American Republican And Baltimore Daily Clipper

Monument to the Memory of Hezekiah Niles. A correspondent of the National Intelligencer suggests that the proceeds of the sale to take place at the close of the National Fair in Washington, be applied to the erection of a monument in that city, to the memory of the late Hezekiah Niles, of Baltimore. The writer says:

I would respectfully suggest to all concerned, and especially to those who have reaped the benefits flowing from the system of domestic manufactures, the propriety of doing something to commemorate the service of one in that great cause whose toil, by night and by day, has not been equalled, who stands first as the nursing father of American manufactures, and who watched over their infant throes until, by his fostering hand, they assumed the form and feature of vigorous manhood. Time, which erases the good, and embalms the bad, has, as you are aware, obliterated the names of many of our public benefactors, especially those whose footprints have not been stained with blood. And among the names seldom lisped is to be found that of Hezekiah Niles. True, his name will live in his "Register;" but that is the work of his own hands. In it will be found the evidence of his devotion to a cause which has blessed thousands, and which now makes a nation great and her people happy.

To commemorate his memory, as a philanthropist and patriot, as displayed in his labors to introduce and sustain the protective policy in regard to domestic manufactures, I propose that the proceeds of the "auction sale" of the articles at the "Fair," be applied to the erection of a monument at the metropolis of the nation.