Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-06-28
ADDRESS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
on THx ~ MNIef. II
WARRINGTON NATIONAL MONU-
MENT SOCIETY.
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4 MENT SOCIETY,
4 1ote PseRie ef the United States.
FsLLow-CIrlzNs, We address you on behalf o
the Washington National Monument Association, anc
what has been done: Y y Es.st
The cornerstone was laid on the 4th of July, 1913
At that time there in the treasury Of the Associa
ton the sum Of 90, $50 &c.
The work has gone on with varied progress unit
the of 100000, the product OF voluntary contr
buttons alone, has been expended in its erection.
The original estimate of the cost of the whole work
the SHAH the base, and the ornamental part exceeded
| The base, built Of the blue stone of the Potomac
solid and indestructbe is sunk eight feet below the
surface, and rises seventeen and half feet above the
surface OF the surrounding earth IL is dyfve feet
square az lts top From this springs the shaft with
walls Of blue stone fifteen feet thick faced with Whit
marble fourteen inches thick, in two feet in
height tied and bounded into the blue stone at every
course, In It's ascent it dminishes gradually and
regularly IN the exterior line.
The interior is carried up straight, undertaking
chamber Within and set into the solid wall of this
INTERIOR according TO the taste of the architect have
been placed, and are yet TO be placed, the stones
tributed by States, communities, and associations.
This naked shaft, thus rigidly cut, thus firmly
based, thus indissolubly bonded, now rises in its
simple and grand proportions one hundredand fifty.
two and half feet above the blue stone base II il
already one Of the first objects which meets the eye
| OF the traveller as he passes, through the hills by
| Immense machinery on its top designed for lifting
stone still idle, and anxiousy inquiries the cause
Fellow-citizens: We are panied to say, 1t is your
| neglect When the scattered and subjugated Polish
naon and the friends Of liberty in Europe began to
erect monument to Kosciusko, they made ii labor
| of love and from every valley and maintain and
plain and running stream, far and they brought
stones and piled and heaped them into vast pyra-
| nidal mound, to testify that love- And now, after
the lapse Of forty years amid the commissions which
have shaken that unhappy country. pilgrim hands
still swell that bile with Constant contributions
We are erecting a Monument TO greater than
Kosciusko, to him who in history or myth, is known
among every kindred and nation Of the earth who
laid the foundations gave the proportions and super
intended the structure of that government which,
with miraculous speed has risen to the front rank
among the nations, and we call upon you for aid.
Hitherto, men we'll known to YOU, have given to It
long years Of carefuness and labor They have been
urgent and pressing in their calls for help and YOU
have to certain extent responded to their CALL 1t
was not their work, it was yours; they were your
Stewards giving their time and care, and lbor, and
money, in the same cause with YOU .it'
But they have failed not for lack of energy or zeal
on their par hut from want of that action and syn.
pathy on yours, which was essential to success You
the people Of this broad and happy land . YOU the
children of Washington you, to whom he has left
the priceless bequest of bis services and his love,
have held back the contribution needed from each IN
erect to his memory suitable Monument IN tho ma
tional metropolis. aas0 7Fi.e4fi i pss !.
While thousands have answered promptly the APP
already received and expended the far greater num-
ber either from apathy or want Of opportunity have
failed to Join in this work of grateful duty This
failure compelled our predecessors to arrest tie prose-
cution of the work. and to appeal to Congress for as
sistance. Uf IS 81 .s
Felow-citizens: This is not suitable object of
legislative provision free a prosperous a thirty
ing people, will not allow debt Of love and graft.
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