The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-22


80 ~, sna y hunsn nature and | should like 10
80 thff siaiues Surrounding ihs Capitol These are the
~sat esst 80 at assofs a hiufss, having no re-
80. ~ sosauy ibsy are nol suited 10 our feel
~ fiss.dsas ,hsrs : ! Departed arts, whom held in
- k%ssi fsxsf4. All Who's death deeply deporea
msas - ssaus y Washiasion on me eastern grounds
= ~ se'i@ Wa. Ihsts ssst a. American who passed
-. Y. sas ~ - ~ as =, q ,ss costume Tsn,. o
- talF ehsIenos tbsss sabiscis between our feel
iass ss Acss - ksapeAna who have been accustomed
y y assssi slas fbss have bssa much accustomed
q @hM ihfY Call a. nsaf2hs costume. which u about
~ go.aat y Al Oaf l8sas oi Washington associ-
aea 80 a. aasfsnt sgpssfsBoe iron that 81 naked
naa e. sa1s aAssd - aal statue represents me faher
y. Cosn'iY 9os ~ thN I, shocks AZ rs iseiings
= ftvs'rnee vhen pass ~ ,si slaias and look al h
isEtsih "a spik oi sstia. aa1 ~ bat stili i -
failure ihai fr'gss saA 40 no want 10 see another
ne snebinsni q ths boao,shls senator from Ohio
lsasss ths naipfs "a Ne wok Discretionary With The
rshft iba' ~ ansadnsn shnsly unlimited. and
that 4 coulaiwra aiiass0R srs wek bot antbos-
izsi the President 20 soniasi sta NJ Powers iofa work
Woper 70 ts pAcsd nsal ~ Capitol 40 not want such
things are aow "a the saslsfn poS,ico AZ As sena-
loF tom Nee hsmFaAife ~ haLEl has sell remarked,
they oaghi io be kBaSkrs desn ard ga' u lime pli
vii nul move ameatmfai, bu 4 another gentleman
does w vote ief , % strike oa the Of aHy stat
Ne should ptelsf stFihg naked anihotiy % be Pfcs.
ideu 70 make contract sth NJ f0wefs lof ibe con.
snusti0n 0i such q Slaae a. tie Persistent mKht thbk
pfolsr sad Has, thai hs ~ distfet,oa st select
one Dl tbose eminent men gho have aaofuei their Uoah-
Mt SEWARD. Mr Precedent. pgs,,.sy VIA, ne
honofable senator from MictFan wants y VITA his
ameBimenl authorizes The Pre- Tent 10 dnto srec, the
siatue 0 Ape,, O ihs sIDap. - y sgfC soeh Others
ir his judgment b. aay approve - think there
maius oHy the question, whether he shall select this
group Oi old America Or whttleT be sLa select some
new Ameuea. Bu % not know that ! should have
risen this ocess,on u 4 had not baga that he name
Of MIR Geenough, an nelcan sculptor, has been spoken
here within period oi weeks after hs death la Ian
guas Of dlspafagemcRi al hs works hy the honorable
senator from Michigan and the honorable senator from
PENNSYLVANIA aud II no reply Were made / might he
inferred that there was unanlmuy oi opinion ~ the
Of the great work 10 which ne has nhodied the
per-onhoaton Of the character 81 Washington Al the
hazad OF differing from those honorable senator's and ol
being thought here and elsewhere saguaf wish 10 De.
clare that ~ my judgment, the highest work OF ar ths,
adons this Capitol Is the statue OF Washington b Green
ough aud thai he only fails appreciate who fails TO
rise TO The grand conception OF human being invested
with more OF perfection than has been possessed BY any
mortal unnspifed.
