bo From the Washington Union

THE MONUMENT TO JACKSON.
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The following eloquent address 10 the people OF
the United States Ito which we have cordially
subscribed our name, without sharing the honor
of its composton) supersedes the necessity of any
elaborate appeal from our own pen. We go for
the object itproposes, heart and hand. 1t is due
respect to the memory of one of the first men, not
only of his country, bat of his age-a patriot,
whose services have shed never-dying lustre up
on our military fame and upon our civil instItu-
tions-whose death has covered whole nation
with mourning, and drawn from the lips of almost
countless orators the warm euloglum which IS due
to his services and his merits. It is well to do


Justice to such men, not only for their own sakes,
but for the benefit of posterity, and to cherish the
fame of generous emulation in the hearts of
men. Washingtons statue is about to be erected
by Congress. The gratitude and the honor of
the nation demand it. Then will it be said that
Congress have redeemed the recorded pledges of
their ilusrious predecessors and paid due respect
to the man who was +" first in war, first in peace,
and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The
statue of Jefferson should also be erected, to do
honor 70 the author Of the Declaration of Ameri-
can Independence, and one of the first statesmen
OF the age The appeal is now made to the peo-
pie, in benalf of another of their llustrious bene


factors whilst the heart still throbs with gratitude
and reverence over the tomb in which his remains
have been so recently deposited. It is impossible
that it should not succeed, if the proper exertc ms
are made to receive the contributions of nations
feelings. The committee of this city are deter
mined TO do their duty; and the following address
is the first offering which they lay upon his
shrine. They have framed wise instructions for
the agents whom they are about appoint Let
those agents cooperate with its friends everywhere,
and the work will be done.