Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-30
5aIIg EFgtal.
Hlatus os LIseSsy.
Prom the Rishnond EHqzirsr

HtaiHs 0t h-aseEsya
From tie Risbmond EnguirsrI
Taakse aewspspeEs aznoazeas thst all prspar-
aiiOns are eamBlsisd foT erecting on tko samHit
Of the dome Of the Capitol, at = ashir gsaR (iuEt
opposite The cid Capitol yrissu) shs colosssl
ststue of--That OF Of whom OF Assera Of
Bol.ons Of ErinnysT Ct Catylto 10, = sialas
Of Liberty Il is the very fsHd's arch meek -
Jut s.tsI election" IN Haryi and, HhsFo
sll citizens, rot piofassiag shemssiyss slaves Of
Lincoln, were kept by force from tke polls, this
statue hilsd 80 high aiett, ard visibls fTom
Erss, part Of that "PslaAd OF America maat
surely be 5 great eonfsri &c the eoualTJ aoR Of
Carroll Of Csuollten. Sistssg ef distinguished
persons are usually set uP after they are dsad
ard, according % tAis usage nsthiEg cas- be
more proper than aelsmH aFsiasssis OF liberty
deceased. Il is also night aad RBBreprizts
that tho menHmeRial iEnage sksHId saTrzouHt
ihsl sEseEsbls bHildiEg WheTs American liberty
Was doza 70 death.
Tha. new Capitol, with i,s vast szd costly
eerrid ors,snd' marble eallsRades, and Wilderness
Of gliding snd frsses, far esishiniHg the sass
Bouss of sli ths several StEsss-thssa real seats
Of ali aRlhcnfy-sna en- which tAs treasure Of
the ssaEtry had been layisAed for many ,ysays,
TisA the settled design Of creating great cea-
al interest, which would help to s. and assigLt
tha Uaien, bsE ioHg sssaas3 % as ssft sype and
emblem Of he Fsssral GoTsunsaf itssiE The
Federal Government ike iEs hoase, VS. at ifst
q modest, unpFe.ozdiBg structure, f. f5r rs
lawful bssineas, aad EsFirisg q noiking higher
or sTzzier. Liberty wzs thsa living innals
Of tie house, nos q dead image sa tas top OF ths
Tcof Bat BY degrees, Whea the thaaghs of
consolidated emPire ior purposes Of sectional
dominion teok possession Of She Yankee zind,
The Federal sgeney sought 80 oveuide she States,
It's masters asd owners, even as lis house IS
pifed 60 cast into the shade tho bniIliag whsrs
the sovereign legislatures 0ftEc States held theT
sesLs.
l, vas observed OF old that the Aezogelis Of
Athels wss never sioHned With'it5 gorgeous
buiidi1Sg til The days Of Paricios, vixen Alneu.-
sa liberty was falling into dse2deacs, Hunbisr
lodgings always suffice for that goddess in her
prime and in vigorous and healthy activity.
Had afss~, whcn TIE Congress Of she United
Slstes bs,0s 1Es6 itself Of becsmine m imperial
goy6ruH;8nt, sEc 0: EsETinF itself mighty ten
pie Of marble AID gold TO dwell in. Liberty wsz
sirssdF sick unto death. The United 8ts.as,
which had erst glsWsd With q healthy circulation
through every hnb, begsn TO be sffl ctsi vith q
deieTmiuasion Of bl0cd 20 the read Tie treas
uTs Of -lAs land Ess in too powerful stream lo
NsdhiHgtoni tbe sxIemitiss grew iangUia, the
head sPeplectjci congestion set IN, and dsliiiun,
sTd 8 dtesdial dessh IN ParoTysEns Of rs7ipg
maduess.
The mighty scheme OF empire went to wreck
in - izfAEcy, iCss IS sssle Yankee towns, eoIa-
mencsd uPon & Rgaad scale, begin to 20 to tuia
before shsy arc hail built So viz il sa 18th
kat Prodigious nsv Capitol Us nsnssrous
wings aTe yet unfinished, and stlI " sBt their
nlrScule9B p5Tistyies Of marble eoiamns The
building viii never be inishsd long ere that dsy
It Wil be blown up BY the CoHte5sra!as; e.
n,aTsls Liberty viii Iusiole Down As low Ia tbs
3as1 ss now des She once HyiHg liberty Of the
Consultation; s1d The Eiznt rsias vii remain
monument OF the insanity 6nd impisty OF . na-
a0n which committed suicide before Is was fuII
grown znd burned its own house over Its head
La . IS Ct ssl5f5ara fTssezs.
hes1tima, Ire new Yankee "iibarsy. with her
back 10 irs Sculh. stands g1iRnihg ever Mary
isnd fJg q lime ThsHk God, We hsvs ne part
get lot n such q liberty IS ;Rat Oar liberty Is
Sill alive, and not in monumental stons