Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-01-19
MONUMENT 10 WASHINGTON.

ncxci Interesting correspondence While We
would rejoice 10 see his to1-long delayed tribute
10 the Father 81 his country completed, either by
individual subscription or gu. Of the State Urea
sury, we mus. enter oar protest against tie pre-
pose! application Of The Lem T1nd which is not
10 he credit 81 Virginia, and is MI in her Stale
Treasury. Virginia ,as refused on p,in>,pls o
accept thai iuhd, and We desire 10 see no monu-
ment 10 Washington erected with means 10
which very 'arse portion Of Virginia does i. /
believe her o he justly entitled. Let such a
towering mohrmsn; 90 up vi he free and cor.
di2i wishes Of III Virsinians:
RicHM NJ January An, 1919.
Hon William H. Gcggia:
Dral 81: | vas - o,-h!v pleased gith your
resolution offered in The Ii use OF Representa-
lives, in relation 10 TIE Monument at Yorktown.
$50 long ago promise By Congress- il CONNIE.
moraton IL The surrender OF Lord C0fnwailace
that have determined 10 address YOU on The sub
iect Of the movement lately resumed, Tor HE
purpose Of having suitable monument erected
in unr Stale, ~ the memory 81 he Father Of his
Country"
FIR several years | have been exceedingly
anS Gus to SEE some irfl len ial persons taking
hola OF thi> caiecpf,st; dpemins il one wor:sy o
he 'bes' eiiotis 4; best men, and believing
Ihal b. WHO Should brcomc instrumental in rea,-
ing a mDU!unert here To WAsHfsdr N wuulJ, in
So doing, rear ane Tor himsei: There seemed
too 10 b. { ,oi basis Tor success in such an un-
terakirg, in the housa nds Of dollars devoted 10
i. al eady laid op in our STATE Treasury. But
like many other god works, this was suffered
still 10 rest.
At length, lhs gentlemen, who have the laws
oi Virginia at present under revision, turned
their attention - this suhjsc aud have recon-
rnerdsd tn .allawins n'ar:
TEE iun's now in !hc Treasury 10 he conlinacd
al ccmpoGnt nefe-t. As heretofore, and 10 be in
creased rs much az p)ss,oie by donations thereto
u b. procure 81 b. commissioners IN diffeien paris
OF The SAFE, appointed - he Governor for that
purpose. Lis'S 81 ell The durors, together with
suitable records OF he age 10 BE- deposited within
tn contemplated monumen,
So soon The funds shall amount 10 sky
,Aousar: dollars, the Governor /. i, Shall not
previously have been doa", shan provid. model
Tor the monument. 10 lie erected i 4 cost net e1-
cee,!ing one hundred Thousand dollars. S soon
after Obtaining The noiel d. he shall think he
STATE Of The funds will admir-, he shall cause the
structure 10 b. commenced, and appoint COM
p,issioeefs u snpeiiniend Ihc same. According
10 The lnien ion Il he ofiginal donors, TOE menu
mcn is Ia b. si,ua''d near the Capt. II Il the Stale
This plan nigh, D. carried ont in some fifteen
years or less. perhaps; and have tet indcb Ell 10
the reviso's for proposing u; bu! cannot SO noble
ami laudable work te executed Al once II
The right sort OF men in Virginia take an inrercs,
IN il. il undou 1rediy can. A new Governor has
just been sworn into office; ami il does no! often
happen. in our day, ihn Governor OF Virginia
has ,wo such enterprises with which 10 associate
his name and signalise his administration, as The
erection Of monument 10 Washington and the
cons rucion Of great Southwestern Railroad =
work which Washington would maze delighted
10 promote. | lrust, then, that Gov. FLOYD will
not be content TO leave TO any successor 10 Office
the honorable task OF procuring model for such
a monument, ami cf commencing lis erection.
Al the lale anniversary meeting OF III "Yir-
ginia Historical Society,"" some illusions by Mr..
Rives and hers to The column at Yorktown, voted
BY Congress, in 1871, and 10 monumenl,o Wash
ington, brought 10 mind so forcibly my long
cherished wishes In regard 10 the later, that de.