Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-04-21
MEMORY OF WASHINGTON.

PEorLE AMERICA Thuv-siv years have
rolled away since the body of your beloved Wash
ington was consigned to the humble scpnlchre in
which IT now Icposcs. The melancholy event
threw the whole nation into tears, and the deter
mlnalon of Your Representatives to erect a mon
umcnt TO hs memory, worthy OF his sublime VII
tues, was then, every where, hailed with delight
But no memorial OF gratitude and veneration is yet
visible. The stranger and sojourncr in your coun-
try has still to ask, where is the NATIONAL NOM
/ MENT, sacred to the memory of your iusti ions
Washington, and dedicated to 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 Natioual memorial, it is no where to be
found
1merico..S! Letno this generation pass away
before you prove to the world that the memory of
your beloved Chiefs still held in vcncration, and
his great virtues and services still cherished in
your hearts that the cold neglect, so long cvin-
ecd, shall no longer disgrace the character OF your
country, and that You Vet have the patriotism and
feeling which become the Countrymcn Of Wash
ington.
lmerlc0nS You are now called upon, perhaps
Tor the last time, to respect your character and
that OF your country, by doing honor to the mem
DRY of HIM TO whom you owe SO large a debt of
gratitude. monument is TO be erected under
the direction OF IA Society, established for that p,i-
pose, in the city which he selected as a Mctropoli,
of the Nation, and which bears his honorcd name,
by thcSomtary contributions fthe American PEG
pie. The stun required from each is but small,
that each may have the honor Of contributing to 81
noble an object. That no one may complain Of
not having an opportunity 10 share in the glory of
such an undertaking, and to show the respect and
gratitude he feels, all Will be called on for tjr AID
and from all, old and young, male and female,
that and Is expected. With the aggregate thus Oh
tanned, monument will be erected, which, like
him in whose honor it is To be constructed, will be
without parallel in the world. Every where the
memory oithc Father of his Country held in
vencralon aud let your contributions be in pro
portion to that vcneratlon. The time has come
when the stigma OF ingratitude shaIlbe bottcd from
the cscntchcon the Republic, and the American
People will 10 longer be tainted with indifference
and apathy 10 the memory Of their lnStroas Pat
riot.
fdiom Citi.cns The monument to the cree
ton of which you are now called upon 10 contri
butte, must be worthy OF yourselves, OF Your cOun-
try and of tie man to whom it is To be dedicated.
II will be monument not of Washington alone,
but of the gratitude pariotiSm munlIiccnce. and
taste OF the Pcoplc Of the present a. of the Re
public. 1t is intended, therefore, to make it at
once stupCndouS and elegant, that II may be an
object in which the present generation will glory,
and at which future generations viii admire and
WONDER To do this a general contribution OF e.
ven the small sums required, (and which every
one can aford,) will be sufficient. For these the
AGENTS of the Society are authorized to call upon
each OF you and it is expected that no american
will be found so indifferent to his own reputation
and the character of his country as To refuse of
withhold his mite from an object honorable 10
the American People.
BY order OF the Board Of Managers Of the
Washington National Monument Society:
GEO. " ATTEESTON, .Sceretog.
0F9'rhc undersigned has been appointed 10 col
lcct the contribution, for the above purpose in the
county Of Campbell, including the towno OF Lynch
burg, and intends giving every white InlIabltant ot
this county an opportunity OF nanllcsilng the graft
itudc he owes to the father of our common coun-
try From feelings of pride and of patriotism, it
is believed that no American refuse his mite,
ar hesitate to lend his assistance towards the com
plclion of an object which is TO rebound TO the
GLORY of the Republic, and 10 do credit To the ma
nifccncc and TASTE OF the present aye. 1t Is propo-
noscd that the contemplated Monument shall be
like him in whose honor it is to be constructed uH-
naralIrled in the world, and commensurate with
tine gratitude, liberaty and patriotism, OF the pco-
nile Inv whom !, is TO be erected. No plan has yet
! been adoptcd but il seems to be the wish OF the
Society that il should blend stupcndousneas win
/ elcrance and be of such magnitude and beauty is
II be am object of pride to the American ptop'e'
and strike the beholder with admiration Its ma
tc,iaI, 3lu intended to be Wholly Amtilcan. ana