Washington telegraph., 1852-04-28
The Warrington Rational Monument
To THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

W,snzsta, Nmasu MOVEMENT osuaEl
March -. lsH9
From the decrease in the regript. of
contributions To the National Monument
during the las six months. the Balrl OF
Managers feel il Ia hs their daly To make
another appeal to tie patriotism of ihe
American public They are unwilling 10
believe that the people of this cniairY. M.
der such deep AMI la,iing obligation, as hey
afc H. the iapulnr II ibeir libgfticz. and
feeling. as ihey mus, a pruiounl sctIsr Of
gratitude iar the ueiimlbIt services which
ht rendered "a iham. will suffer monument
commenced IN III honor. and Ia aid in per.
petuating his namr tn the laie,t aees ei the
world. te remain unfinished for lie want Of
the means necessary 10 e1nplele Il Il
need .san'sly be suggested that fiel l.kp
tins in the history ul aur Republic you'll
nat iiil Ia reflect latine discFadil Ia the
gratitude aud patriotism uf it. citizens. aul
prove Ia the aurll that republics ate to5api
la he idfgelidl uf what /, due Ia ihemsslyas
and to the memory Of lhu'c who, under
Providence. have made them great. prosper.
aus, and happy Il is often thc fate OF the
most distinguished aud illu1rious Ia be near.
ly forgotten after they have mouldercl in
the tomb Cor half century. In the busy
and ever changing scenes uf the world the
stage of life Is continuously occupied by
thu-e whose acts excite the interest ot tie
living. anl exclude thc memory of snth as
have preceded them though lhciT reputation
may have been more brilliant. aud their deed,
more glorious. But It WAS believed that
Washington was one t1 whom the American
people owed the greatest aud most lasting
debt of gratitude. aud to whose memory
every honor liuull be- Ia.i BY his country
men: that tn honor him Va, bat 10 honor
themselves and that they were willing aud
dcsirou. to pay just tribute to pra-cmincni
patriotism aud TO unequalled public and pIi.
yaic virtue
Under this impression society was es-
tablishc,l. some seventeen years ago, in the
city Of Washington, for the purpose Of erect.
ing magnificent monument to tbc Father
o. his Country and the Board Of Mana.
ger, Of that Society have, during that long
interval, made gratutou.y every effort in
their power firm pure feeling Of patriot
ism mid desire To honor his memory to
obtain the means necessary To accomplish
the object Of It's organization by unccas-
ing and umiring cxrrtion they have sue
cccdcd IN collecting sum sufficient only to
carry up the proposed structure TO an clc-
walton of one hundred and five feet above
the surface fbout one-ffth of its intended
elevation; aud they now regret IN say that
unless the contributions are larger, and
moro frequent than they have been for the
last six months, ii will be impossible to con.
tinuc the work any further The blocks of
stone which have been sent from the differ
ent States, associations, &C., To be placed in
the monument, have done but little to add
to is elevation, though they may contribute
to its interest. That the public may under.
stand how expensive such a structure must
necessarily be- it may be proper to state
that each course Of two feet in height costs
upwards Of $1,000 though executed with
the strictest regard to economy. The ma
terials and labor, with small annual com
pensation allowed to the superintendent, and
still smaller to the architect, amount to
the expenditure which has been mentioned
and the Board Of Managers are well salts
fed that had the work been undertaken
by the Government, it would have cost dou.
bic the amount of the cost of the obelisk Sc
far.
From two to three courses can be compile.
ted in one month, which require from four
to six thousand dollars, while the monthly
contributions have not averaged for the pas
half year more than two thousand dollars
1t will, therefore, be obvious that the worl
must necessarily be stopped if more ar
dent and patriotic feeling does not preyai
among the people of this country, and a NOR,
extended and liberal contribution be no,
made
To show with what ease this great object
could be effected, it is only necessary tc
state three cents from each white nhabi,
tant in the United States would be Sufi