New-York tribune., 1873-03-19
triumphant manner. Our martial and gallant
and handsome ex-Marshal has passed. Can
A PLAN

citation. Each CltlZen, Dy tne ln'cstmenI vi
ten cents will aid in this gigantic Plan; whose
object is "tO hand down to posterity an instl-
"tution, school, a fortress, VIVID exposi-
"tion, and an audible voice from our
Fathers" Now, fortress and school Tor
posterity combined, going at ten cents Is
cheap; but the man who can throw
| in, to boot, an audible voice from the
Fathers must have panned out on inc
nropbetsn with considerable advantage.
After the late experience of Credits and dis
credits Mobilier we are disposed TO be tlmld
| concerning the stock of any new scheme for
national development but as this is to be
money-spending and not money-maklng
| Association, and as each man is prohibited
from going beyond his depth, by limiting the
cost of membership to dime, we heartily IN
dorse the Plan, and give it this unpald-tor
advertisement In our columns.
| The project appears to have originated IN
Philadelphia, and the expenditure OF the
80. 900 900 raised by the ten-cent subscriptions
ia confined to that city. Indeed it is proposed
that the Fortress, Vivid Exposition" etc.,
etc. NTH the Audible Voice, should constitute
| in the City of Brotherly Love One Grand
Simplicity, which will add luster to our ma
ton, ana renOWn W OuI DtaOoo' OH" $50
"become a bow over every cradle, and gold
"band over our countrys dadem." Not only
however, is it expected to be at once fort
ress and a bow and a gold band, but She
kinah of principles and jubilee OF Jubllees'
II is. we imagine, too sanguine to hope such
return for our ten cents. The protector gives
the practical synopsis for business men OF
movements by which this Fortress and Audible
Voice are to be inaugurated and carried into
successful completion. One hundred and sixty
thousand copies of the pamphlet (Which De-
sides the Plan contains two original poems)
are to be sold at ten cents apiece. win the
proceeds an engraving Is to be struck, which
will be so rare work of art that every
family will own one or more, and thousands
of wealthy persons will purchase quantities
to present as tokens Of respect to their
friends. On this engraving (20x9O inches) 1t Is
prop0sed TO "shOw the moral and material
= foundations of our country, every State and
.. Territory, or Freedom and Prosperity, and
I" the Declaration of Independence" All of
which on 2Ox9O inches, at S. piece, is GER
tainly as much as we ought to expect From
the sale of 650,OOO of these engravings
will be realized $2,OOO.OO0, and with these
50 100000 is to be erected for poSterlty
the bow, Fortress, &C., &c. So confident IS
the protector of success, that he calls upon
the directors and committees to go on
promptly without waiting for money, with
this work, "the first in magnifcence, and pos
" sibly the last ever known on EARTH" With
vague recollections of the Tower of Babel,
the Pyramids and other undertakings of anti
ouity, we hasten on to discover what form
and sembance this first and last earthly work
is to assume, and are momentarlly startled 10
find it is literally the cleaning out OF the
State House in Philadelphia and paving the
sidewalks with stone. Our last impression OF
that Temple of our Freedom was it Is true,
of cObwebbed walls rising above swamp OF
tobacco -spttle still we think the Judclous
use of few mops and brooms and white
washer or two might remove that stain from
our national glory, without an Association or
the outlay of millions.
But in looking further we see that it is not
only proposed to scrub good deal before the
Centennial but to mend the bell, so that it
can be rolled out every Fourth Of July and rung
also, to put up twenty six new street lamps sep
arately sacred to each of the old thirteen States,
TO the Bible, Lords Day, &C., &c. Also, new
trees are to be planted, one for each signer of
the Declaration, "the tree to represent. the
character of the signer," which will give
scope, we prophesy, for nice aesthetic distinc-
tions. Besides all this, in one hall of the
building competent men are to be kept per-
petually "lecturing on the duties of all Off
"cials, on the Importance of truth and integ-
Gritty, and the exalted character of Washing
"ton.n even as the vestal fame burned clear
IL Nf Nhn do
in old times. Of course all this will take
money We find too an account of the
shape of Yoke made by the manner in
which the signers of the Declaration sat
in the hall. This Yoke was placed, we learn,
on the elephant Liberty, which since has
breathed out the fire of conquest besides
advancing among the Indian tribes and
teaching them by honest dealing to become
"useful citizens" This elephant has since
travelled over the country, elevating woman
and providing for the widow and orphan :"
in fact "girls and boys may play with this
elephant and become his happest compan-
"ionsn When it is proposed that the S2,OOO,OOO
shall assist the elephant to traverse all nations
promoting religion everywhere" we are not
disposed to murmur at the sum required, nor
to be surprised that the Plan should be indorsed
heartily, as the pamphlet declares that it is by
Gen. Grant, and divers generals, admirals,
bishops, and laymen.
We add our commentator, assuring our
readers that they will certainly get their ten
cents worth of value from the pamphlet, besides
the stock taken in the Fortress and Audible
Voice of the Future.
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