New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-11-15
A few Practical Notions for Monument TO
Warrington, BY an Architect.

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T. fiS Editor o. Tee TrbrHe
Whenever a city has attempted 50 arduous a.
achievement a. the erection Of public monument 70
great man there Ia. been wanting wise and learn
ei counsel 70 direct how such monuments ousht . o.
built 90 as 20 perpetusie forever Frst-the glory ana
splendor Of the m shty city erecting Il secondy-ine
wisdom Of the learned who showed the city "hs'
70 build sni possibly accidentally, and asty the ne
mory Of the Hero whose name cas- given the occasion
for .ucn display Of grandeur and ssgseiiy. nen
London determined 70 erect monument TO the memo
vofNelson al the wise heads OF tha, peculiar abode
OF wisdom brought forth the treasures OF tseiF superior
znouedss for the occasion. AT kinds al varieties Of
the symbolic were suggested British ions srasPins
great Neptunes in their paws the hero himself repre-
,enied a. Neptune ruling the waves Britannia Iiu'n
psapt over sea and and holding in her right hsnd a
Nelson. in her left Wellington or else innumerso.e
Ns,on. rising through every sradaton Of greatness
each one sublmer than the asst, until the ouearmed
hero Va, lost in the clouds Yet strange 70 say the
whole affair ended in erecting plain substantial
column. such as misht have been stolen from some
imaginary great portco and brought in triumph TO Lon
don ike tbe Luxor obeisk % Paris snd on the top Of
the column placing statute Of Nelson the whole sym
bli.us being cody disposed Of By few basrel,i On
the pedestal representing the glory OF England tne
immense size OF the British lion. and the bitterness OF
svs-vthirg =. A. In the world compared thereto
The same process j. now going on In New lorN ms
good City feels genuine emotion Oh shame lna' 70
the days OF her greatness sac hss iorso''eh Nna'
truIv crest Ike some ambitious son Nuo' tA-ti 3" .''
-.uf a ~ alta and lost n the vortex ol business nis
iorro,ten hs fathers elected grave on some out
,he-Vav common 30 suddenly pauses- returns 70 'ne
f--fr-s OF childhood. remembers him OF me od pist
and hsstsns O. rescue that grave from ooI'loa ana
make amends .n the glory that h-wiA now inro"
around Be- for tire long years 90 desolstou u NheN
New. lrS desires now O. build monument worthy Oh
Wash.nzton-Worihy OF The city mat RENE moeIs nm
Now nothing seems kinder than the manner in Wnlcn
the Iferad and c0gnosccnu Who owen 10 ms O'y na'e
come forward % al the public 10 THIS good work Inc
only tear l. that 10 mead w4 be- 1ewidered oy tne
-. -. t,,t forth aud is mental eyes 50 dszzled
by the many -his IN which the subject - exhibited
inst IL Will IAN back upon r'e Monument ana nothing
else after AL just sman sts do"ntoa splendid banquet
a, the Aston snd sfter reading over carefully the whole
. carte calls the waiter 20 bring him slice of roast
FI-.t We have bad submitted magnificent idea 81
Warrington. standing triumphant above the british
lion AMI -pesuns him. after the - 1eorse-and me
Dragon manner ot old. or Ike Nichaei ana the ihleu
Lucier n Nsn Am1urgh sort 81 Washington tanning
the British beast Then grander thought Is suggested
Take high point Of Manhattan Island, made Of good
substantial stone and earth fresh from the hand ~ me
Creator and there erect equestrian statue OF " ash
ingi0n. Then dig down al around u 10 the srsde o
Tie avenues build houses around d. ana M tne utNed
eminent o. be snoothcd down by the gentle hands OF
Time and the weather, into worthy Monument % the
Father OF bis Country and m expressive one OF me
genius and cultivated taste Of the New World in
4. d ISIS
Hardly has the community begun TO entertain the
va.,ness and sl0mlty of tn. ronsR s'fio4 OF nonu
ueut and 20 see the difference that there would be- bee
tween such A mountain OF primitive and the geolog
ical mouse of the Rowling green. OF whether there
would be any and 10 perceive the philosophy there
would be- in cutting away the earth around the monu
ftH - id
of white marble temple made with hands, when
d, another Richmond In the leld-another grand
idea bursts upon the vision of the patient public.
What j. a monument O. Washington one Washing
tom Build monument % Elk Wsshingtons and 70
all Nature O. boot Like a genuine hnicNeroocSer %
gin 10 the bc ginning 1i things represent ms whole
country emersns from the Oar knees Oh nom9dc 80
when ear f0rffrtts wandered about m woods ana ale
roofs and cultivated the graces OF the Gets Or the Mo
hawks show gradually how We rose out OF that DARK
mes into an age of Grecian sohdy aud philosophy
middle age- of this country. and progresslfey the
achievement by De- Of higher and more renned state
of civilization than was di canned OF hy their high
nighttime. the lords say and seal and Baltimore and
Clarendon. the companions OF trumWell, or the dis
Dcrsed Huguenof nobility and gentry of France the
original savages OF this now civilized land rurnount
,Il fhis -ylnb1 zeal agony by Temple oi Liberty Of
the Cornftdn order-f0r who were free but the inha1
ants that great wicked mart OF the Old World com
ncrca whence this order gets lts name they could
run riot the widest excuses ot civilized luxurious
ne.. they knew no bonds social national nor religious
s fashion of architecture snd 20 contain the statue of
Washington the sixth ln the robe of Immortality
made AFTER the pattern specially communicated 20 the
artist for this glorious occasion. by Nr. DAVIS the
poughkeepsie seer
Alter tbs. the symbolic has no chance al all. and
NV York will return from /. breathless soaring 90
build the Grand Original, Gigantic Circular Temple,
every column Of which shall be- bigger than the CREST
est monument % tho greatest hero the world knows
whose colossal dome seIisustainng, shah laugh %
corn s the truths Of ststrs and whose gigantic statue
would rake the material OF at the statues OF We.
nrt9u that now decorate the metropolis oi the world
Oh make bic boots specimen az the material sublime
greater than Sstan's walking stick imagined by the
grand Milton
"a N.rsa. n.. ftI al. t- .i. a. conc sr-l' ASH. nl
Nov ~ the reader has, w. hope cevcry accom-
panied us through the mpractcs1s he imagnes that We
intend o. offer something better than at We nave noticed
How mistaken he IL We only desire o. come quietly
o. earth and 90 c0nsidera little while what ia the best
place for monument. for me- monument and what Is
The best monument tor the place A however this
article . already of the longest and AS what we have
10 OFFER will te,D for day or two. viii reserve the
announcement OF our IDEAS the subject Tor another
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