The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-07-09
MOUNT VERNON ASSOCIATION,

2b ths Mayors cr Citss Turns and ii'iiapes
rrestdsnfs or Hcdds Of t'nirerst,ies, Co'isges,
tiss' Gs.t,rs :% 81 I'tss. .ar's;". %f ⅈ1s"y :
Companies. Hcnds ef othcr Installations and
dssoridfions Dirines, Physicidns, Ldrycrs,
Editars throughout the Union.
We havo been commissioned by 1.-THE South.
ern Matron," to make all earnest appeal 10 all
and each "f you. to come up promptly aud eff.
GENTLY to the help Of the " Ladies' Mount Ver.
non Association Of the Union, in tho great aud
patriotic work Of the purchase and consecrntion
Of Mount Vernon. us the perpetual shrine of
Washington and Mecca Of America. It is hut
the fitting hu,nage to his ilustrious shade or the
greatness and goodness of his character, to tho
private aud public virtue Of which he was the
snodel; to his Iaurels as a warrior and his wig.
dom as n sage; to his fatl,erhood Of our coun-
try! Let, then, every one feel, acknowledge
and redeem the flial duty of contributing his
mite to the great and glorious enterprise of hal
lowing the tomb of Washington rs public trust,
in the guardian custody Of Virginia, his motl,cr
State, for the reverence Of oil America, and the
homage Of all the world, in all time to come.
The purpose Of The Southern Matron," and
of the patriotic daughters Of America, of whom
sho is the presiding and inspiring divinity, 10 TO
raise the sum of Two HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS. by voluntary subscription, previous to the
22d day of February next, for the purchase of
Mount Vernon, from its present proprietor, and
its dedication, Oh that hallowe cd birth day. uhe
one hundred and twenly.sx (l26) anniversary of
Washingtons birth,) as the perpetual shrine of
greatness, patriotism aud worth. More than
one-eighth of the required sum has been already
raised, by the eloquence Of the gifted Everett. n
Of Massachusetts, worthy OF the Old Bay
State, in the day, when Bunker Hill and the
Palmetto Fort gave forth responsive thundcrs
against the common foe. Orators, lecturers ed
tors, and pleaders of both sexes, ore already
actively at work, from rock.bound Maine to
golden California, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific border OF our continental Republic, under
the banner Of The Southern Matron," in the
sumo noble cause but t requires un;fcd az well
as vigorous effort to achieve the consummation
most devoutly to be wished. In the name then,
of "The Southern Mutron," daughter of the
Palmetto State, with ancestral Virginia blood
running in her veins the head of this holy mis-
sions of the women Of America, who from n
sick pillow, and with trembling hand, has issued
those heart-strring missives and appeals which
hive penetrated and agitated all America-n |
that maine, under which she inaugurated and
has rendered feasible the hallowed enterprise
in that name, under which alone her modesty |
consents to communicate with the public, and by |
which she will go down to and be blessed by
posterity and all future tme-and for her sake,
as well as for the sake of the sacred cause with
which she has identified herself in immortal un-
ion.-wc propose, and earnestly appeal to NIL and |
each of you-and especially to the Mayors Of
cities. towns aud villagcs-to take all necessary
and proper step to bring the subject prominently,
ny means of public meetings otherwise. be-
lore the pubic IN your respective precincts Or
gnnizations, or circles, Of influence, OH the COIN
ing Fourth of July, Tor thereafter prac-
ticable) that it may be consccratcd, and rendered
memorable forever, by tie taking up Of Mount
HernoM Subscriptions, from every portion of the
Republic, 10 ensure the Mount Vernon purchase,
aud to hallow, additionally. if possible, the Birth
day of our National Independence, by render
ing it tributary to the proposed homage to him.
whose wisdom aud vaor, under Providence,
secured that birthday to our country.
10 our brother editors too, in the whole Re.
public, we extend the invitation to enlist, MS
knights, in the order of Mount Vernon, and to
do gallant and efficient service iiuder the patri.
otc flag OF "The Southern Maron," 10th sound.
ing to the onset und laying at her feet the fruits
Of victory.
n. BAH subscriptions from one dollar
(which secures membership aud upwards with
name, sum and residence Of each subscriber. to
be carefully registered, and to be forwarded, in
order that each subscriber may be sure Of hav.
Ing his or her name enrolled as member of the
Associqtion, in the Mount I'ernon Purchase
Hook, to be deposited nj Mount Vernon, with
the funds collected, in any State having Mount
Vernon State Committee, TO sucll Committe, and
IN default thereof TO Mrs William f. Rtclie,
!sl Vice President or Mr.. William II. Mncfar.
'and' Treasurer of the Ladies Mount Vernon
association, Richmond, Va. or to anv of the
Organs of the Association, which are nj present
The Pennsylvania Inquirer, Philadelphia; Jour.
nal aud Statesman Wilmington, Del Rich
mond Enquirer, Richmond, Va; Wilmington
Herald. Wilmington N. c.; Charleston Courier,
Charleston, S. c.; Chronicle and Sentinel Au.
gusta, Ga; Herald and Tribune, Mobile, Ala:
st. Louis Republican, St. Louis, Mo-CAarleston
Courier, June, 1857.