills:
Fama. Manet. Pereunis. Civas. Batimorienses.
Quia. PopuG Arbitrio Haud irani. Studio
sumsit Posuitq Secures Tentae. Laudis Augendae
Georgia. Washington sed. Ut.
Patri. Patriae. Excmplar. Vitae.
Quo Duce Patriae q. Amors.
Summo Numinc Favente Semper in. Conspectu.
Civitates. Foderatae. Honinum Esset.
Americae. Septentrionalis, W.
Liber,aIem Legesq Pc.
Impetrarunt
His Fame immortal
because he accepted and resigned his command
At the will of the People.
"a To
"a GEoRsI WASHINGTON,
The Father Of his Country,
Under whose command
With the Blessing Of Providence,
The confedersted Americans
obtained
Liberty and Laws.
The Citizen. of Baltimore,
Not in the vain hope
Of increasing SO great a reputation,
But in order that
An example of Patriotism and Private Worth
Might be continually held up to view,
Have caused
This Monument to be erected.
The base Of The column above the grea
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