Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-03-16

the base purposes of holiday rcvc and profaned by
me miscellaneous tramp of public idirrs, without III"
hFc!icsi hiu-hhlioi And, vet there is 10 why
All ms 'i NOT come to pass, ii 10 means taken
I" convert r i'io" aud the grounds around II int"
public property
In this condition Of things, .hc WOMEN Of the Uni
c, States have come forward with ,hnt f.ryid ua.r
oti,m ana that lofty public spirit which distinguished
their grinimoihcrs, and have determined To- rescue
Mount Vernon from the doubtful c!;,uc.s ~ the ti-
ure 1t isa high nnd holy purposc-Ist such an one
hearts heating with such gentle svmputhrs and
grntctul emotions might be- expected to courriye-a
purpose worthy ot daughters of the Ola Thirteen
Sut-s where the fires upon the nltnr of rreeGnm ,v
never be cxtingushcd with such ministr.n,s In keen
them glowing. When woman ever wautip., far
the execution Of "A sacred duty when did shs ever
prove unequal to the demands of her country! If
were asked " rat thought 10 be the most desirable
method of securing Mount Vernon the property uf
the S,ule should answer not By legislative nppro
priaiion, bu; precisely in the WAY that the Central
Mount Vernon Association prOpnsc-the voluntary
contributions Of0ur country-wOlcn. IL Is at once
graceful and affecting exhibition of their love and
reverence for the Father of his Country, and it holds
70 the men an example OF patriotic feeling that is
worth thousand times more than the sum which Is 10
be raised for the purchase. And if it WIS thought II
cuinmIrn,ablc thing in the women of Englan 10
erect q statue Of Achilles IN HYDE Park in honor Oi
the Dukc of WclIinEton-ifS was considered n noble
sentiment which inspired The women OF Massachusetts
Ia complete The Iong unfinished monument on Bunker
Gli!l-huw much more worthy of our praise and our
admiration IL this resolution of the women Of this
broad land 10 throw the icgis Of Virginia around the
sacred precincts Of Mount Vernon,
In taking this patriotic step these excellent ladies
have strictly kept within the proper and Legitimate
sphere Of their gentle II il were not that dis.
like to mention them in connection with those mascu-
line natures who have recently agitatrd the question
of Woman's Rights, | would usk you to contrast the
delcacy which they have shown in carrying out their
designs with the movements of our new female re-
formers. They not before the country NJ lecur-
they thrust not themselves forward in public as-
semb!ics they ask only the privilege OF united effort
in contributing cach her share towards the object 80
laudable and patriotic they have heart. But will
not insult the daughters Of Virginia whom sec be-
fore me by any such allusun. They engaged on
Is the Of ofRrvoluiionary days were engaged,
in work Of love and holy affection and pious graft
tudc When Washington left the quiet shades of
Mount Vernon 10 take the oath OF Inauguration as
President ut New York, one of the most graceful and
acceptable tributes that paid 10 him i'll that tri
umphal progress was ut Trcnton, where aprocessioh
al ma;r0us and maidcns came forward to meet him,
and baud Of thirteen young girls str-wed in his
path, singing rs they walked,