Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-07-16

long, .luIIed BY Tie syren song Of selfinterested
deInA4nE CUES, themselves the creatures of q HER
srcby and priesthood the most willy and oyerreach.
:ag that the world ever ssw; whose religion, a
union of superstition and intolerance, has, for thi
teen hundred years, chained down the human
intellect and has been and stiIl Is the unalterng
and never-hilng agent OF kingly tyrants and OPP
pressors of mankind But, thanks to the over
weening confidence and indisereet and premature
boastng Of this company Of willy conspirators
against American freedom, We OF the American
party are all, all wide awake now, TO be luled into
sleep no more, neither by coaxing demagogues nor
nsidious and cunning priestcraft, our connection
with whom, and with al the old and rotten parties
of the country, is forever severed. Hereafter, we
go for the great mission of our party, that Amer-
cans alone shall be the rulers Of their own country
and the sole controllers, under Providence, OF its
destinies and this mission we will prosecute to its
consummation, though all the powers Of Rome and
Of darkness shall oppose us. si
One Of the 6rst minor duties which devolves upon
our party is, to complete that great work which
has, in other hands, for so many years, dragged
its slow length along. We mean the Monument
now erecting in the National Metropolis 70 the
memory Of that greatest of Americans and Of men,
the Father Of his Country. This work, at the last
annual election Of officers for the Washington Mon
ument Society, was, by their election of Board Of
Directors composed Of Americans alone, tacitly
assumed by our party. This act met at the time
and still meets the decided approval of this Coun
ell, but, being small In number, compared with
numerous other Councils, we have waited for the
lead of those whose strength, position, and intu-
ence, better entitled them to move first in this
matter None having, to our knowledge, done so,
we hereby, with becoming modesty, submit our
plan Of operations in this behalf as imbodied in
the annexed resolution, most respectfully suggest
ing that the Grand Council recommend the same,
or something Of similar import TO the Subordinate
Councils, whereby the necessary funds may be
raised for this object: sa4. 4r
Resolved, by The Amer;cans Of Georgetoun, ~
full Council assembled, That this Council will,
within twelve months from the first day OF April,
1855, raise one dollar for each member thereof,
the same to be in aid Of the fund for finishing the
Monument to the memory Of General George Wash
ington, now erecting in the National Metropolis;
and to this end, it is hereby ordered, that each
member Of the Council will pay to the treasurer
thereof the sum Of twenty-five cents, on or before
the first days Of June, August, October, and Feb.
ruary next hereafter ensuing. The funds 30 paid
in SHALL ut like dates or as soon thereafter as may
be practicable, be- by our treasurer, paid over to
the Treasurer of the Washington Monument Soci-
ETY., to be by him used for the object aforesaid.
And we, one and all, pledge ourselves to carry out
this resolution to the fullest extent. s,t
And be II further Resolved, That this Council Is
opposed to the appointment Of travelling agents, we
having already seen theev Of that course. Weare
also opposed to calling on the public generally, or
receiving anything from any one but native.born
Americans We believe that, II these resolutions
are generally carried out the Monument Associa-
ton will have funds enough to do all they wish.
We pledge ourselves, within ten months, TO pay
the Treasurer Of the Washington Monument Assoc
citation six hundred dollars and we call upon other
Councils to 20 and do likewise. ula
Il Resoioed, That, at proper time, the foregoing
address and resolutions be published in the A,neri-
can Orqan. II w an $780, 4.