Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-01-19
WAsnlNGroS, Jan. 9Th, 1919.
To B. B. hiiNaR. ESQ

10 be, yours, very truly, .. .. MlSoa'
WAsHlNGroS, Jan. 9Th, 1912.
To B. B. MlNaR, ESQ
Dear Sir. III. receipt ii your letter oil The an
inst. calling my attention 10 the proposed Mon
umcnl 10 Washington n bis native SAFE, nave
taken momeu'to acEno Wedge, and 10 say,
iceI in he success 81 me scheme (ncw revived
alter 30 many yeats) deep inieres, mol o"'y a
a Vireinan but as an American ciiizeN, and a.
,he coun;rymen OF Washington himself. lnfced,
desire 10 see cOmmemora'ej, on all snllahie
occasions and in all proper modes, oIla he ac-
mrs in ami he iGcitrnis Of that mos: eVeauu
period d! our history IN Waica H. lived. YOU'D,
by all means, enIeavor 10 carry back ~ alter
time, as noio, The minds OF our youth 10 me true
era oi our patriotism a paople-t0 wha' all at
mi to have been The paFef and better DAYS 81 Inc
Republic, as they were ihc period 81 ne existence
ui The men who ie'a The loundatich oi us Hue
r-rfharr- rs To srtunsct .on-
meet The memory q tie past, the present and he
future, Than The name him who will be ever,
10 The last, as he was 10 his day, firsi IN The
hearts Of his counrsmrn" rne cold marble"
canno;, i, is trur, give new lust,e 10 his charac
Ter keep alive The admiration Of lis viflnes, Or
add uIe ~ ha, tame which belongs 10 he
wofld-yot il may become properly. one Of The
records by which they snail be perpenated IN
ages that are 10 come afer-long af'er The pre-
sent II can al ea, be selected as The material
OF that altar on which we;ant our posicrity may
offer up The hearts affections.
II has been sal; by a writer, iii is only by The
aid OF monuments that fixed era can be assign
cd 10 The arls" 81 also, hy Inc same all, our
counlrymen seem d,sirous a g wing 10 tninre ge-
nefalons The beneti. ol The noviedge. when ant
where lived thu man foremost, As he was, OF all
I Eai eft II
.ucc.ssiul, no! 9aly in Virginia, but in tnr
| Uaion staadin. is does in relation 10 The Mo.
! num"ri alrcadg commenced in his city, As Vir-
GINA does 10 tnc One nov proposed IL b. reared
Wlhin her own b3rde.s-at asr own Capitol.
would lhat i: may be said OF he cities OF this
Uniun-whenever their iuure ami lar distani
history shall writer --sh Md they Themselves
moi survive thr ravagrs n 'ime--as was said ~
racius, in his narrative Il the travels ol Ger
mancus 10 me ancient Tarbes, thai THE city
was full Of magnificent Monuments housh the
cry Itself had been demolished" We have nov
all The subjecis-ali the ncid MS in our history
20 stimulate us 10 endsaTcr 70 prtpciua'e tie
moss enduring records 81 ;hs:n. With this fec!-
ing was plomped. SOM short time since, 10
OF r II tha House OF Representatives, The reso-
!lil,u ii relation :" y" Monumental column al
Y. iki an, feicii,d ID pcur letter. AMI which
thr House adopted silnor !: dissenting voice
is 10 the means requisite 10 aid in erecting
Monument ~onhY - III present subject, AMI q
int Siair, cannot prnt myself % doubt far
u ,meGt hat ley y Re literally sappIied =
You ak us t..erc not s1ne :unl within The con.
lro o! lie Legs!s.ls., ,aat might upery he aP.
piled TO il" | answrr mere i, and ! ieel an
abiding coifieu il Wi B. 81 applist; should
hape without dissenting voice, also0 ior l.
would reG,aye n ono. N exciicc cause oil pC!i-
lical conr .erSy AM when onifhuei II this
OBJECT, il will have In m':i' o. tree offsring,
n, OF parry, bu ~ h, cocrtfY. | al.ude l.
wha is usually Gale 10. Land fund, now 10 The
credit OF or SAFE, a; understand -unproiuc.
tive, p5rfii'ess ami waoiIy failing 10 answer anv
valuable pufpnsr. This iun. am un's, think,
10 some tony lhdusaua dui!ars-som Thing less,
together win The money on hand, than he sum
required 10 carry cut your objects. Let this sum
then be freely given b. he p-esenr LEGISLATURE,
for the purposes indicated, AMI feel confident The
people Al homo, will, withon; distinction, ratliy
the act Of their representatives.
This fund originated from: 4 source which il
seems, should naturally give il the very direction
now proposed. |, is in par The proceeds OF lands
which The 'atner II his counrY, his brethren in
arms, and his associates in council, acquired by
,he; ioil ant ,her GOD, as a part Of the rich
domain which Virginia crde; 10 he Unied
STATES. Having accomplished The object for
which he c.s>ion vas made, his part OF The
common fand' may most properly be resumed
BY Virginia, 10 aid in recording, IN some mre;-
ishahle loiin, Ter acknow ledgmsnt OF ''aebt' of
gratitude sill urpaid-in erecting with hlial
love AM affection, a suitable, solid, plain and
substantial NOR ument Ia he memory Of The Ia
lher Of hai hanore family o. American and Vir-
GINA ireemrn who are de erminet erer 10 know
each other, al least hy their Common ancestor.
As another means II increasing Inc tuod, ne
cessary 10 accomplish ynn' object, would sug-
eest that the L ,dies Of Virginia De appealed Il;
that they nrocee! Immediately 10 iGIm themselves
into associations, wihou, any reference 10 the
pariicalai chulchsf o. which hey may be mem
bers, aud tbs, Oh the 22ND Up FEBRUARY NEXT
they ho'd a Monumental FIR IN every town aud
uiage or oiheG suab be place throughout the State,
and tnat the proceeds DC applied 10 lhe purpose
alreadY incicated. what spectacle would be
here Presented b. the daughters of the mothers OF
The ReVolaion-oi the land II Washington &C
iuaied ty one mind, having bn' one object in
view, that VI contributing alter the lapse of so
many years, something Of their Own expressive
admiration 10 that o tneir fathers, who ever &C.
knowledsed him q heir "be!oued Commander"
What lady in Virginia, LEI me ask, would not
embark in scheme So noble-a purpose so sa-
cred Z 1t is said that "wuman cannot plead d
the bar-she cannot speak in the Senate House"
but We know her just appreciation Il virlue-he'
admiration Of the good, The brave and the pa r.
eic, and we all acknowledge her influence in the
Accomplishment Of every praisewoTlby object.
lie, Ii then be exeTled In this instance, and We
shall have the proud satisfaction Of knowing,