Southern shield., 1850-05-04
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YT7y HE undersigned having been appointed to -E solicit contributions from the people the counties of Arkansas, Bradley, Chlcot, Desha, Phillips, Monroe, St. Francis, Crittenden, Mis- sissipp, Poinsett and Greene, in the State of Arkansas, for the erection of great National Monument at the seat of the General Govern ment of the United States, in honor of the mem ory of WASHINGTON, and having received the prints to be awarded to contributors, IS now ready to receive contributions from those wish ing to aid in this laudable work. It is designed to erect the Monument by the voluntary con tri- buttons of the people of the whole Union--that every citizen who reveres the memory of the Father fhs Country may have an opporu nity of atesting his gratitude to the greatest ben efac- tor of mankind From feeling of prid and patriotism, it is hoped and believed, that per son will refuse his mite, or hesitate to lend his assistance towards the completion of an object which iste redound to the glory of the Republic, and to do credit to the munifcence and taste of the present age. It is proposed that the contem- plated Monument shall be, like him in whose memory 1t is to be constructed, unparalleled Tn the world, and commensurate with the gratitude, liberality, and patriotism of the people by whom 1t is to be erected
 
 | when completed, be sir hundred feet higM 'It is to be constructed ofgranite, encased in marble, | and the shaft alone is to be five hundred feet high-a little higher than the highest of the eer nal pyramids It will be the most illustrious single column ever prompted by the gratitude, or 1 built by the art of man. Its foundation IS the affection of nation, and its altitude will but fainhy symbolze the towering elevation of that character, which, without its aid will be immor- tai. H aciH De he volmatory fribme ot c great people 10 Meir great deliverer-freedOm's 0f fering 70 freedOm's gremest champion. | "It will stand in the midst of the Capitol of the Union, on the banks of the Potomac. It will preside, cenotaph, over the ashes which sleep at Mount Vernon. twill overshadow the Halls of Congress and inspire its deliberations. It will express the gratitude of the natlon--rebuke 1 the degeneracy of all coming times--and imper- sonae the renown of Washington. twill arise, peerless, as his name, to greet the civilization of the Eastern World, and to herald the progress of the Western Empire"
 ] The prints 10 be furnished to contributors to this great work, consist of large and small DOT trait of Washington, and large and small lith- ographic design of the Monument, all of which are handsome and appropriate pictures, and well calculated to adoin the dwelling of an American citizen.
 These prints are to be awarded to contribu- tors as follows:
 A large print of the design ofthe Monument or a large print of Washington, to be furnished a contributor of $5, or more;--both large prints to contributor of $8, or more;-either small print to contributor of S1, or more;--and both small prints to contributor of $l,50 and less than Sa5.
 Persons wishing to contribute will find the subscription book at the Shield office, in Hele- na, where they can examine the prints.
 Any one living at distance, in any of the above named counties, who may wish to assist in the work, can remit by mail the amount they may desire to contribute, the receipt of which will be immediately acknowledged and the prints forwarded to such contributor.
 o. K. UNDERWOOD.
 Helaaa, .4rkanSas, April 2o, 1850.