| Show 1 ay iy THE manya FOR MONUMENTS A 1 extravagance nce and love of display cifare among awong the bopp follies i ef of the times this thia taste awe aap permeates fillies all ali a I 1 classes sepi hence it is As as charac charae characters characteristic teris ia 1 of nth tIna nation tion tiou adof as of one af pf its g growths outgrowths nut out ia is the increasing disposition A ioe toe to erect riet gorgeous and expensive mauu t ants to the memories of the deail deall a i disposition which from its prevalence prevalence at the present time may not P pr lately i diatel be termed a mania manis it t w was s common bommah enough amont among the ancients to erect temples or ar monuments to th their gods and oracie oracle and 1 in n honor bf of persons persona persons who hat had hal performed some xeal real or imaginary feat of strength valor or daring but monuments monument sae are becoming so fashionable that extraordinary deeds i and aeh ach achievements leven ants are not r required nowadays now a days men of any prominence i whatever have only fp tp iid ild fid clid probabilities are great thab that be made to perpetuate their memories by of an image of brass bronze blonze or 6 stone erected at the expense of the ph public hiie hile it is scarcely necessary even to die tp secure such a doubtful mark of honor and distinction for monuments are ate now being erected in honor of some whose chief chie f if not only claim to this empty honor is thab that they have been successful in amassing am assin wealth weh wen th it is well enough to honor the mem gry of departed worth and greatness but a more practical p rae rat way of doing be devised than by the erection of images many of which have no slight plight clai cial claims ms ito to be considered works of high art have uttie dr df no beauty are of no use andare of no earth earthly lybe benefit efat save to the tir tor tin ther thee really great grea t and good who I 1 have lived among hlein men need no im expedient w whatever to perpetuate their thir memories es hmong thoe jhb who come como after them thom Q caesar aar alexander alfred the great charlemagne napoleon Na polton washington franklin joseph joaeph smith h the prophet P et george stephenson D fulton watt eop gop tt and nd scores of others willi will be ie remembered when wheal the mightiest monuments an s erected by the hand band of man anshil shall shail have avd crumbled to io decay auch uch men make mahe ah imperi import imperishable s ale aie record in the 06 history of huba huwa bunian n development and aind p progress rog reb rea re a andas and as scourges scourge urges sor or benefactors of their race w ahl at never beil boil beor tor gotten goten their works secure to them them an everlasting remembrance and while such individual have no need needom of statues to perpetuate their memories works of art of this description tion will utterly fail fall to secure this seemingly much desired end to coall all ail works emoris fail fall to make them th em immortal ini mortal the waste of meatus involved in the we gratification of thi this A mania manla is to be ve deprecated prica bated ted I 1 forit might be used so as to benefit lerion I 1 thousands lids it was stated the otheda other day y I 1 allt t the tha he cit city of new Y york 0 rk contains 0 iian twenty thousand children who roam the streets and never attend school the inference is that they are unable to do sa for it Js abb a sql sal I 1 babl babi case ease that sueh such a large number P d do 0 it through choice this evil Is not nob confined to new neny york other large cities gli gif have their thein full fult quota of the same sama class if the sums expended ended in useless i monuments were employed to ta found fo n d and endow schools and institutions where these bedouins Bedou Medo ins of civilized civilize d soei soel society be educated and reared respectably ably how much great erthe bethe beneficial results if the said tobe to be pw oy I 1 in u the hands of tha linco bi monument fund association were vere to abbe be applied to W the erection of an institution 0 alls thief character and named after the deceased president Pie t the honor to td 11 1 ris his 18 memory through the good res resulting 1 louid rould be likely to far fr outshine thaise that secured by the erection ere clfon of a monument ther Theu memory of the late secretary of f war it 19 i said ald is id tb be perpetuated I 1 by means of or a monument but bui av pt if wa an n attempt be made maae f fo 0 carry out sueh sue such s tr project the means necessary to HO ao admi mure benefit applied so BO as to s secure 1 permanence comfort dort sort and hid edu edd education bation to t or bis his family whom in lie lle hey her aya ula unfortunately left for and there can be no doubt whatever a course would afford him supposing posing he can take cognizance of human affairs infinitely more gratification than the mere erection ot of an to his memory the same line itne of reasoning is appl appi applicable to all such projects ap and d several now before the country so jag D aa as ignorant children widow sand h helplessly I 1 p lessly indigent persons abound antt hinline inline land so long where is there an opportunity fo por for the application of meanest means to a e ensure gigantic g a antle results for good and a change in p public sentiment and fee feeling ling that will ivill ensure ensul re the expenditure of mean means snow now was wasted ted in the erection of worthless gud nud od useless images to the building and aud en dowmont of institution benevolence ene and I 1 learning dedicated to them the memory of the illustrious dead is much to be desired and will redound not only y then I 1 ia an un impre increase a of honor td them but to thel fa nation ati or n at ht large the follow following ang prophecy in th the e otil ath chapter of the book of Nephi nook book of mormon page seems lo 10 be hpe epe daliy dally applicable to the present times thy grav graven en images I 1 will also aiso cutoff i and thy stand standing hig images out of the midst of thee and thou shall shail no more worship the works of thy hanis hands |
