The National tribune., 1885-07-30
A NATIONAL MONUMENT.

r. B. Hayes Proposes that the Grand Army,
Raise q Fund for the Purpose-Reply byI
Commander-in-C Chief Burdett.
The following letter has been sent by 3. b.
Hayes:
spIEaEL GROVE FREMONT, OHIO July 25
kGen. 4. z. auckland Col. William e. Haynes and uies
4 Hon. e. F. Dickinson.
COMRADES: I am in receipt of your note of thsy
morning requesting copy of the remarks made1
Py me at I'll. the special meeting OF Eugens
&What was said was not written but the substanceS
sof the suggestion made was that the Grand Army
Gin the country, an organization to which all who
Faithfully served in the Union forces eligible
should take the lead in building national monu-s
ment in honor of Gen. Grant in the city of New
York at the place of his burial; that the funds
Sfor this purpose should be raised by the cordial
Sunion in the work of the military societies thatS
have their origin in the that the cooperaton
Eof citizens should be sought. There is every
son to believe that in all parts of our countrynl
lin relation to Gen. Grant which at this time will
4nd its best expressions in national monument ina
4he city where he resided and where it will be seen
2by more citizens than at any other point whichS
lean be selected The subject was also presented5
ITO Manville Moore Post, and was there received
with great favor. A committee was appointed too
present the proposition to the Department meetngS
Bof the Grand Army of the Republic for the State of
3Ohio at Springfield in August. If the matter Isl
8pubic while the public mind is intensely interested
hin all that Gen. Grant there is every
son for confidence that a national monument can
be built which viii be worthy OF Gen. Grant and
-Four country. X. b. HAYES.
Gen. s. s. Burdett has written the following
REPLY to Gen. Hayes:
HEADo'Rs GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
WASHINGTON, July %, 1885.
& Hon. r. B. Hayes, Fremont, o.
2 DEAR SIR AND COMRADE: have Just read your
Hletter to Gen. II. p auckland and others on the
gsubject of national monument to Gen. Grant. Il
Sbeg to suggest that the national monument to be
Serected to the memory of our departed comrade
wl be of such proportions and cost to be beyond
the proper line Of private contributions. His fellow
citizens will demand that it be paid out of their
3 ton the lesson of the Washington Monument in
Ethat regard ought not to go UNDECIDED. Movements
initiated in cities and States to gather in funds or
Squotas of funds will result in their local application
! Grand Army of the Republic may of right claim
gthe honor of erecting its own monument to its
Header and comrade. believe it will do so. 1t;
should be the work of the individual comrades,
fling agencies only for gathering and caring for
1.-THE contributions
j Following out the Grand Army principles of
s. equality in fraternity, the to be given might
$be restricted to an equal amount for each. Tenj
scents per capita from 100000 comrades would
produce $4,000.
Why not provide for the erection of q statue to-
be chiseled by the most skillful hand attanable
that shall tell the story of his last heroic conflict asl
well rs OF his greatest days.
Grant composing his Memoirs" fifty executed
committed to the of the Nation to be sheltered
forever under the dome of the Capitol would seem
En- most fit memorial Of our comrade and worthy:
Ethe Grand Army.
I hope.to meet you ut the Ohio sem-annual En- i
scampment next month, where it seems the matter,
lis to have further consideration. Fraternaily,
.yOurs, s. s. BURDETT,
Commander in- Chief.