New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-23

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p,.i n .uij No could bppa that what haa beop dpos
alf,edy could Lu nnjopo Hut Tor Tho fart that bore
IL something saotoj aud respectable IN The sentiment
which prompts nrn ~ pyo tho mo1cy and heap np
hose as,cnding stones 10 be deairod that tho
.chemc might be defeated by thunder lighting, or
nlccla earthquake 10 topplc the homogeneous siruc-
turo TO tho ground II pity that good land should
be- occupied or useful labor spent or noble name
compromised In such enterprise Probably, since it
has been begun, and since gentlemen of repute have
acted as ia managers and good deal Of material aid
lan been furnished il will at least be continued if not
completed But it Is duty again to say to the
public that if it is good thing to contribute TO this
monument, it is better thing to Withhold all contribG
tons
Who planned this heterogeneous specimen of monu-
mental architecture fame has not disclosed and if she
has any regard for his artistic she will
model of it stands in the Crystal Palace, and it is
melancholy confession of public ignorance and want of
taste that with that model in view, single copper
should have found its way into the contribution boxes
which stand at its base. A monument TO Washington
should be grand, simple severe, harmonious; such
work man OF original genius artist By nature AMI
education might, perhaps in some happy moment have
designed. This model is poor, confused, meretricous
and dscOrdant il outrages the elemental laws of art
and the planest hints of nature II seeks to combine
oppostes it consists OF ornate Greek temple with
bare tall obelisk rising from the center OF its roof
and uggesting nothing much as stake sticking in
pumpkin This combination is ugly in the extreme,
ueer even than that other wretched but costly edce
which stands near its site at Washington mean
the Smithsonian Institute. Why should the memory
Of Washington be extensively dishOnored by connect
ing ii with such an affair
Tie City of Washington is pleasant place, when
the winds do not hurl maestr0ms of dust in the face Of
every sinner wandering in its spacious and stately
avenues Fair women and brave men dwell there, AMI
when Congress has adjourned and Office seekers are
scattered and gambling and drinking bells closed
or at least quoted the town really wears an appear
ance Of tranquility and comfort But for some unex-
planned reason bad luck with the Fine Arts prevails
there. Does any curse rest the place, or are its
legislators and people given over to delusion and blind
ness, that this should be the fact But painters,
sculptors and architects have yet not done it good
The New Capitol has and will have its marble deformi-
ties Perscos shocking bad Columbus is there;
Greenoughs Washington confronts the innocent sky;
Mss Jackson bestrides like an incubus his ele-
phanne steed the Washington OF the same se-taught
artist looms desperately in the future the Smithsonian
Institute atess the waste of means and materials and
of all the country is giving money 10 build this
stake and pumpkin monument Unhappy City when
will people stop toing and voting appropriations to
defom and disfgure its beauties and to erect works
which viii hereafter be regretted as mistakes and
blemishes