Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-18
The Washington Monument.

The blocks sent By States for the Wash
ington monument have usually State
coat-of-arms upon them, with some appro-
pirate inscription Some, however, have
the name of the State cut in large letters.
This is the case with Maine, Minnesota
and South Carolina Names block is of
granite, 4x2 feet, bearing the single word
Maine" South Carolina has only the
name of the State with the State coat-of-
arms The block was defaced by some
vandal hands after it arrived, but has been
repaired. Most of the Southern States
were rather demonstrative in their ex-
pressions Of sentiment, and some OF their
inscriptions read rather curiousiy IN the
light OF events which have transplred SINCE
they were presented. Louisianas block,
| which was sent before the war, bears he
State of Louisiana: Ever Faithful to the
Constitution and the Union" 1t Is a curious
fact that the stone thus sent and inscribed
erumbed away after Louisiana violated
| the pledge she placed upon 1t. 1t has since
been replaced by large block OF Louis
| lana marble bearing the same inscription.
Georgia has inscribed upon the stone
which she sent, "The Union as IL was; the
Constitution as it is" Alabama's block,
which is of native marble, bears the words,
"a Union of equality as adjusted by the
| Constitution" Florida sends stone bear
ing her coat-ofarms, inscribed, "Florida
sees in his counsels safety, in his life an
example, in his memory a perpetual bond
of Union" Tennessee sends beautiful
block of native marble, bearing the words,
'.The federal Union; it must be preserved"
The block sent by Kentucky, has the figure
of Clay and Crittenden, with hands ciasped,
and in the face of the block, "Under the
| auspices of Heaven and the precepts of
Washington, Kentucky will be the last to
give up the Union" Missouri has in
scribed upon her offering, "The tribute of
| Missouri to the memory of Washington
and pledge of her fidelity to the Union
| of the States" Illinois, Estate Sovereignty
and National Union,n which one might
expect to see coming from a Southern
State Indiana furnishes the following
Indiana knows no North no South !;
block has, "The State of Ohio; the
memory of Washington and the Union of
the States. Sunto perpetual" Wisconsins
block is Ak feet bearing the words Z" Wis
cousin: admitted May 90, 1871" Mime
sofa Is represented by small DlocK OF hef
famous pipe clay set in a handsome block
of marble, and bearing the single word,
Minnesota" Iowas offering is a hand
some limestone block inscribed, "Iowa-
Her affections, like the rivers of her
borders, flow to an inseparable Union"
Brigham Young sent, long before his
death, stone bearing the Utah coat of
arms and inscribed, Holiness to the
Lord" and below the single word Des-
eret." 4 plain stone marked Cherokee
Nation F." shows the regard of the Chero-
KEGS for the Government. Virginia sends
three blocks. One OF them is labeled
Westmoreland county. the birthplace of
Washington y another marked g Virginia,
who gave Washington to the country,
gives this granite to his monument :" and
the third is inscribed, " From Offers Sum
NIT, Virginia's Hottest peak, to crown the
monument Of ViIginia's noblest SON"