The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-11

An Appeal 10 the People of the United states
for Subscriptions.

for subscriptions.
AMERICAN COMMITTEE On sTATUE or LIBERTY !
MUsrCfrAL HALL, II HADtsoE AEEaUE, !
New YoRK, February 8, 1917
To The People Of the United States:
IL WAS proposed dunBg tbs last year by
| sncisiy calling self the 'Unitn Ffahco"
Auericsi 1e," If Ffauee, IT, o,mmem 9rAts the
| hundIedth anniversary Of American indie
prudence by erecting in tie harbor Ct Ne"
| York u col sal Statue entitled Liberty En-
| nphtsping tho World The society wBs la.
aaguTated In Paris by a banquet, at which
| eloquent speech were made by several OF tho
IN ost distinguished cidzsHs 81 France, recall.
| ltQ Tho ancient ALLIANCES Of the French aud
| Amer con people and the grand results which
| b ave- made il so memorab, o ia modern cIsllIz
stion. NJ Edouard Lagonlavs, The eminent
| wrtef, who. o pen has b3en SO often employed
| in he service OF liberty and progress, wss
Cbos. President, aud among the names en-.
| rolled we're found The NAMES OF Ofcar de Ls-
lay tie, the Marquis dc Noailles, tho Marquis
do beau, Count do Tocqotvtlle, Cot
| nells de Wit, Henri Martin, Paul de Rsmusat,
| and o,bers whose ancestors participated IN the
MON entous struggles Of our EsvrsH ;vn or
who Lave since proved Themselves the earnest
nd mirers md steadfast frs nds OF our country
and her institutions.
In their first appeal to The French nation
these gentlemen said " Our design is, in 70
m en- orapoe tf u glorious annivorsary, to raise
an exceptional monument We propose to
erect in tho uBequalled hsrbor of Now York,
1 on IN isiand belonging to the Bates Of ths
| Union, facing Long IL aud, where some Ct the
earliest battles Of Independence were fought,
gigantic statue, Whose frame on the honz3n
shall bs the greaf cities IF New York, Brook
I Ign and Jersey Cty. There, on tie tbr5 h I'D
| of continent 30 iuil Of q new life, where ye3-
sells from all parts of the w0r d are constantly
passing, IL will rise from the bosom OF the
| waves and represent Liberty enlightening the
| world"
IL VAS noble end beautiful conception,
and the appeal ON it's behalf vas 50 g5B eroHsly
apswt red from all parts Of France that the
work was ct once put into ths bands Of the
eminent French sculptor, NJ. Bastholdi. whose
design, after rece diving tbs approval of many
competent artists, il already Ia process Of
practicsl execution. Visitors to the late Cen.
teunial Exposi ion will readily recall the enor-
| NOUS hand in broDzs which IL to form O part
| Of this 10 posing work OF art. 1t only remains
| for the American people, in response TO this
generot m Jvement, 10 provide for the recep-
ion, location, presentation snd Inauguration
of this statue, which will be more than one
hundred I, ct In height, surmountipg psdes-
| tai Of nearly equal height, and wh Gu will no.
| only form "a imprt ssive ornament to the en-
| trance Il the commercial metropolis OF the
Union, but answer q useful purpose a. be-
con or o signal station, and prove 40 enduring
| record OF the cary and lasirg friendship OF
| the two great republics Of this nineteenth GEN.
| Jury.
The undersigned, committee appointed
| ut meeting OF citizens held NJ tho Century
| Club on the "a Of Janu.ry, 1877, are charged
with tho duty Of pref enDny the project to the
concurrence aud cooper alton OF their fellow.
couutfymen, aud in pursuance OF their task
viii clIcnIate Ia all the great cities Bn to sns
OF the United States ssr!es Of subscription
papers, soliciting general assistance in order
| hat all classes Vi citizens may bs enabled to
t'ke pant In thi, grand pahittc enterprise
Subscriptions to any amount will be received
from 10 cents to 500 and over. Chambers Of
commercs, bolrds OF trade, exchanges, trades
mems and neehanics' nBgocihttons, clubs and
other regular organic ltionB, are particularly
nquts ed TO interest themselves in tho far.
thert nc, OF our Of CT The commit tee feet 40
sure d that tie American p opls will be only
100 lager 10 recognizes the fr!endlinsss If tbis
munifcs mt Offer IN the part If the French
people, and TO reciprocate the kindly and lib
erAl sentiments in which it originated tya
promp! acceptance of it and an active prose.
cu'ion Of the lsbors that may be needed to
carry the parpose 10 succ, ssiul completion.
{Sgned) WI liam III. Evarts, Chairman Ell
win ID. Morgao, John jay, William Cullen
BRYANT, Parke Goodwin, Samuel d. Baboock,
VIII m II. Wiokham, JJhn Taylor John.
stop, Henry T Spauiding, Theodore Rose
welt. Ere ierick r. Coudert, James w. Pm
chot, Treasurer; William Ii. Appleton,
CLARK Bel. Theodore Weston, J,hn r.
Denny, Anson Phelps Stokes, S4mu,l 2.
Avery, J. s aver Page, Worthington Whit.
trAdze. II chard RntIlr 6 cta.arr