National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-20
WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
SPEECH OF GENERAL N P. CHAPMAN,
An Appeal Tor Congressional Ac,ion-Iiis-
tory Of the Attempts TO puild it-Puli
Description Of the Structure.

completion OF me washington Monument, and
hidi mt. speaker, feelinga deep interest in
the completion Of the Washington Monument,
ritIzrn ehsr.h,ns grs,s,,,,v ,ha ,,an,arv =,
,,,i-,.1 ~. ~. sta'.ny wv nemoy VI
mssaas.on, lnt, ,,,, ~ inc second session
looking TO the comnetlon Of The monument.
nThe nm wa. ro,e,,s., 81 ~. con,,it,so ~,
lge District q CoInmbia, and BY Report 10, Is
mites nresnn,a1 y, ,ho tia,se ,hs ,scis MAS 4,
REGARDED ~ nsrr.sssv w "a Snable coneres. ~ ~,
ihe ~ .ne nv. a.gr NM y
~ nnn,,an, tac,s ~ nh
form AZ 10 msle Il di,,"nt 10 ascestsln ,hs IN
ioImMn INA n desirable, ,S .,,,o..,nn ,,o uou
this lime IL not 40 much Tor Inc p,srpose az syo,s
ing tornld patsiotIsm. or 10 inlpge m SnS nsn-
egy,s upon we te Inq character p, o. ne Father
snch farts az Ibint members yTonid ha ,,isa ~
know preparatory to voting upon a propSsiio N
Az fnftHeT Atiiini,S Al tkiafuIl eot re- NM
intfoduteI n resointIon ppon which ths uonsg,
Directed seiec. oanrnii,ss az thirtsen. 10 ~
SIli ar othe,Wse ami .e,,lng ana, ,he t,nrn, ~
Of FebTuary ~ 10 eonsIder the renosf m n sIso
for the purpose of aiding the consideration Of
time; bnt as < member OF that Committee Il
would manifcstly be Improper Tor me 10 express
Man for comnle,,nS Inc monamsnt W.
carly effarts In Crns,yes. Ia IN. essc., M ~,
sSts s.s.,a s sS me 1nai SrsanliatCn q
work was oom mengeJ Us then cont,nnas "o
There has been, Mr.. speaker, . great deal Of
oI th,s mannmen, I, ei 4. vsra uPon Ine aessn
and grneTsiiy more acsent.hIs 10 ,hn nnbi,s y,
satirize any work Of art than 10 npalIe \, ~
an inuamIiun q this WORK, / may say 60 the
wor, of AZ nuychsss NV ronsre.s upon
written by gentleman who told me that he had
mover AEON IL ne mad been lmnres.eJ w,,h ,hs
lack OK merit Of thls WORK Of art from other onas.
preferred. a a matter on newsnanep entslnSjsa
that he sRos,1 write Il down rstnsr ihan np and
moi being competent 10 i,dge himssif 49,, AZ
r!s i ssos SiRnE ss sU a. /. sosS I,
has suffered mnrh from mis- Iind OF cyi,irlsm
When a great editor ike the ore Who ma re- |
Gently died In this country, declares 10 The i'm
mense audience which he obtalned throngh Ms
great papeN maj iii r,opoasd Wssh,nstnS ,nnn mn
nment, when completed, will resemble "a pamp-
kin with n stick stuck In itr ho unronscIonsly
S a.. pn u he 1 ~ ~ ~. ise mnd
hut he created \ sentiment of absointe conismn,
for IT, and Il has been this nIppant sor, of criti
to desdcn into insensbt, The pStr,otsm ' otpSs
public which was expressing itself from every
lie time The moanmsn, wss BENIN u Qua rs ~
"SOw, Nj. ApeaEer, these criticisms have heeu
based chefy upon the snpposed appearance of
the ohesk with the proposed pantheon or base
HrrpnnsllpR stfxl 40 far las Ina feaft,fe Of tke
lnouunfrhi7 M ebnte fued, IL III h6f 1etermIned \
upon, ana has only been made as snQqestlon.
and was epbpIllgt IN tho early pictures tepre,
senting The nfouAIneIit y IND oniy thInr Meier
mined upon W me assoclAtion which should moi
he changed Il the shaft That MEMBER NAV see
precisely what the design Of thls monument a,
Will read the description Of II as Originally nrr
paredi u '..E'. I'm. = -
"srne design embraces the idea Of a grand
circular colonSdcd building i've huSdred and
nftT feet In diameter md one hundred feet high
from which springs an obelisk shait seventy feei
nj the base ami 1--WE hundred ieet hiyh rhIa viii
be constructed drst.
the monument, Is surrounded Nv thlIty columns
of massive proportions. being tWelye feet IN |
dlamsssr lndiohy.nye fett 6iTt, elevated upon
and three hundred feet square, suimoSnted Sy
an entablsture twenty feet high, and crowned
by massive balustrade nfteen feet In hi iht.
TWENTY-FIVE feet wide. and tbe nronaos or var
within The colonnade. InclndIbg the ea,nmn
sHsos Sse q, .s feet n The wan, lnSIo.ns
thirty massive anta (pilastersI ten feet wids
foTty.nve feet high, and seven and a half feet |
projection, answering to the columns in front
The deem tecesses ~" torme1 nv IN ,taIs e,ye
the ante provide suitable niehes Tor Inc recep. |
ia tetrastyie portico, tfcur columns IN front,
der Win he Columns of ny Sgsnns. a ai., or
sas; the 0s SRGce ~ g Gs and
statue Of the lustrious chief; The steps to this
portico are banked by massive hloceInes, sarl
enaSainrss sSoSn% The sntire bus s1e o. ,ss
scalrinfei ssehicheons, coats Of arms IN each
wTeatSs, bsndssi Together w festoons q oas
leaves, Sc, all II witch spring (each wayI FINN
the centre Of the porfico WHERE the cont II arms
Of !e afn United l,., states = eIn9!Islonsd