New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-05-10
- NJ 1hsri&'a Ocnstahle's and Public Auc-
tis1osr1s 1alm, ~ IAird Pare ss
TAs Pnisotsd Compromiss Monument


Its vol known that our respected fellow
citizen. WI, r. Frsrst.. projects the construc-
Of = handsome Union monument, at some
point on Canal street, The monument is de-
signed 70 psspstuste the memory Of the Com
promise ssziss q measures, to typify the solid
and nobls nsiiohal harmony they restored, and
tofstsr ~ H. visible teachings the love Of ,un-
bf6ken "a enduring Union, The project is
crsaitsble II its motives and deserves the favor
Of Dur 81 (,
Adesign before us gives promise that it will
b. beautiful work Of art, and as such an or
nsshent 70 New Orleans, Our city is, at pre-
sents sngularly poor Ia every thing beautiful
in AT o. impressive in monumental lessons. "a
mdnumsnt u Jackson il to Be erected On Jack
son Square, the City Hall is a noble looking
building, and the Odd Fellows Hall will, when
completed, be an imposing mass We have no
other specimens- ut leastnone that We now re-
call q creditable architectural art. finished Or
projected. Some Of our public buildings have
their admirers, and are we'll enough in their
way and for their uses. sWecould not, however,
present them d specimens Of real art. and we
feel that our poverty in this respect is re-
proaoh which shonld be wiped away. II may
be done by paying more regard to beauty and
majesty Of design IN the erection Of such public
works = may be hereafter required
M. Freret's project has, we think, beauty Of
design, patriotism Of motive, and usefulness Of
adaptation to recommend it. AS whole the
monument will be an excellent specimen of the
composite style Of architecture. From "a base of
about - feet in breadth and IS feet ii height,
rises ! graceful Corinthian shaft, AZ feet high,
upon IN beautiful capital Of which rests i block
Of masonry on which will be inscribed the names
Of Gass,,a Webster, Downs, Phelps, Mangum,
Bright, Cooper, King, Dickinson, etc. !; above
this agsin there j. i place for . town clock, and
above ~ standing onla PEDESTAL, will tower a
stst1e q Henry Clay, the large hearted old
statesman, of whom to-day, ii an human pro-
liability. there is left only his memory and his
unperiahable fame s's5z W. fs1
We do not know that Mr.. Freret has asked
any aid from the city for this project; but GER
tainly, when, by the provision for a town clock,
it y 70 be 80 useful tothe community, tits fairly
entitled to liberal assistance We understand.
further, that arrangements may be made for
the estab lishment in the monument Of a large
alarm bell, thing much needed for the efficient
protection Of property by our gallant firemen,
and for which no better location could be found |
Acontemporary has objected to any appro- |
priation from the City Treasury, urging that ii |
would BE- using city money for political pur-
poses. How .tfor political purposes''a Ger
tainly not for partisan purposes Clay, Cass,
Webster, Dickinson, King, Cooper, Bright, Ber-
rien. Phelps and others whig and democratic, |
northern and southern. all cornmemorated |
in the monument. Not that it commemorates
the restoration Of national harmony in the pas.
sage Of the compromise measures Those meas
ures are not criminal !; they are the laws Of the
and Can there be in the South political hostil
" 70 their maintenance Not because Henry
lays statue is to surmount it. What man
% nationally great as hep Whosso uniyer.
ally cancnized, whilst living, as an American
memory TOP great and too sacred for partisan
property or partisan hostility Who Of his day
md generation will leave name SO great and
IN history The great Paci6cator has
passed lar shove the reach Of partisan shafts:
md no monument, even if it lifted its summit to
he stars, could elevate him further. \,
We zee nothing political, but much that is USE
nl, beautiful and patriotic in this eminently
lapPy project It will be carried through, and
.ill not " permitted to run into politics ou.ir
ny, we hope, will subscribe in proportion Il
upllc usefulness but our citizens, our firemen,,
nd the friends Of Clay and Cass, will certainly
ulld ~ Y the statue Of Henry Clay upon its
ummit should be made its reproach, there arc
thousands, nnfaltering in love, and honor, and
eneratson Of the great old man, who would
lake II one Of the grandest monuments IN
america. sss ~ lss' 77@7-
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