The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-03-22

board which was sssna0 to success that the managers

board which was essential to success that the managers
have been able ascertain what agents had been
ploysd-what liabilities had been incurredwhat
tracts madewhat demands left unliquidated Can II be
possible that these thngs have reduced the contributions
OF the members Of the American party nom between one
aud two millions little thousand dollars
Can Il be possbls il the members Of their party have
approved the action of the managers, that they viii
not send their contributions because they have not
found all about the agents employed and the contracts
made by their pedeesssos Can II be possible that the
want Of "harmouy and unity between the two boards has
had 60 powerful effect upon the American party and
the whole people that he country cannot be reused to
beaty nor even to graudei" Can it be possible that
ANYTHING that could been done by the old board
body else since the election Of the managers
be why the tide ebbed before their election p
Gao ID be possible ii be tide had ebbed before the election
of the managers that difficulties interposed by others
precuded them from taking at its hoodP None OF these
things seem credible yet they furnish the substance of the
apology offered by the board for having failed ut
erly have lost all confidence Of either for the
present the future.
But the report says the old board have withheld a the
Indignation in their power" "All In their power what
does the expression At first glance it would seem
to imply that all the books papers Of the society had
been withhed but il that for las appears
from the Orgap they have been in the possession OF the
managers since the moment of their election. 1t was
any verbal explanations which might be needed, for
the clerk OF the old board being tbs clerk Of the has
always been hand make them 1t not the treas
books and papers, for this is mentioned afterwards in
the report additional difficulty" If it were any
thing them ii must have been something Of which
ord had made and which existed only in the minds
or memories Of member members of the board
The report adds: agents appointed by US in almost
every section of the Union have been informed of the
81 fsspu IN hp nd hey
were so with the knowledge sanction Of this
board" Why should that hinder contributions by
bers OF the American organizations TO agents OF their
appointment II ten thousand agents. without any
thorty from the board had been at work it
the wematured plan Of the present managers to have
collections made among all the councils by agents appoint
ed by and known to themselves and then RENTED to
Washington Though the recognised officers of
ellis without dminuton" for expenses of collection If the
members of the party through the country had been will
ling lend TO the scheme the counenance and favor
confidently proclaimed by the managers why should they
have withheld their dollar EACH because other agents
holding commissions under the old board in the
field soliciting aid
But getting into Office the managers found that he
treasury bankrupt that the tools and implements
and machinery" the monument a very imperfect
state and that athe material hand insufficient
for of marble" Were these the very
why they took possession of the affairs of the society
ply all deficiencies correct all evils impart energy the
management and in two years finish the monument
Suppose when they into office they only found
money but had found tools machinery, stone
not the treasury to overflow with wealth. and
there not be ample once to provide all
these thngs2 Who could have supposed that with such
magnificent expectations of money be received and work
10 be done, whole years collection from all sources"
would fall short OF eight thousand dollars, and that
whole years labor would only result in repairing the
chaery which their predecessors had constructed and
kept 10 use and in laying the which their
predecessors had hewn at the quarries and brought
the ground7 a-a.a q.
The report makes clear and full. acknowledgment of
failure Causes for this amply sufficient might have been
found without referring any want of harmony and
unity between the two boards Considering manner
the election of tho new managers could they have
bly, anticipated the hearty cooperation Of who while
they would have cheeuy given way others had they
had any suppose their services were not
BILE to the public the friends Of the monument could
not but feel the injustice OF schemes to get
rid Of them2 Probably in the zeal and enthusiasm en-
knded In secret conferences and by mutual stimulus the
new managers and the men who combined elect them
honestly believed their action would the approval Of
their party through the country, and that with but
little more delay than would be needed to present
their plan TO all their councils and receive replies
abundant means would be put into their hands to
finish the monument But 1t seems the party viewed
The matter In a different light Whatever some ndi-
vidunls or councils may have done it Is evident
that the managers have been supported By the party
are aud for refusing do this its members need not be
charged with want Of "berality' and gratitude EQUAL
tiles which they probably feel conscious of
as the authors Of the report who charge with being
incapable OF being roused' to them but IL sufficient to
suppose that they differed in Judgment from the actors in
the scene at Washington and considered II scheme which
neither hberaty gratitude their aims political
party called upon them to sanction Th, alone without
looking to any other cause may be sufficient account for
TIE total failure OF an enterprise heralded with so much
Pomp and 20 coon abandoned in despair
IL VIII be observed that the writer Of this article who
has no connection with the old board does not enter into
any defence OF their proceedings reply to the charges
made against them in the report That II TO be
done at ALL may well be left to the members OF the board
themselves It'll for them to determine whether Their. Is
ANY thing In the report worthy their notice What here
presented Is simply the impression received from reading
Tue report ITSELF in oonnexon with the publications made
oy The new managers year ago To compare predictions
WIN results sometimes 10 the Judgment and
10 chasen the imagination. FILLMORE
From the Hartford Conn., Times.
SPIRIT OF THE ABoLITIOSISTs.
The whole aim Of the abolition agitaors be to