Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-02-22
THE MONUMENT.

w iay m claim 10 infallibe dgmcn Of taste
ard may be owing onr ignorance that We have not been
atl appreciate the model which has oeen selected II
would appear however, from The annexed elters tha Il
q,ea many Others both in Europe and in this county are
afflicted with the blindness h, We are, 10 the aIpfo-
pirate and beautiful - ~ - ,,.o
Messr- Editors have watched with interest the
discussion gong on in yor city IN reference 10 'c
If C-awi,,rs design for thr Washington Monument ana
confess was much amused NJ the plan adopted by lie f'i
0uirel L. show that II was u. ~
Passing hy the former gamaroi Tie array oi eYiaehce ~
hs pnper of The l4th ns II believer perfectly irresistible
The reader led through labyrinth oi cotton bags ana pa
ner rags to be assured that Mr. C. made figure OF opheus
and then Mr. Sedewick brought on the stahd I" assure
the people thai Mr.. &. i pumpkins
Now let MS concedr all that and what tleh Docs 'lia'
settle The question: that his design for the Monument IS nn
slrp,s.cd and unsurpassable? How rididulous
III have 10 say is tina, Tint model which looks much
like the Sugar Temples that modern Conlrctlones sor
times build ia all right Mr. Crawford l. lucky ana 5" i ti'
Stat. Of Virginia Because il made several Years ago
whjle Mr. C. was in Rome and has been standing candi-
date for favor wherever and for whonsoerer oumeh
was desired bu without success. The di'cons"ihte ana
wandering model ia al last in ick WY anu ms o"'
Will moi the Old Dominion rue the adoption Of me Tee
yagran at last think 81. ONE " do hNOM"'
Tuesdays Wig
The writer the above who very cautiously ahes al
an3avmous attack under the seil-ronidenl cover oi of
ho hno,rs" has without doubt given to the
ianorance OF the Whg an opportunity OF publishing
pffr
and mcdocriy. .
VIZ are authorized by Mr. Crawford in consequence OF It's
hcoion 10 stale that the model selected by the Conns
i,nas so far from ing been made several years ago. was
meyer ihoupht of before his meeting accidentally III the 30"
ron Ahenpum with the advertisement requesting designs
for Washington Monument to be forwarded TO the '''efo
If Virginia Mr. Crawiods letter addressed 10 ihe 'oii
missioners that will prove this more u'iy' Inc a
4isn in question modelled in room al Armory i'''
the city of Boston, during the months oil No'eo'i q"
December s49 and in no respect does resemble lie I'VE
models now in his Studio at Rome except IN 'he hu''io
of The Star form for part Of the Basement fo' inc "u
of this Mr. Crawford refers zone who knows 10 rahA'
DeNcr-Jared Sparks President Of HarSala' oIese
Ticknor author Of Ihc History n Aphnlsh Literature anu
Henry I.ongelow the poei-gcnemfn whose 'efaci'y an
taste cannot he doubted and whose acquaintance " w
Dogress of the model enables them 10 give as much ino'
r.uarnoi as NAV be- desired by the public and On
rho hnonS."
With snch authority This under The necessity
nron,uncno the cominnnica Of "Ole rho hnoTs In l.
deliberate peryersion of the truth And we would cauo
the Wh,s not form it, appreciation Of The appropriate
and the beautiful upon the malicious assertion OF an anon
nous correspondent.
The "Supar Temple" style Of criticism, which. by the by
originated in ih Petersburg iniegencrr quite in keepn
with The language Of "One who knows II e'lnces VI
doubleday nigh knowledge Of formed upon close si'
j, o tho confectones ignorance as displayed IN te cox
temptitle carcaures Of Parhenons Obeisss, Napoleon
and Washngtons to be upon every ball room supp
I table, When accomplished gentlemen descend 10 "i
kind Of slang, are led 10 look beyond The fesi"n
taste. for the secret spring 2f their oppos'loa ai' ~
that we have discovered in the alnson Democracy q
lin ster from the Editor how polite: warp the Iudf
men OF individuals As the communication oi ohe "
knows we dismiss it, with the hope that the writer "
sa Hash in secret for the smaness Of spirit and geahe
of isnoraace by which has been prompted 10 give % "
la sa5 in i. dark the reputation Of man whose c'a
of conduct Throughout, the "compeon mas neen IN u