Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-10-31

OF " The LIdleS WHShanJtOn Nd20hdt 4h"aHe"'
!society," to the Judges and Inspectors Of Etec.
tions of the rarious topns, soards precincts, ana
election districts in the United States; I" ccery
puper and periodical published; and to the 'ohoIe
people.
The monument of GEORGE WASHINGTON remains
unfinished in the the capital of the Republic he
founded Do you revere his name and memory!
and will YOU not contribute your aid and your ef-
forts to complete the great structure which IS de-
signed to commemorate his virtues, his sacrhces,
and his devotion to the cause of human liberty!
Are not his example, and the Republic he founded
and the unexamped prosperity you enjoy, deserving
Of such a memorial? The ladies Of the United
States believe so; the whole of our people believe
so and the civilized and Heightened nations of the
whole world believe so. Shall we prove rccreant
to the obligations thus imposed upon us? We
cannot believe such a thing possible. We there
fore appeal to you, one and ALL to aid in carrying
out the plan presented below, viz:
LIST. Let the judges or inspectors of election in
every place, in the ensuing Presidential election,
Tor any person. if they fail to do SOY provide boxes
in which to receive contributions and appoint suit
able persons to take charge Of them.
3D. Every voter, for either of the Presidential
candidates, is earnestly entreated to deposit in the
box thus provided some sum of money, however
small, for the object in view.
Sd. 1t is respectfully requested in order that
universal attention may be called to the subject,
that every newspaper and periodical in the Union,
will give this notice more insertions, with
such comments as their respective editors may
think Just and proper.
4th On the day after the election the persons so
receiving the amounts contributed are requested to
transmit the same by draft in postage stamps, to
Mrs Anna NJ. Cosby. Secretary of this Society, at
Washington, D. c., who will acknowledge the re-
ceipt thereof or where it is convenient these
amounts may be sent to the EicePresidentS of this
Society," in the following States and Territories viz:
in New York, to Mrs. Reuben Hyde Walworth, at
Saratoga Springs; in Missouri to Mrs. Robert NJ.
Henderson, Lexington; in South Carolina to Mrs.
Floride c. Cunningham. at Charleston; in Indiana.
to Mrs William Sheets, at Indianapolis in Florida,
to Miss Margaret Brown at Tallahassee; in Ar
kansas, to Mrs. Ebert Fl. English at Little Rock;
in Mississippi, to Mrs. Giles H. IIillyer at Natchez;
in New Jersey, to Mrs. Jane Van Wagner, at Pat
terson; in Oregon, to Mrs. Mary f. Holbrook, at
Oregon City; in Nebraska, to Mrs Gilbert C. Mon
ell at Omaha; in California to Mrs. William S.
Long, at Sacramento City; in Vermont to Mrs.
John G. SAKE, at Burlington; in Tennessee, to Miss
Sae, at Murfreesboro' and in Pennsylvania. to
Mrs Richard Va,x, at Philadelphia; each of whom
will transmit the same as directed in the Constitu-
ton of our Society.
9TH. When the reports are all in, the Secretary
will publish in the Washington papers the amounts
received. and from what sources.
9Th. The ladies who fill the subordinate offices of
our Society in all portions of the Union, are re.
quested to cooperate with the civil officers first
above named, in making this effort universal, eff
cient and successful; and would suggest that this
notice be preserved for the guidance of all who feel
and take an interest in the completion Of the Monu
ment.
Indulging the prayerful hope that the people Of
the whole nation will unite their efforts with those
of the ladies who are engaged in this most laudabe
enterprise subscribe myself in behalf of the So
ciety,
Very respectfully
MRS. FINLAY NJ. KING, Prest
of the Ladies' Wash. Nat Mont Socy.
Attest:
MRS. ANNA NJ. COSBY. Secy.,
Washington, D. C.