Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-08-10
ADDRESS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONu-
MENT. SOCIETY
~, AZ. pea..Il - ~ IL..illi 90.

10 Hn Ie0pte 81 me Uhtt6a states.
FELLow-CrrIzENs; We address you on behalf Of
the Washington National Monument Association, and
submit for your consideration the following report Of
what has been donei
The cornerstone was laid on the 4th Of July, 1913.
Al that time there was in the treasury Of the Associa-
uOn the sum Of $62, 450 Sc.
The work has gone on with varied progress until
the sum Of $23000s the product Of voluntary conri-
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
Al, 222, 900.
The base, built of the blue stone of the Potomac,
solid and indestructible is sunk eight feet below the
surface, and rises seventeen and half feet above the
surface Of the surrounding earth u = hftyhve feet
square at its top From this springs the shaft with
walls of blue stone fifteen feet thick faced with white
marble fourteen inches thick, in courses two feet in
height tied and bounded into the blue stone at every
course. In its 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 con.
This naked shaft, thus rigidly cut thus firmly
based, thus indiss0nbly bonded, now rises in its
simple and grand proportions one hundred and fifty
two and half feet above the blue stone base. IL is
already Of the first objects which meets the eye
of the traveller US he passes through the hills by
which the city is hcmmed in and he starts to find the
immense machinery on its top designed for lifting
hlunc sui tdle, ana anAiohly inquiries the cause.
felow-citizcnS: We are panied TO say, II is your
neglect. When the scattered and subjugated Polish
nation, and The friends of liberty in Europe began to
erect monument TO kosciusko they made il labor
~ leye, and from every valley and mountain and
plain and running stream, iar and near they brought
stones and piled and heapcd them into vast pyra-
mdal mound. 10 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 q greater than
kosciusko 10 him who In history or myth, ID 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 VIC call upon you for aid.
Hitherto, men well known to you, have given to
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. 1t
was not their work, il was yours they were your
Stewards giving their time, and care and lbor, and
money, in the same cause with you.
But they have failed not for lack Of energy or zeal
their part but from want Of that action and SYM
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 bequcst of his services, and his love,
have held back the contribution needed from each To
erect TO his memory suitable Monument in the ma
tiona metropolis.
While Thousands have answered promptly the, ap-
peal 10 their patriotism, and contributed the amount
49, a;,.u G,, a,,a,,,. r. 90, ~ ,n,or,nn;,r haro
CS s' y. nonl ap, =, W =. a,,S' Ti,;
surc odno,od nns soS. ~ a,rcst Sc nrasa'
,,;nn ~ ~ narL "a !, snnaai ~ Gnnoros e. as
sistancc.
Fellow-citzens; This is not a suitable object of
;n ,,i nn, ,,n, ,daA ~ ~ and lily,
Az W., ~; ;nd;dra, 49,, !, - S;scb r,rad
h tae, u ~, ~ S S,s,y ,au '""' n'A'r
m ao' p ~ y Wsn,0r have nan, h..r .nno;n,
"A NV "n,a na n,aar ss"rsb,a anp.Pp';oos
aud IN ,ai ,o Soos ~ .sns =, rnI.cn,s
nu viii y, -. sd
ye not hoer ;dle Our been hs
We, VA ~ ~, ~ raons n .a,,sas ~ d;ar
gum Snd are now m s All o
hacu pemoyed u and We will immedia,sy 1o 10 sort
We anncal 70 The neople. We wish M legislative
mid We look 10 free hearts. wc.cali upon ali moi
the liberal and the generous alone. We call ,pon
each man who This day walks erect In MI The pano
nIy of freedom IN This broad land who Il NOT dsad IN
Inc common imnuses Of humanity who ia worthy
in the least degree of the countless and diversified
bleasings nv which he h surrounded we call upon
mon ayerv.berc m coptribntc each his mite great
and mighty pcople of TWENTY-FIVE millions cannot be
50 dead to nc sensations which are innate IN cyeTy
breast at the pare naming o. soeh ecneiacor as 10
Let every man, then, VINO ieeis us near, peat WIN
american pn,sauons, anu every man VINO reveros
.uc nanic VI masnington, slngS or IN eon,PanesI
Goi nv airec'iy WIN pur oecre'ary ss"a
y ms ms lconIiouIon 70 our ireasuicr, W suRSe"
noae ior us con . s -. p..s.
p an or9 pa t " inc ~ g9ara pp o....
The following are the present Officers and Mana
gers Of the Society all OF whom, except the President