New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-11-22
few Practical Notions for Monument 10
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Washington, ny M AithitbCt. Jaw" -
To Tie Eda0r Of The TritnEs.
The WHERE and the How are now the cues
,ons We propose TO consider
First, as TO the place By all means the Battery
Notthe presentrestrcted "areaoiireedom known
BY that name, but the Battery enlarged and COM
peoly renovated In conformity to the desires and ne
eessites OF this GREAT METROPOLIS The breezy Bat
terry, where The people most do congresste - the
afy Battery forever sacred from the close and killing
embrace of the strangng coils OF brick and mortar that
every other spot IN EewIork Is 50 inevitably doomed
- ole by struggle as it may LAGOON like, with the
hshening folds Of the monster the Battery with the
broad Boy before it aud the aud the town be.
thd Here let the Monument stand the fret. the most
conspicuous object to gree, the stranger entering this
asnd Of promise and performance Beacon Of
Hope for The Future founded on a knowledge Of the
existence Of a Reference for the Past
The Monument in the Battery eHio,ged would be the
most effective means of restoring 10 its old celebrity
this ancient place of resort At present il falling into
dsueiude on Of tie limited size, FOR the mil
Ion loves H. and the Police and the Polite seem ban
shed from the too close approximation 20 the multi
iade who here exchange ideas. Monument to Wash
ingtou would sanctiy the spot strangers could not
help visiting ii, and citizens would not fail 10 do So
Here overlooking the wild waters, where mans dOmn'
ion ends should stand mans proudest triumph over
material natuTe-the conversion OF mute matter INTO
an eloquent expression OF highest thought aud emotion
the ulumatum of the invisible greatness that IS IN him
The noblest of Natures dongs the restless free yet
sw.obcyng Ocean can be worihily confronted by what
the God Of Nature do by means of His most choice
and cunning instrument-the hand OF man.
Secondly, to the structure itself Unfortunately
the Artist only convey his idea IN the WORK OF Art
but the principles ON which no works may be made
known nevertheless aud as far practicable, we Will
endcavor 20 make these plain. We wish could here
tanscTbe entire from Emerson, the fine passage in his
Esssy On Art We must however limit ourselves to
the OF them The ATfts must employ ne symbols
daig use ia his dGg and nation % prtss has cHiGfStd
70 H. fel0e That which is mcriidbte IN the
work Of Art has higher charm than individual talent
can ever give inasmuch the Artists pen or chisel
seems 70 have been held and guided by gigantic hand
10 inscrbe line IN the history Of the human race
Now BY this understand 10 avoid all those rldlcu'
lous strainngs after the merely novel that result Al
WAYS in the Snfyt the ugysll those absurd bOundngs
which inevitably dash back again upon the earth
with tenfOld violence, so short and So strong Is the
chain of artistic law by which the architect Is bound
II in vain 10 attempt TO rend this oak ike Milo the
rebound IS death. ,,..,,.,.,.,
Dreamed Of the rebound
Chained B., the tguuk he valaly broke
There i then something so fixed and determined In
the term MoagmeHt that il is perfect madness 10 Semp'
n break away from this common idea aud nope 10 sue
coed We may II Is true erect stceplc something IN
the telescope gothic style ike the nrst idea started of
this testimonial and call II Monument, tni me suang
e. when ne hrst sees H. VIII inevitably cal IL asttefe
we may build temple and cndeavor 10 impress upon
all minds that il Washington Monument yet certain
), that every who has not been formally iElfo'
duced 10 II as the Monument will call II temple
So fixed this Monumental idea that all the EFFORTS OF
The past have been regulated by H. Il Is of no use mere
g. uiOany deep rosearch 10 ma the or
IGN Of the impression IN favor OF SINGLE COLUMNS sur
mounted hX statue ss the true idea Tor Monument
somehow or other the idea OF Monument Is lusePdia
by connected with something hih as though We would
M up the living image of the person We would honof
hsh above the waters of oblivion I'VE are iul OF these
snpersuons of the and We must submit 10 them
Things that are thus based upon the solid foundations
OF human nature itself cannot lightly be got rd OIL
When toe Lord of Hosts himself would De remembered
IN The Camp of lsrsel would abide there perpetual
presence his symbol cloudy coinmH by asy ana
p.4ar Of FIRE by night.
Nss Ant dead In Rome that frsJsu must needs builo
column Was there architectural aullity IN
France that Napoleon must erect column Ia the Place
venaome or sll later that Louis Philippe must build
s1oshtr column the honor of the glorious Three
Dasf What but common sense and the necessity Of
Tie hing lead the preference OF the Nelson Column
lad II is. ever the symoohcei Sosufdlhes that re-
eaged printed keys for the unravehns oil thei
Aezoglyphicsf There never yet however, has been
enter prise on foot TO build monument some su
ptof occasion" like the present That the puoAc mas
ho had is honest head turned BY the aoounons genius
Of toe tmes sometime extraordinary must now De
oone NOW IL the appointed tune 10 ofeSA away iiotn
u arbitrary laws Of Art and eNtrsoroinHIy ulhss
ss's sometimes beeu done. witness inc Ooe1sA OF
bsuker u,l erected by the wise men OF the last
o0 learned" however In all the wisdom OF the
Egyptians" else had they known that IN hsyP' tle
oot.ssk was but the conspicuous taolot ." ""''" ~ "
Snbe the history that all were 70 see and retneinpS
Al a1.nscgibed obelisk thing OF no beauty ia sel'
e1hsh should stand alone, Is but the tile 0i heNsyS
pr Without the psriicuSrs--,he paper without t"e
ssss Witness slso the gigantic sttemPt al NauonS
AeAsmeht at Washington. where the same sosGiuy =
y ee repeated. only more so with the sdetons
70 o. a Greclan Doric heterogeneous mss OF osse
acre the order" IS emsscusted by leaving out
~se ineouvenient tryglphs the architect Dehsh ise
soaring the Greek columnar sampson OF his hsir
.s'ns hke q huge chimney. this testimonial VIII sag
sossrsheT the idea Of great factory OF living heroes
'1sa hat OF a tribute 70 one departed
Tue sole OBJ ecton 20 column % that Il has always
'eea designed with capital, as Il had belonged 10
s4iae p0ItcO. The symbol, even thus is no; bad
add therefore the world has tolerated It IL 10
ssy Rat the Hero here COMMUNICATED, WAS 50 great
.ns bis fame has survived the ruin OF the great temple
70 TIE high sois the mselves Of which this pillar
pant TIE capital however consider % be an unne
sessHy feature. sud feel confident that column can
- cesigned without this distinguishing marx Of its
obstructive application, which shall be both monu'
HsntAl and beautiful.
Letihe Monument TO Washing on. theD, be sColvMN'
designed with reference once 10 distant view and
esose study. Let II be designed the eternal primer
kes OF Art 40 to be purely beautiful Let Il have
statue the top 10 tell In the alone OF one MAN
- NAT Me-history watch inscriptions aud symbol
sas must painfully labor 70 express. Let II thus tsu