Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-22
THE BARTHOADI STATUE.
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llUUDAlEH~ every 4AAA4E- -4at-AA VI AA-f N--A and does read the newspapers VIII re, member an incident ot the cen enulaI year Of the United States winch WAS
 prompted by the most noble and open hearted friendship On the part or our
 Nation, and winch instantly became Q
 matter oi deep interest O Amer-ca and l France, and of unusual interest 10 all other civilized nations. This incident
 was the presentation by the people or France of a gift to the people of Inc | United States. The enmity which the Freuch maintained toward EuglHnd and
 the desire Of the Americans 10 free | themselves oi British rule caused bond l of strong and lasting friendship to | spring up between ErH.ce and the | United States. Side by side they fought | until American independence was won. | This friendship mas never waned, and
 when the United States attgIned its one 1 hundreth birthday, it's most earnest | congratulations came from France. IS a means of further demonstrating their friendship, the French in lol5 organized a society, the object of which was to raise funds for the erection of nam
 moth statue of Liberty n New York harOOr.
 GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS
 The society matured its plars, and the aEnouncement of it's object was fol- lowed by tho most generous donations from all classes of the French The only condition upon which th's gift was made was that the people of the United States should erect a proper pedestal upon which to place the sratue, this making it, as the French express lt, gift from ''the new republic of the world Co the old republic Of the world'-a gift Of the people Of the nation to the peO- | pie of anOther-a thing unknown m previous history.
 At that time this friendly offering was accepted with all proper feeling, but l since then tine noble motives seem to l have been lost sight Of, aud each year has but added to the apathy, uuui the conduct of the Americans x, tp Bay the l least, seemingly reprehensible. This is 1 Tn a great measure due to a short-siCht- l edness, unusual to AmeucacGs, which | resulted in ieaiOusies on tue part of states and clties outside of New York, l which jeal0usy has been fostered by the ] slurs of a few newspapers. But a move 1 ment is now on foot to organize sub l committees in each state and territory | for the purpose of raising the necessary | funds, and there IS every reasen 70 sup ! pose that the dreams Of France will l soon be realized.
 ORGANIZED EFFORT.
 4 number Of prominent wealthy cid- zens Of New York City have taken the | matter in hand, and their plan is as has been stated. So fer the States of h. diana, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan have been organized, and the work IS going on ID Wisconsin and Illinois. The promoters of the movement are all the more anxious to realize their plans because the gift was accepted by the United States Government in 1871, in 8 joint resolution passed by Congress. The committee In New York appeal to the people ut largc not for ;he mere purpose Ot raising money, but that Americas people may meet those Of France, and as the citizens of America accept the gift The New Workers wish to accept the gift in the nam5 of the American people, which they cannot do with prCpriery unless the money Is raised in the manner suggested. The gift will be formally accepted in the name of the American people gt the time Of the dedication, at which tune the President of the United States and governors of the States and Territories will be present.
 CHCAGO's PART IN THE WORK.
 The movement in Illinois is still in its but will soon be matured. The only step taken SO far Is to appoint a committee in Chicago, composed of the Hon. c. E. Farwell, J. ". Doaus, Gen eral Ausou Stagor, the Hon. R. ". Dun- ham, Potter Palmer, the Hon. Jesse Spalding, Erskine M. Phelps. and J. B. Hobbs.
 In Michigan the organization IS about The committee IS composed Of residents of Detroit. their names be- ing James F. Joy, Chairman: George V. \. Lathrop. Christian H. Buhl, Russell 4. Aver. Henry B. Ledyard. Eenry ?. Baldwin, John ;. Newberry, Theodore | II. HinchmaD, Rufus W. GIlleti, Don II. Dickinson. This committee has caused to be published circular setting forth the jiect and plans of the movement, and the residents of the State are re- quested to send their subscriptions of Sl to Mir. James F. Joy, Chairman of the committee, aI Dstcoit.
 The New York committee has accepted | biaiis Lol tAe tedrotai 1ta'--li1A As ! Richard M. Hunt, the artist. The ele- | yation is to be tveEty-ssVen feet above | the level of the sea. The pedestal will | be ljO feet high, sixty-ive feet square at | the base, and forty feet square at the | top, and in it's construction stones wlll ! be used upon which will be cut .he coat | of arms of every State in tEe Union. l The statute will be l4S feet high with m | electric torch 32j feet above he sea | level, which is ten feet higher than tine l Brooklyn bridge, and twenty-five feet l higher than the Colossus gt Rhodes | The head Of this mammoth figure is | large enough to contain forty people