Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-09-04
ADDRESS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONU-
MENT SOCIETY,
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WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONU-
MENT SOCIETY,
TO The People Of the United States.
FKlLow-C CITIZENS: We address you on behalf Of
the Washington National Monument Association, and
submit for your consideration the following report Of
what has been done;
The cornerstone was laid on the 4th Of July, ls4s
At that time there in the treasury Of the Associa
ton the sum Of $82,450 So.
The work has gone with varied progress until
the of $230,00a 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
~, $4,000.
solid and ndestructble is sunk eight feet below the
surface and rises and half feet above the
surface of the surrounding earth II Is y-fye feet
walls q 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 q 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-
tributed by States communities, and associations.
| This naked shaft, thus ngidly cut thus firmly
based, thus ndissolubly bonded, now rises In its
simple and grand proportions one hundred and fifty
two and half feet above the blue stone base 1t ID
already one of the first objects which meets the eye
of the traveller he passes, through the hills by
which the city is hemmed in, and he starts to find the
| immense machinery its top designed for lifting
stone still idle and anxiously inquiries the cause
Fellow-ctizens: We are panied to say 1t is your
| neglect When the scattered and subugated Polish
nation, and the friends of liberty in Europe began to
erect monument to Kosciusko, 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 pyrar
mida mound, to testify that love. And now, after
the lapse Of forty years. amid the commissions which
c,alra that
still swell that pile with constant contributions.
We are erecting Monument to greater than
Koscusko 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 IT
long years of carefulness and labor They have been
urgent and pressing in their calls for help and you
have to a certain extent, responded to their call 1t
was not their work, it was yours; they were your
stewards, giving their time and care, and ibor and
| money, in the same cause with you.
But they have failed, not for lack of energy or zeal
on their part but from want of that action and SYM
pathy on YOURS which was essential to You,
! the people OF this broad and happy land you the
children Of Washington; you, to whom he has left
the priceless bequest of his services, and his love,
have held back the contribution needed from each to
| tional metropolis.
While thousands have answered promptly the. APP
peal to their patriotism and contributed the amount
already received and expended, the far greater num-
ber either from apathy want OF opportunity, have
| failed to join in this work of grateful duty This
failure compelled predecessors to arrest the prose-
cuon of the work. and to appeal to Congress for as
sistance.
Fellow-citizens: This is not suitable object of
legislative provision. free, prosperous, thirty
ing people, will not allow debt of love and graft
tde, due by every individual heart to be discharged
by act OF Congress-!
A new Board Of Managers have now been appoint
ed. We come into office under favorable auspices,
and with well-founded hopes Of means TO prosecute
the work Since election the 22d February last
we have not been idle Our have been be-
gun and are now in progress. All causes of differ
ence between and the Old Board have, we hope,
been removed, and will immediately go to work.
We appeal to 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 to
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 to contribute each his mite great
and mighty people, of twenty-five millions, cannot be
so dead TO the sensations which are innate in every
breast at the bare naming Of such benefactor TO
refuse or neglect to give their aid in such cause.
Let every man, then who feels his heart beat with
American pulsations, and every man who reveres
the name of Washington, sngly or in companies,
communicate directly with our Secretary, and send
in his icontrbution to our Treasurer, suggest
mode for its collection.
By order of the Board
CHARLES @. TUCKER, 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 TO wit;
FRANKLIN PIERCE,
President Of the u States and ex-offcio President
VESPASIAN ELLIS
First Vice President.
JOHN T. TOWERS,
Mayor OF Washington and ex-oficio I'd v. Pres't
GEORGE II. PLANT,
Third Vice President.
JOHN NJ. McCALLA,
CHARLES G. TUCKER,
Secretary.
Managers
HxsRY ADDISON Jos. II. BRADLEY,
Gas r. BELr, SAMUEL @. BUsKY,
FRENCH g. EVANS, JAMES GonpoS,
CYAs w DAyIs RoBERr T. KNIGHT,
JOHN n CRAIG JosKPH LIBBY Sn.,
SAMUEL L. DouaLAs, THonAs A. BRooKE.
JOSIAH +. Polk,
p. s. Editors friendly TO the cause, are requested
| 10 insert the above address.
| &C. TUCKER, Secretary.
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