Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-14
NASHVILLE, Nav 20.


NASHVILLE, May 20.
GENTLEMEN:-In virtue of my office, as
Vice-R Regent of Tennessee, and member of a
| Grand C6unciP' consisting of a Regent and
| Thirty Vce-Regents, in whom are vested
| through legal charter, the responsibility OF
| raising money in their respective States to
| purchase Mount Vernon. the Home and Grave
of WAsHINGTON-it is my peculiar duty and
| privilege to present to your Honorable Bo1y
| the claims of this holy cause, for the advance
| ment of which thousands of patriotic men and
women are DOW zealously labOring.
The cause to which / allude Is one which
| must be dear alike to every American heart,
| and to every true son of freedom who has be-
come citizen of our happy country. 1t is one
| that silently but strongly appeals to the no
bic and generous of every class to whom Is
| precious the memory of the Industrious
Dead, who lived and died for freedom, and
whose Wondering ashes his sons and daugh-
tiers would by unanimous effort now preserve
from descration and Oblivion. 1t is the
CAUSE OF PATRIOTISM! The object of
the Association to which | have the honor to
belong, is to purchase blythe contribution of
small sums Cor large, as may best suit the come
nience Of the dOliOrS,) Mount Vernon. the Home
and Grave of the Father of our Glorious Re-
public, and on that Sacred Spot to erect a
National Shrine, around which the patriots
of every age and country on the globe may
meet to rejoice over the Birthday of Repub-
lican Freedom, when the brave old warrior
who sleeps beneath the green sod, watered by
n nations tears, snatched rich ard beautiful
States from the hand of a proud and tyrant
foe, whose chains he dashed to the earth, and
elevated the Stars and Stripes of American
Independence to the highest pinnacle of our
"Blue Mountain Home" where still its hon
nr. 20 " In no hrpnzn Will
silvcry voice upon every lover of freedom to
fly from oppression, and share the rights and
blessings of our favored land
Two hundred thousand dollars was the
sum required to secure the purchase, and
S75 900 of this have already been paid by
Edward Everett, Americas Great Orator.
the rest by the warn-hearted and patriotic
Ladies of thirty States and their friends with
the exception of $40, 600, which still remain
to be raised and which these thirty States
are now faithfully striving through their Vice
Regents to obtain. Tennessee having already
raised $4,000. stands pLodged for $4,000 more,
which her Nice-Regent earnestly Lelieves
that she will be enabled to raise through the
generous contributions of your Honorable
fraternity, of the Masons, of private indi-
viduals, and of the Pupils Of epery school in
Tennessee, for whom a separate Appeal has
been prepared, and who, doubtless, will APP
preciate the high privilege thus afforded them
of making Their oloR marks upon the memory
of WAsHINGroN and the Mount Vernon Re
cord for 1859.
Georgia and Alabama hare both contributed
$4,000, and it will never do for Tennessee,
the Banner Stale, to take rank beioo these.
The sum of one dollar secures a member
ship in the Mount Vernon Association, a
claim to the prop rty. and the right to visit.
free of all charges, this beautiful spot, which
is TO become National Garden with every
Improvement that taste can suggest or skill
accomplshcs aud where crowds of visitors
will daily assemble TO enjoy the picturesque
scenery of this lovely retreat.
Any contribution that you may think
proper TO bestow. from twenty-five cents to
one dollar, will be thankfully received by the
Associations; and if every honorable repre-
sentative of Fatberland, and every Ameri-
can citizen will initiate the noble EXAMPLE
'of the German Rife Companies of Memp his
and Nashville, Mount Vernon will soon be-
come tower of strength and beauty which
will shed lustre aud iii stinction upon every
Representative Of our free and glorious Re
public upon the name of WARRINGTON aud
upon their own names for succeeding genera
tons. Respectfully,
MRS. NJ. r. FoGG.
Vice-Regent of Mt. Vernon for Tenn.