Show washington monument I 1 it is is well known to most of out oui readers that a long time since a company of philanthropic individuals in in the state stale were organized into what is is called the washington MONUMENT association for the purpose of erecting or causing to be erected a superb monument at the city of washington the capitol capital of the nation in in honor of and for the perpetuity of the name of washington the immortal al george washington t one of the gods great noblemen whose acts acta im m moi balze alze his name in in establishing 11 the most glorious government go that has ever blessed any nation of earth I 1 the principles of winch which if extended to all nations would woula shed forth their heavenly influence to the in inhabitants of earth as ai does the the sun at noon day in in a clear sky to the palace of the ria and the cottage of the peasant or on a world without bounds this association wishing that all might have the I 1 privilege of a share in in their great enter invited the different states of the union cities companies cot coi borate individuals and all who were disposed to forward a block of marble with inscriptions tj ta be bd placed in in the monument during its erection erection in compliance with this general invitation and a desire ever to be numbered with the hero whose name the majestic I 1 bears and especially y with those glorious principles of self government which the heroic life lileto to acquire and establish for his beloved county an early legislature of the provisional Government of the state of or deseret contemplated tem tern plated and designed a block of marble for the sai sad id monument at that period there were hundreds of houseless widows and orphans in in deseret who had just been expatriated fro from m the land of washington t and that legislature considered i it their duty to pro vide ide first for the living consequently the completion of the monumental slab was deferred till the sufferers from f om the land 1 ind of monuments could be provided for not sufferers from or hy by the laws of 0 washington r or 01 I 1 the i tie constitution which he toiled to perpetuate all of winch still exist in in all their glory but sufferers ereis by by demagogues by hypocrites in high and low places who had set at defiance all the laws constitution ution and principles that Wash washington inkton inculcated As it was then so it is now there were hypocrites enough concerned in in the affairs of government who would wink at every infringement inai in gement of the constitution and laws by when their interest jn terest required it and they cared more for a little brief cef personal aggrandize aggrandizement meni than they did for washington and all the good and wholesome principles he left behind him and it is is against such hypocrites 5 such traitors ti that we raise the warning t vol voice ce itis it is such tors that have made mothers widows and children chil dien oi ahans and by that means have prevented our presenting i tin our designed bequest Washingto nm t dissociation ds lo 10 long pg ago but thank god the constitutional government of washington of the he united states yet stands good and may it stand for ever to bless the world L but cursed be that man that shall ahall raise raise his hand band against I 1 it andall and patriots saints lovers of I 1 liberty and good 11 god men will say amen al though Although th the provisional government of deseret desere t iras has since been changed to utah te territorial that a should shoal d not and does not alter the original design of the deseret legislature no perfect marble having yet been quarried as the best substitute a block of whitefish whit eish oolitic limestone from the san pete pale quarry was selected and the stone I 1 is now complete standing in the utah library ready i to be delivered at washington as soon as the season I 1 and circumstances will permit i the following brief description is from the pencil I 1 of the youthful artist who was too modest to add his p name WILLIAM WARD to the stone to perpetuate I 1 the remembrance of forty days labor description the block is 3 feet long 2 wide and ai 6 inches thick in the centre stands the beehive bee hive the emblem of industry over it is the motto holiness to the lord above this is the all seeing eye cifa rays 13 neath the hive is the word deseret over Overt these liese springing from the ground which is covered with different kinds of foliage is a semicircular semi circular arch enriched with the convolvulus on each side are span drils dails in one is the symbol of union enriched wih foliage in the other is the cornucopian cornucopias next the dge is a fillet 11 1 1 2 inches wide and j 3 T of an aich deep this description is all sufficient iCian t for our present put pur IOB though we will observe that on account of fine particles of flint interspersed in the stone atone the artist not give that polish he wished and which might have re been completed in far less legs time had the stone hsen pure f tho citizens of deseret Dess ret utah we might now say N ill be an anous anious ious to see this block before is departure 5 and wo have no doubt that some convenient time and I 1 ace jace will offer to gratify their just curiosity but at I 1 present it is not consistent to receive vl ms in the I 1 library and the season and we allic forbid a public exhibition ther therefore eforo we say to all our friends frienda bo be f p and all things shall be attended to in due seaon 4 for we delight in your pleasure as in our own ind and no doubt those who have the marble in charge i el cl as we do and will give you an exhibition before it 0 IS |