Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-02

h.owsd N the hearts and affections Of every lover
of liberty IN this land. Every one OF those moral
and intellectual giants, who there presided over
our nations birth, is gone TO the spirit land but
their names and their memories nse, ana as uine
rolls ON. the mythc legends OF distant future viii
associate their selfsacridcing achievements their
Intellectual efforts, and their crowning triumph,
with the idea of inspiration and Of aid from on high
The golden fruits of that bountful harvest, the
seeds of which were sown by their hands, We are
now reaping The extension of our country's
limits, the rapid progress Of civilization,
freedom, our religion, and our laws, the triumphs
of our arms, the advancement of our commerce,
our wonderful improvements in literature, In arts,
and in industrial enterprise; in fact, the teeming
wealth and luxury and comfort Of our boundess
resources, and the numberless blessings with which
kind Heaven has favored us-for the germ and de-
veopment Of all these revolutionary benehctors,
who appealed 10 Heaven for the rectitude OF their
intentions, uttered the Declaration" let this ma
ton be free and 10! ii was free! Sir we, their
posterity, feel gratitude warm enough to requite
the boon they beaueathed us Can we speak In
language glowing enough to duly sound their praise
Can we build monuments high enough to tell the
story of their deedsg VI Msf
But what we can do let us do Let us, in con-
junction with our sister States Of the old thirteen
whose classic soil was bedewed with the blood Of
the martyrs Of freedom, and in whose soil now
rest their hallowed remainslet us erect this mon
umcnt on the site of our political Bethlehem,
from whence was first heralded the glad tidings
of our national salvation--from whence first went
forth the warning TO tyrants, and the assurance to
the oppressed of the nations, that liberty was
mans right, and to assert 1t was his duty. There
let it stand till time shall be no more In its mas
sive strength, let it be emblematic of the hardy
vgor and nnterrifed determination of those, whose
names may be inscribed ON its shaft. Let its
peerless beauty reflect the purity Of their motives
and the devotion of their hearts. Let its heaven
ward pointed summit represent thu lofty aspira-
tons of their souls, and suggest to the beholder
the place of their reward and final rest.
The moral influence of such structure, reared
by the Joint and voluntary contributions of the "Old
Thirteen" cannot fail to exercise moral influence
potent for good, after we shall be no more. 1t
win symbolic the union of these States will pre-
sent physical illustration OF our national motto,
&c Pluribus Unum," and stand as a warning to
disunionists and agitators that the fabric Of our
Union, elaborated from the wisdom OF revolution
airy sages, and cencnted by the blood Of reyolu-
tionary heroes shall never fall victim to their
parricdal hands. It viii be an object of pilgrim
age for the lovers Of liberty and union in our coun-
try through all future time, keeping alive In the
hearts of our people the glorious associations of our
past history and fostering the impulses Of patriot
ism, when they shall begin to wane. 1t will tend
to inspire with patriotic sentiments the youth OF
our country to admonish them Of the price at
which our national freedom was purchased; to ex-
cite an emulation in deeds Of high and noble dar-
ing, and at the same time to sanctfy their ambi-
ton and to teach them the glorious rewards which
grateful posterity is willing to bestow upon deeds
of disinterested selfsacrifce and devotion by the
benefactors Of their country.
Sir, my humble task is done. appeal to this
Senate, as the representatives and guardians o.
North Cardinals pride, her honor and her patriot
ism, not to let our State be the last to concur IN
this praiseworthy movement Above all let II
never be said Of us, that we SO deficient in pa
triotc pride, SO insensible to the memory OF the
past as to refuse to concur in this heart-stirrng
design. What must be the feeling Of every true.
hearted son Of the Old North State, who may in
the future visit Philadelphia, and from curiosity, i
from no higher impulse, he shall visit this monu-
ment--he there sees the names of every other oil
the old thirteen States inscribed in letters of glory
on its Sides with the names Of those who echoed
their appeal to the God of battle, In the immortal
Declaration Of Independence but he shall search
in vain for the name Of this State, who sent her
Nashes and Caswels, her Davies, and Folks, her
Grahams and Davidsons, to lead the hosts Of free
dom in our struggles for independence--and the
names Of Hooper, Hughes, and Penn, who spoke
her sentiments in the days Of peril will fail to greet
his vision God forbid such reproach as this
should rest on the name Of that State which
love 40 well