The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-01-03
SomerviAe's Physical Geography. Philadelphia Lea
& Blanchard l849
From the Ne,o Haven Conn Palladium.
The DixweII Monument.

The monument erected to the memory of John
Dixwell, covering his remains, whose cxhumation
we have before described, was finished last week.
The monument stands upon solid granite plat
form six feet square, and level with the ground
contiguous The superstructure is Of marble. Inn
mediately upon the granite is placed a block OF
marble, four feet square and six inches thick Upon
this block another three feet six inches square and
eight inches in thickness rests; then slab three
and one-fourth feet square, and three inches in
thickness. The main shaft, two feet square and
four feet in height, with inscriptions upon all its
sides, is placed upon the base before described.
The shaft is capped by block thirty inches square
and six inches thick. The erection, as whole, is
chaste and unpretending, and well adapted to per-
petuatc the name and history of the sturdy repub-
lican king hater, to, whose memory one OF his de-
scendants has paid this tribute.
The monument is surrounded by strong and
tasteful iron railing, firmly supported by heavy
granite posts. The inscription ON the west side is
as follows
JOHN DIXWELL
Jealous patricia sincere christian,
an honest man,
he was faithful to duty,
through good and through evil report,
and having lost
fortune, position, and home
in the cause OF his country
and of human rights,
found shelter and sympathy
here,
among the fathers Of New England
His descendants
have erected this monument
as a tribute of respect TO his memory,
and as a grateful record
Of the generous protection
extended to him
by the carly inhabitants
of Neio Haoen.
Erected A. ID. lS49.
The inscription on the north side is as follows:
J. d., ESQ.
nrcrA srD-MAncu VIZ
18TH, IN We SID YEAR OF
HIS AGE, l6Ss-9.
Copied from the old gravestone.
Inscription the west side:
Here rest the remains of
JOHN DrxwELL, ESQ,
of the Priory of Folkestone
in the county of Kent, England,
of family long prominent in Kent,
and Warwickshire, and himself possessing
large estates and much influence
in his country; he espoused the popular cause
in the revolution of 1910.
Between l640 and 1860
he was colonel in the army,
an active member Of four parliaments,
thrice in the council Of state,
and one Of the high court which tried
and condemned King Charles the F1sf.
At the restoration of the monarchy
he was compelled TO leave his country;
and, after brief residence in Germany,
came 10 Netc Haven
and here lived in seclusion,
but enjoying the esteem and friendship
of the most worthy citizens
till his death in l6SS-9
On the south side is mathematical device in
alto relief. In the centre is bishops mitre in
vertcd. probably intended a symbol Of the tenn
porary overthrow Of the established church by the
execution Of Charles. Over the nitro stands an
eagle, headless, with wings spread and talons ex-
tended in the attitude OF that bird when grasping
its prey, IMPLYING the Intellectual pursuit Of the
regicides by the royalists. Under this design, ON
a scroll, is inscribed these three Latin words
Esse guam Yidui.
The lberality OF the descendants of Mr. Dixwell,
in thus marking the spot where rest the mortal
parts OF their celebrated kinsman IL certainly com
mendabe, though his deeds, and those Of his asso-
ciates, need no monumental marble TO give them an
endurng place in the records Of the past as long M
the English language shall remain the mother
tongue OF the pioneers in human progress. "Tme,
which sets all things cven," will doubtless mellow
the different lights in which their motives and ac-
tons towards the deposed monarch are now viewed;
but whatever may be the unprcjudiced verdict OF
after years. that the regcides remarkable men.
and that their deliberations have had a wide spread
influence upon the social career of the race, will
never be denied.
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