Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-14
A BROAD-MINDED VIEW.

The Morning Cal, of San Francisco, in
dorses the movement for State statue of
Grant, to be erected upon State grounds,
and to be the property and the result of
the contributions Of all the people. In
saying what it does, the Gail testifes to its
own convictions Of right and its ability to
rise superior to local prejudices, and to
that observation-disclosures which should char
acterize journal of high purposes. We
commend the remarks of our contemporary
to our readers, and call upon the State AS
ISOLATION to get to work with all possible
speed. 1t is not probable that a single
Director chosen to act will decline the
high honor Of representing the State As
ISOLATION in his county. Through these
agencies the State society can reach all the
people Of the State at once. Authorize
tions should be forwarded to the Directors
immediately, that the public may be noti-
fed of their readiness to receive subscrip-
tlons; and meeting of so many as can be
got together should be called early.
that the advice of these representative
men may he given to the people as to the
proper form the memorial shall take. 1t
will be to the eternal honor of California
TO be the first State to place beneath the
shadow Of dome of Capitol an eques-
trian or other statue of man who, of all
modern men, is deserving of this recogni-
ton. The CAL says:
The value of memorial to public benefac-
tor erected by voluntary offerings of the people
Is tenfold greater than that of a memorial erect
ed by an Act of Congress Congress may vote
the peoples money for an object which does not
meet the peoples approval, but a fund contrib
uted by the people carries on It's face their in
dorsement. General Grant is entitled to the
eternal fame of a monument erected through
the voluntary offerings of the people. 1t shouId
not be rich mans monument nor exclusively
poor mans monument. Let each one give in
proportion 70 his means and inclination. Let
no one give because he thinks he must Let the
millions of people on this coast who value the
Union which Grant did so much to preserve
send 10 the committee each what be thinks is q
fitting recognition of the great Generals ser
vices. The meeting which was held in Sacra-
mento Tuesday night organized upon q State
basis Members OF the committee were ap-
pointed from the several counties. The SUN of
one dollar secures membership and entities
members to a souvenir in rccosn ton of the
fact. Representative men have been appointed
to act as local committees in thor several coun-
ties. The C1H expects to see two-thirds of the
voters of the State enrolled Us members. There
Is no reason why membership should be con
fined to voters. Women have as large an inter
est in the country as men, although the latter do
the voting and the fighting In an espeeia!
sense women have cause to honor the memory
OF Gran. His devotion and fidelity to his wife
were illustrations Of domestic virtue which great
men do not always set to their generation. If
Congress shosld vote money for a national mon
ument it will of course be erected near his
tomb. The State will have an interest in the
national monument, but the people on this coast
VIII want one they can cal their own.