The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-26

KEOKnKy IOWA:
WEDNESDAY, IoK61Sa, July i.


To the soIdfefs .nA Bdiless q
the United States.
appeal In Behalf 81 the Natisnai Lincoln
0nnuAmts W
STATE or ILLINOIS, ExEeurrvE DEP'r,t
SPRINGFIELD, July IA, 1856. { 4
O6icers and So1diss Of oar Armies, and Of
GERS, Marines and Sailors Of oar Ndcy saa
By the Board Of Directors of the National
Lincoln Monument Association, / am request
ed to make an appeal to you to aid the noble
enterprise we have in view, To erect over
the remains of Abraham Lincoln, our late
President, suitable and enduring monument
to his memory"
have chosen the present suspicious time
to do So. Your duties, voluntarily assumed,
to the National Government, are about termi-
mating. You are returning from victorious
campaigns, and from . war now happily end
ed, in which, with HIN, you we're all engaged
to save our country from derision, destruc-
ton, and ruin, returning to enjoy the fruits Of
victory, won under his chief direction as the
constitutional head of the army and navy;
your constant steady, and faithful friend i
the trying and annoying difficulties which -
to make up the life of the soldier, during tho
friehtfui beriod Of real and terrible W1R..
Thousands of you have already been honorably
mustered out of the service, but many thou
sands more are awaiting and preparing soon
to be-. Your organisations will ell, Ia 4 short
time, have only an historical existence. You
are to be scattered all over q peaceful country,
in homes made happy by your own noble a.
forts You live to enjoy, in all its splendos,.
the Liberty Of o Nation that cannot die, bat
He whom we chiefly honor, has not been
spared to realize these splendid results, the
hopes Of every day for four long years-nor to
meet and encourage US by his kIud salutau
tions-by his almost infinite wisdom, to couu-
sci and direct US through the perils of politi-
cal strife almost certain to follow the sudden
return Of peace, the fight of which four years
age, brought men to their senses and upset
the trade of those who always sought, and al
ways will, to create discord for personal adj
vancement
Is it not fit then, soldiers and sailors, officers
and men, that you have been so long in this
close relation to this great and good man,
should emulate the generous spirit of all those
regiments and companies, who have sent con-
tributions to our Association to the amount of
many thousands of dollars for the purpose
stated, and in like manner, either as they have
done, send US contributions in such sums as
will be reasonable, and yet of sufficient mag
nitude to warrant the universal reputation you
have for iberality, by regiments or companies
before your organizations are broken up, or as
individuals afterwards?
Let the monument we shall raise over his
dead body, whatever form it may assume, or
however long in its construction, be the work
of nation, the kind Offering of every branch
of industry, of education, of religion-of the
TT nv ~ Vat
tory, of all grades and shades of life and all
elements of our society, but especially, let
every soldier and sailor who bore the burdens
which have made this man immortal, add to
its dignity the sanction of their voluntary sup
port, and the encouragement of their endorse
ment. Let it be said that the same men who
fought his battles, and bore high the colors of
the Republic, brought garlands to his grave
and offerings to his memory Let us admit the
debt OF gratitude o generous people owe to
their noble dead
1t is proper that you should be specially in
formed on the subject; indeed, it seems to be
required that all the facts of our history, or
ganizatlon and success, should be made public
again, that there may be no misunderstanding,
no two ways of talking about how, when and
where the Monument IS to be built. The Asso.
citation was organized finally ON the 18th of
May, 1865, at Springfield, Illinois, under an
act of our Legislature, approved February
24th, 1859. The articles of the Association
are, in compliance with that law, fled in the
office of the Secretary Of State, and are pub
lie records.
ARTICLE I, This Association shall be call
ed NsThe National Lincoln Monument Asso-
ciation,'' and be located at Springfield, State
of Illinois, and shall continue in existence for
the term of twenty years.
ARTICLE 8. The following persons shall be
the directors of this Association, during the
first year of its existence: Richard j. Ogles-
BY, Sharon Tyndale, o. II. Miner, James II.
Beveridge, Newton Bateman, John 7. Stuart,
Jesse K. Dubois, O. NJ Hatch, James C.
Conkling, Thomas J. Dennis, John Williams.
Jacob Bum, 8. H. Melvin, Samuel H. Treat.
David L. Phillips, all of whom are members
Ter twenty years Of the Association.
We have obtained from the city of Spring.
held, deed to about six acres of most bean
tiful gtounds, on which Mr.. Lincoln now lies
buried, near the city of Springfield, adjoining
Oakridge Cemetery, accessible at all seasons
OF the year, with such location and such ad.
vantages as to make it in time, one of the
most lovely and enchanting spots upon earth.
There Is perfect agreement between the
Association,end Mrs. Lincoln, and the family
Of the late President, - TO the location Of
'nc E.Vuuos enQ tee epeolal place whore hie
remains are to finally lie. We shall, in q short
time, prepare the vault for his final resting
place, and - soon Is the subscriptions shall
have reached sum to Justify something ike
correct estimates, we shall decide upons and
make the necessary preliminary arrangements
!or beginning the Monument. We have now
In the hands of our treasurer over thirtv-fye
thousand dollars. As fast as contributions to
the fund are received, they are, BIZ order of
the Board of Directors, invested in interest.
bearing government securities. sssTs
II Is our intention, at the proper time. N
consult the very best taste and talent in The
country, as to what shall be the material for
tne monument, what shall be its size. form
construction aud cast. But we desire above
all things first to secure such sum of money
ss snail justify US in erecting, if possible Z
monument which, in every respect. shall Etlv1
ana appropriately illustrate, and pernetrs,x
the hfe, character and virtues of Mr.. InsclS
Iniie both our national taste and weak shali
be represented by it. sss' SNAIL
:, james d. Beverdge, State Treasurer i
me treasurer Of our association, to whom ali
contributions, donations and =.
to be forwarded, and commun;cat;ons ~
the subject addressed. 80" oA
RICHARD j. Oofrsnv
Frest OF the National Lincoln Monum.,.