The venerable and universally respected Archbishop Carroll, in his letter to the Committee of the Monument, who had invited him to preside on the occasion, observed, that though this illustrious man needed not such mementos to his fame, it is worthy of all praise to exhibit grand and solid testi monials of national gratitude to eminent benefactors.

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