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MEMORY OF WAsuINCTOy.

MEMORY OF WASHINGTON.
ProPLE or AMERICA Thirty.six
years have rolled away since the body
OF your beloved Washington was con-
signed 20 the humble scpulchre IN
which II now reposes. The mclan-
choly event threw the whole nation
into tears ard the determination of
your Representatives 10 erect monu-
ment ~ his memory, worthy of his
sublime virtues, was. then, every
where, hailed with delight. But no
memorial of your gratitude and vcne-
ration is vet visible. The stranger and
solourner IN your country has still 10
ask where is the NATIONAL MONUMENT.
sacred to the memory of your Illus
trious Washington, and dedicated 10
public and private virtue: Where
shall | look for the evidence of the
gratitude Of the American People To
the man who, under Providence, made
them what they are, Alas, as a ma
tonal memorial, il i no where to be
found.
.7asricans, Let not this generation
pass away before YOU prove To the
wo:ld that the memory OF your be.
loved Chief is still held in vcneraiion,
and his great virtues and services still
cherished an your hearts; that the cold
neglect, so long evin, cd, shall no lon
ger disgrace the character Of your
country, and that you vet have the
patriotism and feeling which become
the countrymen Of Washington.
.laericaaS You are now called up
on, perhaps for the last time, to re spcct
your oHn character and that of your
country, by doing honor 10 the mem
DRY of him 10 whom you owe so large
debt of gratitude. a monument is
about tn be erected under the direction
OF a Society. established for that pur-
pose, IN the city which he selected rs
the Metropolis of the Nation, and
which bear his honorcd name. by the
voluntary contributions Of the Ameri-
can People. The sum required from
each Is but small, tina; each NAV have
the honor Of contributing 10 SO noble
an object. That no one may complain
III rot having an opportunity TO share
IN the glory of such an undertaking.
and 20 show the respect and gratitude
he feels, all will toe called on for their
and, and from all old and Young. male
and female, that aid is expected. With
the aggregate thus obtained, a monu-
ment will be erected which, like him
IN whose honor it is TO be constructed.
viii be without parallel in the world.
Every where the memory of the Fa-
Their OF his Country is held in vencra-
uon; and let your contributions be in
proportion TO that generation. The
time has come when the stigma of in
gratitude shall be blotted from the cs-
cutcheon of the Republic, and the
American People will no longer be
tainted with Indifference and apathy
TO the memory of their iIlustrious Pa
triot.
Feiiotc- Citizens! The monument to
the erection OF which YOU are now
called upon to contribute. must be
worthy Of yourselves, of YOUR coun-
try, and of the man TO whom il is to
be dedicated. II will be a monument
not OF Washington alone. but Of the
gratitude, patriotism, munifcence, and
49, ANcl'At VI Niit present dNc
OF the Republic. II is intended, there
fore. 10 make it at once stupen.
dous and elegant, that it may lie an OBJ
iect in which the present generation
will glory, and at which future gene
ratIons will admire and wonder. TO
do this general contribution of even
the small sums required, (and which
every one can afford, will be sufficient.
For these the agents Of the Society
are authorized to call upon each oil
you and 1t is expected that no Amer
ican will be found so indifferent 10 his
own reputation and the character oil
ms country as 10 refuse or withhold his
mite from an object so noble, so patrio-
tic, and so honorable to the American
People.
BY order Of the Board Of Managers
of the Washington National Monu-
mcnt Society.
GEO. wATTgRsoN, Secretary.
Potomac Bridge.-Yesterday, the |
President Of the I'uifed States occor,-