Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-19
Tho Washington Monument.

We have been reminded by friend, o.
some remarks made by Alderman Magruder
some days ago, touching the amount collected
by the new Board, since their election, which
remarks we did not at the time consider worth,
Of notice, and would not now allude to, bu'
that we learn from reliable quarter, the anti.
American party are speaking disparagingly Of
the prospects Of our completing tho Monu-
ment. It must be borne in mind that for SOM
weeks after the election Of the present Board
Of Managers, the old Board maintained hos
tile attitude to the claims Of the present
Board, that the late superintendent took
away from the Monument not only the book,
belonging thereto, but under the directions Of
.Ae old Board, he actually made sale of tn,
horses belonging to the Society, sometime afte'
that Board had been superseded that tn.
late Board left the Monument indebted in con-
siderable sums Of money, for the payment o.
which they had made no provision.
Under such circumstances and being, more
over, informed that the old Board intended to
commence legal proceedings, to test our right
to control the erection of the Monument, the
new Board delayed until recently, taking any
action to procure funds, and not until within
4 the present month, have our circulars been
mailed to the different sections Of the country
pointing out our plan Of operations to om
friends. five recollect rightly, DR.. Magrude,
said, or intimated, that only $27 had beer
reported by the Board as having been received
into the treasury since the new Board had or
ganizedl We know of no official report OF
the Board which has been made public, but
we do know, that more than q month since,
over twenty times that amount had been re,
ceived by our Treasurer, and placed in Bank,
and that the necessary preliminary measures
have been now taken, to insure the receipt O
very considerable sums weekly from this tim,
forward
We doubt not there are many just such anti
Americans as the gentleman above named, who
would rejoice II our plan Of rearing the Monu
rncnt should wholly fail-pretended patriots
prefessed friends Of constitutional government
who would sooner kiss the big toe Of Pop,
Plus TX, than do reverence to the memory o
Washington Pope Pic Nonois living foreigr
tyrant, and George Washington departed
native hero--the former would admit thos,
only into Heaven, who acknowledged him th,
Vicar Of Cod the latter destroyed tyranny II
this Western World, for the sake Of bis fellow
man, and surrendered the sword Of power int
the hands Of the people, whose liberties he hat
achieved It's fit that dnti-Americans Should
worship such foreign tyrant, and equally ap
propriate that Americans should cherish tn,
maxims and tho memory Of their orn Wash
ington.
| Alderman Magruder win not arrest the quie
progress Of the American party" in raising
the funds necessary to complete the Monu
ment which Is to be reared as q token Of Amer
lean gratitude to tho Father Of his Country
but on the contrary, his assaults, and those o
his oonfrer@, Of the foreign party, win fal
harmless at our feet, proving only the weak
ness Of the arm that strikes, and the malignit,
which prompts the blow.
We trust that the First Ward will, on th,
first Monday in june, manifest its just appre
citation Of the Alderman's sneering, contemptu
GUS, and contemplate illusions to the Wash
ington Monument and is present Board o
Managers, and relieve the City Councils Of tn,
presence Of one who, though born in the lane
Of Washington, lov1 Rome more n