The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-04-29
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY
Tuesday, April %. 1879.
From the N. Y. snn, 10th inst)
THE ANDRE MEMORIAL I.
What Cyrus w. Field Says About
His Purchase and inscription.

What Cyrus w. Field Says About
His Purchase and inscription.
CYRUS ". Field smiled good nature
div last evening when asked whether the
inscription which lie proposed to place
ou the stone 10 mark the sp,t wher'
Major Andre was hanged had hHcn cor
rectlv puhlishea. "Crrtainl,," he said
"tbe inscrip ion is ready, AMI here it is"
anil Mr.. Field show The following:
Here died. nct O. 1850,
Major JOHN ANDRE, of the British Army.
who, entering Il 9 American lines
On a secret nil, sion to Benedict Arnold,
for the surre ,der of West Point,
vas taken prisoner tried s condemned as spy.
His death,
thouqb according to the stern code OF war,
moved even his enemies to pity,
and both armies mourret the fate
Of one SO young aud SO brave
In 1921 his bones were removed to west
minister Abbey.
hund ed years after his execution
. ci.ixen ofthe States again;t which he fought
placed this stone above tbs spot where ne lay;
not to perpetuase the record OF strife,
Sut In token of those better sentiments
which have since united two nations,
one in race, in language, aud n religion;
With the earnest hore that this friendly union
will never he broken.
Arthur Penrhyn Sttaley Dean Of Westm'nsser
On the back:
Sunt iachryms rerum ct mentem mortalia
tapgunt.
-Vi,ya, Gaid, l.. 40s
On the left side:
The spy Of the neutral ground,
who died as he had lived,
devoted to the service Of his country.
s5,. --Fenimore Cooper.
On the right side:
he vas more unfortunate than criminal;
An accomplished man and gallant onicer.
George Washington.
n died universally esteemed and universally
regretted.
- Alexander Hamilton.
"Now let me recall to you the way il
all came about" Mr. Field continued I:
when Dean Stanley was stopping at
my house We took ride with view to
fnd the spot where Major Andre was
executed. 1t took US about three hours
to find the place Al last we came across
q man 81 years old, who said he knew
the place. because he remembered whei
the remains were taken up and removed
to Westminster Abbey. He said also
that his mother saw the execution. Both
the Dean and myself were certain that
We had found the spot, anil we both
agreed that the location OF such an in
teresting historical event ought not to
be left to oblivion So said / would
buy the land If be would write the IN
scription. Now, there is his inscription.
and II any one chooses to quarrel with
him about IL have no objection. There
is . quotation from Virgil also, and ons
from Fenimore Cooper, and one from
George Washington. Ifany one choos
es to quarrel with George Washington
/ don't care. There is what he said
about the spy, ard there is what Alexan
der Hamilton said People may quar-
rel with Alexander Hamilton about 1t il
they like. I've bought the land, and
I've got the deed in my pocket, and I'm
going to have stone placed there with
that inscription. l bought the whole
farm of SIX acres That is more than ]
wanted, but l had to buy it to get the
other and thought the historical inter
est made it worth il .
"Will there be monument placed
there ?"
sOh, no; only gra' lite slab after
some design which am to select. II
will be raised little from the ground t"
keep OF the water and debris. There is
q man who owns granite quarry up
near there and told him to get me out
q design for The slab. He save me onc,
but / did not like Il. As soon as de-
ci le upon that the stone will be insclih-
"a and placed in position"
"You we're not deferred nv the many
Communications on the subject in the
newspapers2'
.sNo; we had some fun over 1t, and no
harm Vas done Il is only historical
matter, sou see That's the whole of il
only historical matter. Why, my
friend, If they will show me the spot
where Satan was executed / would put
stone there to mark it, because that
would be q historical thing"