Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-10-25
Purcha.e OF Mount vernon.

Mount Vernoni What glories luster carouud
lis namel What Immortal memories What
ltriotic associations thickly throng about i'll
o the patriot of America, il is a haliowed
yot on the surface of country. To the
.hilanthropist, ii fills the mind with historical
collections of the most unselfish warrior
nd statesman. throughout long. glorious,
nd successful career. of whom history has
ger unfOlded its marvels. To the poet,
hose genius would dilate upon the most
-sxalted theme, it is mine of wealth, at once
.eep, rich and inexhaustible. The home of
fRAsHINGTONi the tomb Of the Father of his
FountryI the resting place ofhis beloved wifet
nd the scene of his domestic bliss, his agri-
uitural empioyments. and his quiet. happy
ours of retirement from the worlds cares
nd bis countrv's troublei Tf3s
Who can estimate, in dollars and cents, the
laiue to the nation of such an estate: Who
ban tell what influence its consecration TO pa
riotic purposes for ever, may not exert upon
he, destiny of cur country? There stand
ne broad acres cultivated by the chieftain
imself-there stands the mansion house where
lived, and thought, and felt, and died. and
here his conjugal felicity crowned bis hap
mess and glory-there stands his tomb
here all that is mortal of the immortal is
;pposited and there, at their base. flows the
;ernal and picturesque Potomac, upon
hose dancing waves the Hero and Patriot
as so often gaZcd. No scenery on earth,
i've that of Sinai, Calvary. and the mounts
nd plains that bear the impress of Divine
footsteps can at all compare with it in moral
.-randeur and subiimity. 1t has been COM
Jared TO Mecca Mecca is but the mockery
If false religion. Mt. Vernon is the central
'oint of the earth. which. patriotism may
.lstly claim as its own lodging place, which
humanity may exalt as the dwelling place
while on earth, of her most consummate
Ill NH oh fha e nIIr on ntvv
may cnnsecrate Immortality as the embodi-
ment of her brightest dreams and most perfect
creation. Let such spot be consecrated to
pilgrimages and festivals = to orations,
musings and reverental assemblages, and
what may not it evolve from the bright future
and the hopeful, buoyant youth? What
glowing images may it not impress upon the
mind? What salutary principles inculcate?-
Into what glorious form may it not mould
our history?
The proposition to purchase this sacred
spot comes from the Mt Vernon Association,
composed of ladies, principally of the Old
Dominion. Woman. with her -intuitve pr
ception of the True, the Beautiful and the
Good. with her warm affections her delicate
sensibilties of whom it has truthfully and
beautifully been said, ''she was the first at
the Cross and last at the Sepulchre of our
Savior'-woman leads and beckons forward
conservation of the Home and Tomb of our
immortal and beloved WASHINGTON. Shall
we follow her in this glorious movement! OF
shall the descendants of the sires and patriots
of the Revolution desert the lovely daughters
of the land in their effort to achieve a great
work of Patriotism and of Gratitude. The
response of every chivalrous and patriotic
American will be mo. neverH' Let us
second this great movement OF our wives, our
mothers and our daughteTs-let us strengthen
their hands-let us grant then material aid
out of the abundance of the store vOucbsafed
to us by Providence and guaranteed to honest
cXertion by those free institutions which
WASHINGTON fought to establiSh-lct us assist
our sisters in making Mt. Vernon the Home
of Patriotism and the once sacred spot on
American soil dedicated to the perpetuatiOn
of the Union and the Constitution, forever.
Such sentiments naturally find home in
the breast of every American, when cOntempla
ting the plan of the Mount Vernon Associa-
ton.
We are gratified to announce to our citi-
Zens that Hon. CHAs. SCoTT has received
from the Vice Regent, Mrs. FOGG, the appoint
ment of President. to nominate committees in
every county in West Tennessee, for the
purpose ofaiding in this important movement.
Judge ScorT has addressed a circular to the
various Masonic Lodges in West Tennessee,
urging a liberal subscription on their part.
and we can but second the sentiment of the
circular and insist that West Tennessee shall
do her whole duty in this patriotic movement.
Memphis ApPeQt.