But, sir word with regard to this proposition an
in favor OF liberal appropriations to arss, and even
10 foreign artists, Tor purposes OF this Kind This bill
will contain millions oil appropriations for very different
purposes and objects. ! willing to appropriate the
oil $4,000 to purchase that which will last the
longest aud be admired and regarded the mos, widely
throughout the world ST. II you go back 10 the ancient
republics OF Greece and Rome you will hnd that their
cities and capitals have been lost. while the pro-
duced BY their seuptors remain You hnd the whole
civilized world visiting Greece and Egypt bring away
monuments OF the lasie genius and virtues OF ihoee who
patronzed the arts in those days believe, from what
have of the works OF Powers and especially IRON
his figure OF the Greek Slave, that he capable OF pro.
ducng works which will survive not only ,bose who
dsrust and depreciae his merits, but survive The
Capitol and the metropolis in which they will be placed
and survive the nation and the people that pay this hon
age 10 his genius.
Mr. COOPER. Mr. President, II i not often that
have troubled the Senate with three speeches on The same
day, a matter OF very small importance, indeed on
any matter great or small but do not choose be put
INTO false position by any senator upon this floor.
sad nothing in dsparagement 81 the character Of Mr.
Greenough as an artist spoke OF single work Of
hs, aud said that the American people, least that
Congress had been greatly disappointed 10 taking on
trust The senator IRON New York has been modest
enough say that he who does in that work the
highest indication OF genius, does see because he
cannot to the level OF the artists genius but IN
dcang very plainly that The senator hInsl possesses
that power, nobody else does Sir, this, repeat,
modest the part OF the senator have no doubt that
he possesses degree OF taste and elevation of ooneep
uon that few other senators aspire TO. We have seen Il
in his here that he looks higher than most men
that his conceptions ascend TO law higher than the laws
by which ordinary mortas are governed. [Laugher.l
But SIR IN this matter am governed not by The testimony
OF senators, OF who perhaps have the
work 10 favor OF which they TESTIFY, but by the opinion
OF the most eminent artists OF thus country and OF other
countries; and venture TO say that can show by their
testimony, in relation both 10 the Greek Slave and The
statue OF Washington, to which the has referred
that neither has been credtabe to American genius
Now, sir, have not said a word in derogation Of the
character or talents OF either OF these artists have
differed, with other gentlemen, the merits OF paricu
lar productions but think have shown by my preyi-
Gus here disposition 10 accord to them all the
merit which they justly eRtiled, and have been
willing to best0w upon them an amount OF patronage
which perhaps others have thought unwarranted and i'm
proper do not choose, therefore, 10 be put in false
position by anything that may be said and have thought
necessary TO make these remarks TO put myself right
Mr. CASS. Mr.. President, | need not say a word
about the ascending powers claimed for himself by the
senator from New York MIR SrwARp1 for the senator
from Pennsyyan Mr. CooPER has done full Justice TO
lbem but rise for the purpose Of correcting one error
INTO which The senator from New York has fallen did
not say word in disPaiagement OF Mr.. Grecnough, his
genius, or his works. spoke OF him in the highest
terms a and artist But SAID he had fallen
into an in his conception for the statue of Wash
ingon Tor II is not suited TO the taste and habits OF feel
ing OF this country He adopted the prevalent Euro
pean idea OF invanabe costume, or where that ~
wanting OF almost costume at all. say that this
was unfortunate Every American who has been IN Eu-
rore has statues the most public places OF crowd
ed cities, which would not be borne in this country and
trust never will be. The senator from Wisconsin Mr.
WALKsRl is right in what he said that subject These
naked or hat-naked statues suited merd.
ian. repeat, that while bear the highest testimony 10
Mr.. Greenoegh, whom had the pleasure OF knowing
and ior whom had great respect he committed
~ his almost naked statue OF Washington intended for
the grounds Of the American Capitol, and do not believe
there Is another senator in the Senate who does not coin
eide IN that opinion. II II bad been executed By Pbidas
The same ertor might have been made. We want A
statue oil Washington he was, and not figure which
mars all our associations.
Mr.. GWlN. desire, by general consent, TO correct
an amendment which has been passed upon and the
necessity Tor which overlooked by the chairman OF
the Committee on Finance. II is in relation to the APP
poinment OF an additional appraiser general move TO
insert The words, TO be appointed by and with the ad
vice and consent OF the Senate"
Mr.. HUN TER. There Is no objection to that