The Arkansas banner., 1845-10-22
From thc Democratic Rcpic,e. STATUE TO JACKSON

| ourselves-due to our children, to whom his memory and his example will be among the noblest legacies which our generatonswill have to transmit to the next, and to all sue ceeding ones. The printed book is not. enough-the recorded archve-nor even the practical results of his life, as stamped over ihe whole surface of the institutions of his country-these, we say, though in one sense ms imperishable monuments, are notenough. visible embodiment, symbol, representa- ton, Is proper, Is needed, to carry down to posserty--maniiest and actual, before the eyes thatare to open lesig after ours are closed the expression of hls greatness, goodness and glory, the attestatlon of our gratitude. No mauSoIeum-no column-no pyramid
 "a statue, a statue alone, is the proper nonu- iheht winch natlon ought to erect to i.s great dead. For General Jackson We propose some worthy and fitting national tribute of lhls kind-to be erected by national move ment-at the national center or metropolis With free outporing of the national heart. grand colossal Equestrian .Stat,.e ia broa.e, at Washington, to be erected by voluntary national subscription, is the proper monument for Jackson
 And this Is the proper time 10 do it-Now when the public heart is vet freshly bleeding, and throughout the length and breadth of the country, tens of thousands of warm and true Democrats stand ready, for nothing more anxious than 10 be allowed to unite with their fellow citizens in q suitable mode of render ing to the memory of the great departed hero statesman, some signal tribute of their rever- ence and their love
 Nc equestrian statue has yet been erected Tn our country. In foreign countries it is not an unlfequent mark ofhonor, to comme- morate the glory of great warriors or rulers There is probably no capital in Europe in which more or less of them are not to be found. They are usually and justly deemed the hnest ornaments, at once to grace and ennoble the centcrs ofpublic squares Wash lngton and Jackson have as yet been, perhaps, the only two of our historic worthics who have so combined high military with civil greatness and emnence, as 10 make eques- tran statues appropriate to their forms and their glories. Butto both of them such forms ought 10 be erected, and must be erected In regard to Washington, indeed, resolution i ot Congress authorizing 1t, has to our dis grace, remained so long uneXecuted, that few now remember its existence. But 1t will still be carried into effect, nor is the delay which has run into lorgetulness and neglect, i'll re- gard to him from whom no rival fame can ever rob the immortal title oi first in war. first Tn peace, first in the hearts of his coun- lrymen," any reason for postponing the re- demplIon ol the kindred duty to the memory ol hlm whose name stands nexton the same page ol glory with that of the Father of the Country. On the contrary, it should serve as warning to us not to suffer the present suspicious season for the purpose to pass unmproved nor leave to the colder sympa- Ihies and lalnter memories of succeeding generation, the performance 1.-the duty which should spring from the fresh feelings and glowing gratitude of ours. Let the measlires be duly organized for the erection of the statue we propose 10 Jackson, and We may depend npon 1t that Washington's will not be far behind; the same year, and perhaps the same day, would proba be made 10 wit ness the elevation of both of them to the pedestas from which they will for ages look forth on the land they both only lived lo love, serve and save. Indeed, there is strong reason to hope and believe that the next Congress will carry on the long deferred design of such statue 10 Washinqfon. 4 resolution to that effect Was reported by q committee of the Senate, tho' the session adjourned without acting upon il.
 Marble is not the proper material for an equestrian statue designed for situation in- volying exposure To the atmosphere. l. should be bronze, mpershable bronze IL VIII be somewhat more costly, bnl t will be al the same time safely insured 10 carry down to our most distant posterity the iorm and ieautures ot the great old man.-Seyenty-fv or hundred thousand dollars will suffice for the purpose, though twice that amount could be well applied in increasing the size and improving the establishment of the ped estal, &c.,-nor can there be any difficulty III raising by national subscription within the present year any amount that may be requred.-Asa a specimen of lhe spirit al once awakened by the suggestion, we may men ton that on stating the plan to one of our old Democrats, plain, retired old political soldier under the lead of the departed chief, he immediately offered the sum of two hun dred and fifty dollars as his contribution towards such a ubscription-and we yerily believe that he would have carried the offer ing, prompted by his overllowng heart, up to the half of his moderate fortune, had it been necessary. And there are hundreds of such men, ,hus feeling, and thus ready to act, scattered throughout the country; thou sands who would not willingly be denied the privilege of subscribing amounts consid- erable, though their circumstances might not permit them that of offering so large a sum as that above stated and tens upon tens of thousands who would insist upon the right to add to such national subscription, for a statue to Jackson, at least some small saving rom the earnings oftheir daily toil. It needs but to be started, with proper organization, and under proper auspices to secure the con- hdence of the people in the safety and wise application of the fund thus collected, to se- cure Its prompt subscription, to any amount thst may be desired.
 We are glad to be able to state that it is Tn contemplation among some of our Dem ocratic friends in New York to proceed with out delay to establish the organization re- quisite for this purpose. The constitution off a committee of gentlemen, distinguished in