Smyrna times., 1858-11-25
An Appeal for Mount Vernon.

TO The Citizens IF the Siate Of DcIarare.
/ 1t Is a fact well known to the ceun,rv that
the woman OF America have undertaken the
purchase of Mount ernOD, aud the accuuula.
ton Ut tund to preserve It 10 all time hrreaf
ter, IN condition CredItable to American mn .
rlO'Ism. TO achieve an object so laudab!e, an
organization was formed, to winch VIrOini,
gave legal existence, under the name of the
" Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the
lnon." The officers consist of . Recent =
Hiss Ann PAMELA CUNNINGHAM, Of Soutb Care.
iha, the protector OF the great cniprurise-
and Wee Regents for the different Siatcs.-
lhe duty Ut the latter is TO raise money within
their respective States by voluntary contribn.
lions o. the people. DOnatIInS are receivable
IN sums OF one dollar aad upwards; Ahe pay.
meht or the dollar constitutes the doror men.
Der OF The Association, and the further payment
OF like sum on or before the 22d OF February
IN any year, viii enilie hlm or he- to attend
aud vote u the annual meeting of that year.-
'On the 9th of April last, u contract legally OBJ
lgat"ry in all respects, was made with the pro-
prIetor OF Mount Vernon, John A. Washinqton.
for the purchase of two hundred acres Of the cs.
tate, INC uIing the Mansion, Tomb of WashDp.
ton and Landing Oh the Potomac river. Through
the zeal and perseverance, Of Miss Cunning.
ham, $iS,O0O were paid down in cash S57.
600 are to be paid on the 22nd FebruarynlS:59
and the remainder in equal instalmenIs on the |
22d February, leG0, 'GI, 81, with the privilege
of pay in9 the whole sum Of the purchase money. /
%2Gu,OOO, at any time upon giving thirty days
notice" 1t is confidently believed that the |
whole sum OF the purchase money will all be |
pad on the next anniversary of Washington's |
birth. The amount TO b. raised for the pur-
chase and future preserva ton Of Mount Vernon
tnb tn X -
children as well as grown persons.
with tue amount Of their gilt, Will be recorded
IN a volume to be preserved at Mount Vernon.
aud Will 'hus remain a perpetual memenlo OF
their tribute to u cause than which none can
be wOrlhier.
The judgment OF the most enlightened of our
people has always accorded TO WAsHINGTON the
merit of having done more than all others COM
DIncd TO achieve the freedom OF this great ma ton
Bin for his calm mind, undIsturbed in its con-
empaton nfthe great prize TO be secured BY
success by the doubts and fears that from time
% time, in the dark hours Ot the Revolution, de-
PRESSED the bravest of his compalriots, the In
dependence VIC now enjoy, the liberty secured
o Us and ours, the prestige Of beng the happ-
st and most enterprlslng and most Christian
Zed nation on earth, would not be our hur-
age; but the war of '76 would most probably
lave eHucu 40 u UeRdHS III tue enelaVement OF
he Colonies, until it might suit the Mother
country 10 yield TO them some measure of indl.
'idual emancipation. >,
In contemplation Of the blessings of liberty.
md the sacrificing anG essential Efforts OF
NAsmINGTON to secure it to his people AID their
the mind naturally asks itself the
ucstiOn-what has ever been doue by the
American people to testify their sense of grati-
ude to Me ''Great Chief! Illuminating as
he reply is, it is compelled to say-mOthing.-I {
}a ltimOre has erected IA monument to his mem. ,
ry; but elsewhere nothing beyond statue is
o be seen, except at the Capital of his country,
where at last, with almost extorled means, has
een built, what it is morlifying to believe will
ver remain, the mere base of a structure wor-
by of his renOwn.
Mount Vernon should ere now have been the
property OF the American nation. The bones
It the Father of his Country should not, for so
Ong a time, have rested in individual soil
hough its owners were Of the same race as the
'reat departed. The bright thought of purcha-
ing the home Of WAsHINGToN for the whole
eople, and thus securing il, and his tomb, and
shes national property. arose in the mind of I
daug hter of our land; aud TO her nntring en- 1
rgy, and patient and seltsacrtcng devotion
o the holy purpose, we are indebted, under
Providence, tor the certain prospect of being
BILE TO make Mount Vernon a common shrine,
o which in all ages a grateful people may re.
ort. and be reminded by the mute memor ais
N every hand Of the debt of gratitude which ,
hey and their nation owe to The great Captain
# the Revolution.
The undersigned has accepted the appoint
nent of Vice Regent for the State OF Dele
ware and she respectfully, but earnestly, asks
uch of her fellow-cllizens as have not already
one 30, TO contribute literally towards the
recious object Of ma king aud preserving Mount
Jernon the property of the nntioG.. AS our
rond little State furnished morslnen and more