Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-06-01
ADDRESS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
OF the
WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONU-
MENT SOCIETY,
"a az Pe0pLe of ths Unlted 6talfs


81 TO the People of the United STATES
F.,,o.,. f,,x,v,.s. W. address Won ON behalf Of
,hs Wssbingtnn National Monument Association and
sb;, Car vonr consderaton the following report of
Tba cnrnerstone was laid on the 4th of July l84s
,hst time there was n The treasury OF the Assoca-
ion he ann of ssa 45o So.
The work has gone ON with varied progress until
The s'u of ssso 600 the product Of voluntary contri
hnt;ons alone has been expended In its erection.
The ORIGINAL estimate of The coat Of The whole work
the shaft the base and the ornamental part exceeded
A ssg 900.
The base built of the blue stone of the Potomac
sod and indestructbe "a sunk eight feet below me
surface and rises seventeen and 6alf feet above the
surface Of The Surrounding earth IA In ffty-fye feet
sauars NJ ia ION From his snrings tbe shaft win
Ses az nina s,gna af,een Gat ,hicL 6cea with white
marble fourteen inches thick in courses two feet In
height fled and bounded into The blue stone al every
course In ia ascent n diminishes gradually and
regularly In The exterior line.
fhe interior il carried nm n strai0ht underwriting
chamber Within and lei into the solid wall az ma
;n,aor accordin 10 The taste of he arcb;tsc have
Lam ,cad and ara W, IN Ls nacad ,he stonas CON
,yihuied Nv States commnnities and associations.
This naked shaft. thus rigidIy cut thus firmly
based. thus indissolubly bonded now rises in its
s;,nni. and Grand nronnytions one hundred and ty.
two and half fact above the bue atone base II IL
a.J, On. ~ ,,a Ara, ohac,a ,yLcI, ,naaia tha aya
ar the ra~olIer es bs nSsses throngh he hills bv
h;S ~ y Ia han,maS in and ha sssr,s ~ And tbe
mmen ne nn ;s a sn desanaS sor ne
snna st;l, ida and nm yionslv panires the cause
S1 p1, Sun . ;. NM W. n.a :. a.. ' =; BON,
no,iac, Wien ,ba scattsrad and snhinuated Polish
ne,on ana ths friends os liberty In Enrane becan 10
-. s,a,t y, = a;',sLcc 49, a H. "a aseiahor
cree, G 20 ,ney maas n,a a and
Main and running stream far and near thew brought
stones ana piled ana aeaped mem mo Sas. pyt ar
i 81 sr,y ,,aar. Amid ,ha cony,,Isona which
me aPss 2, iah aa ao m;1sr,n handa
,;,l sslI that Mia with Constant contryhtions
SUI ~ smoa . anao Mnnm'ant ~ orea,ar tban
Roso;,sLo 10 HIM who in history nr myih il known
a,oons asar t;ndrad and rattan ~ ne earth who
IaJ ,6a f,ndaons oaye The nronortions and super-
intended ina strnct,re az that government which.
viz mira c,lons sneed has risen 10 he front rank
a,nnnr ths nasions and I'VE coil mon Won for aid
I;thasto men we'll known 10 Won have given 10 il
ianr years nf carefnness and labor They have been
s 800 "a " ~; II ~ naiis cor h.,n and ~,
hasa - car,air astant rasnanded IN thesr call /,
nus 80 ..;r ,.ok Il was ynnrs tbew were yonr
s,award. r;vn1 ,ha,r fine and cnre and i,bor md
momay n ftha asma canse with Won. n IT,
mt ;har har failad not far lack of ENERGY or yeal
on th;r mart INT fron want NJ that action and avn
u ~ - ,r .hoh VA ssaant;ai ~ s,,ccess yan
iha pyaon,s If 1h;s broad and hannv land Won the
children Of washington. Won. TO Whom he has left
tho nricelass haouest az his services and his 1--we
MA hacL liz contrbns;om naedsd rom each ~
erect 10 h;s mamorv n suitable Monument in tbe mn
tional metropolis.
neal to their natriotism md contributed the amount
Ireadv received and eynended the far greater n,,m
her either from apathy or want of oppostunity have
f,ilad IN ion m This work of grateful duty This
f;iro o,r sors IN arrest he nroaa
cntinn Of tbe work and 10 annea 10 Congress- or a.
s;stance - -
Fallov citizens. This ia not n suitable object Of
legislative provision free. prosperous. a thirty.
M Yaoni. viii not allow dabt If love and graft
h5p dna ~ avary Individual heart IA bc discbaroed
hv an act ~ Congress,
" nan, Raard ~ Managers hava now haan annoint
"A w. come into of,;cs nndar fayorahIe ausnices
ona Nth we'll fannded honss If means 10 nrosecnte
an narL Snca nnr aIactipn On ,be ood Fehr,arv last
not haen idia Our ve heen he
unn and arc now in nrogress All canses of differ
snn hnt,veen -. and be did BOARD have ma we hone
en s peuoxsd U" and we viii mmedaey @o
We anneal 10 the people. We wish no Legislative
aid. VIZ 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.
nlv of freedom in this broad land who ia not dead 10
The common impulses of humanity who IN worthy
in the least degree of the countless and diversified
blessings by which he IL surrounded we call upon
mon everywhere to contribute each his mite A great
and mighty people, Of twenty -fye millions cannot be
SO dead 10 the sensations which are innate in every
breast al The bare naming Of such benefactor, as
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