Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-06-27
ADDRESS OF THE BOARD or MANAGERS
Lag ~ kNkAt or YHs Z ~ AAt4A
WASHINGTON NATIONAL moNU-
hMENT SOCIETY,

Es - - NNAAt or ssfaAt&
hMENT SOCIETY,"
15thS1 People ofths United States.
Follow CItIxxxs !: We address you on behalf Of
the Washington National Monument Association, and
submit for your consideration the following report o.
The nerstone was laid on the 4th Of July, ls4s.
At that time there in the treasury OF the Assoca-
ton the sum Of $6s, 45o 50. 5sg 4i99&
the sum Of $4,000, the product Of voluntary contr
buttons alone, has been expended IN its erection.
The original estimate of the cost of the whole work.
the shaft the base and the ornamental part exceeded
| Sl,222, 000 e3E rer ltf HHAA+1l GO
The base, built of the blue stone of the Potomac
solid and indesrucble, is sunk eight feet below the
surface, and rises seventeen and half feet above the
surface Of the surrounding earth IL is fty-iye feet
= ~ top Fsom this sPTIss the shat %s
marble fourteen inches thick in courses two feet IN
height tied and bounded ints the blue stone at every
course. In its ascent it diminshes gradually and
4 The interior is carried mp straight undertaking
chamber Within and sot into the solid wall of this
interior according TO the taste Of the architect have
been placed and yet 10 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 hundred and fifty
two and half feet above the blue stone base. II is
already one Of the first objects which meets the eye
Of the traveller Us he passes, through the hills BY
which the city is hemmed in and he starts to find the
immense machinery on its top designed for lifting
stone still idle, and anxousy inquiries the cause.
Fellow-citizens: We are panied to say, 1t is your
| neglect When the scattered and subjugsted Polish
nation, and the friends liberty in Europe began TO
erect monument to koscusko, they made it labor
| Of love, and from every valley and mountain and
plain and running stream, far and near they brought
stones and piled and heaped them into vast pyra-
midal 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 pile with constant contributions.
| We are erecting 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 well known to you, have given TO II
long years Of carefulness and labor They have been
urgent and pressing in their calls for help, and you
have, to certain extent, responded to their call II
was not their work, 1t was yours; they were your
stewards giving their tme and care and lbor, and
| money, in the same cause with you. #@
But they have failed, not for lack of energy zeal
on their part but from want of that action and SYM
pathy on yours which essential to success. You,
the people Of this broad and happy land; you, the
the priceless bequest Of his services, and his love-
have held back the contribution needed from each to
erect to his memory suitable Monument in the mo-
tional metropolis ALats
peal TO their patriotism and contributed the amount
already received and expended the far greater num-
Der, either from apathy or want Of opportunity, have
failed to join in this work Of grateful duty This
failure compelled our predecessors to arrest the prose-
cution of the work. and to appeal to Congress for
sistance. Es@ A.
Fellow-citizens: This is not suitable object Of
legislative provision A free, Q prosperous, thirty
ing people, will not allow debt Of love and graft
tde, due by every individual heart to be discharged
by an act of Congressl se 4 E,.a e #rs
A new Board Of Managers have now been appoint
ed. We come into Office under favorable auspices,
and with wellfounded hopes of means to prosecute
the work Since election, the 22d February last,
wehave not beenidle 0urarrangemensh have been be-
gun, and are now in progress; All causes Of differ
been removed, and we will Immediately 90 TO work
We appeal 70 the people. We wish no Legislative
aid We look TO free hearts; we call upon all; not
the liberal and the generous alone. We call upon
each man who this day walks erect in all the piano.
ply Of freedom in this broad land who is not dead
the common impulses of humanity who is worthy |
in the least degree of the countless and diversified
blessings by which he is surrounded, we call upon
men everywhere 10 contribute each his mite. A great
and mighty people, Of twenty-five millions cannot be
SO dead 20 the sensations which innate In every
breast at the bare naming Of such benefactor, as
to refuse or neglect 70 give their aid in such a
cause. SIS M e4ey stfs g.. Fr.t. s.gt...fE
Let every man, then, who feels his heart beat with
American pulsations, and every man who reveres
the name Of Washington, singly or in companies,
communicate directly with our Secretary, and send
In his lcontribution to our Treasurer, or suggest
mode for its collection.
BY order tofthe Board:
'a CHARLES @. TUCKER,
.... ..t... Yr FL Secretary.
The following are the present Officers and Mana
gers Of the Society all OF whom except the President
and Second Vice President were elected on the 22d
day OF February last, 70 wit:
.s8se FRANKLIN PIERCE, |
President Of the u. States and ex-ofcio President
. $1,000. ~. VESPASIAN ELLIS, |
First Vice President.
JOHN 7. TOWERS, |
Mayor Of Washington and e1-oficio I'd v. Prest 7
iaa& GEORGE H. PLANT,
aas. -Ia4p 400 f4 Third Vice President.
JOHN NJ. McCALLA,
..,uEls tft9 Treasurer.
CHARLES G. TUCKER. I