New-York tribune., 1895-08-04
TIE LOVE,JO MONUMENT

, MEMORIAL. TO THE MARTYR TO THE CAUSE
90, rpt, SPEECH AND FREE PRI)ss.
Tho roveiov Monument Association. Of Alton. ILL.,.
has issued the following address TO the public;
\e,rlv sixty years nave passed since ElJah Parish
Iov.ioy died in defence OF great ana precious prn
riplcs principles that never die lie was Kliied
for pointing out with voice ana pen one srts , , o
~ the remedy therefor lie was killed for asserting
which there be- no genuine ana perihaisn, en- no
cr,v FOR any man, white or black, ana without
wiich any form Of popular government is snare
and ~ sham~liabe at any time to be bought by the
purse or crushed by the sword ,,o,, .
For these deathess principles. as appncaoie 10
every question about which men diiler ana there-
fore desire to discuss as 10 slavery -ptinclpie>
which live ana Dreatne Hnu have faded nto the
msts of aim tradition Love JOY laid down his young
o;,by so o9 the ai.ar~ani there can be higher
praise. . ,, ,,r,,,a ., this
hero and martyr was unmarked. and narrowly es-
caped utter oblivion. For thirty years II has been
T%rFf% TSd rssaturs 2aS 9s Of % nos AZ
however. with the condition that an additional
$1,000 be raised by PuSc :soSepon mTss vn1d thiS
surely no rhetorical appeal ought to be necessary
for such an object. IT Is duo not only to LovelJoy
v"mber : 1881 shall have such long-delayed atone
mcnt monumental granite ana bronze can give.
The site set apart In the Alton city Cemetery
for the proposed monument is circular plat on a
lofty blum overlooking the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers and wide expanse Of country in Illinois and
Missouri The location is unsurpassed for beauty
and sighuness The monument will be in full view
OF every train passing through the city and from
every steamer on the TWO great rivers OF the West
We therefore eaIl upon all lovers of liberty
the freedom Of speech and OF the press which Is
to-day richest inheritance to AID us In this
commemorative work We must raise s2oO by the
first OF January next. or the conditional appropra-
ton made by the state OF Illinois Is lost for this
purpose. We wish 20 close the matter up without
deiay-ln thirty days. II possible. and ask all who
revere the name and fame Of Lovejoy TO forward
or money orders payable to John +; Hayner Alton.
M OF tbi4 socaton XII remttances will sn
be personally and pH6.iScy aeEnoW; ,seI edged
W. T. NORTON Secretary.
The Press Committee OF the association also makes
a special appeal. in which it says
The younger generation of Jour- alists may not as
was that freedom Of speech and Of the press
which enjoy. The new spapers OF the United
ion OF the great principle the exercise OF which
has made the press the creates force Of modern
for this object from every newspaper In the land
Not only this but we ask each paper to bring the
OF liberty to lend his aid to the project. In this city
was made the first armed resistance to the aggres
slonS of the slave power In America, and here
band of sixty men armed and enrolled themselves
defenders Of the right Of free discussion OF any
this fact We wish to commemorate
The Iovcjoy Monument Association has been In
corporatcd by the state OF Illinois. and has the fol-
lowing named board OF officers C. 4. Herb presi-
dent; William Armstrong. vicepresdent; John +.
Hayner, treasurer: W. T. Norton secretary; Charles
Holden. assistant secretary. Drectors Edward I.
Wade president Alton National Bank; John T.:
Hayner, president Alton Savings Bank: Edward
Lewis. Illinois Glass Company: D., X, Sparks presi-
dent Sparks Milling Company; II. @: McPike. ex-
Mayor OF Alton ]. II. Yager. ex-State Senator:
George d. Hayden Hayden Machine Company; c.
president state Board Of Health; william Arm
strons cement and lime: T. A. CToasley. TSndy Editor
Henry Watson, contractor; w T. Norton, Editor
Alton Daily Republican; Charles Holden. ex-
Postmaster Of Altea.