A Loyalist Memorial

A LOYALIST MEMORIAL. Sir John C. Allen, in the course of his speech at the dinner of the Loyalist Society on Wednesday evening, said that he hoped the society would be able to do something more to honor the memory of the Loyalists than merely to meet once a year at a dinner. Sir John is of the opinion that there ought to be a permanent memorial erected in honor of the Loyalist founders of this city, and there are many who will be ready to agree with him. Such a memorial might take the shape of a public building or of a monument, the first being the most useful but likewise the most expensive, while a monument might be either cheap or costly as the sum collected for the purpose would allow. Some people who are utilitarian in their views object to monuments, which are not connected with any useful object, yet even in this most practical age they continue to be erected. Perhaps the best and most useful way of doing honor to the memory of the Loyalists would be the erection of a building for the free public library. There are plenty of men who would be willing to contribute to such an object who would decline to give anything to a mere monument. Still the easy manner in which $2,500 was collected for the Young memorial shows that the idea of a monument still has attractions for many. If Sir Leonard Tilley and Sir John Allen will take the lead in promoting a Loyalist memorial, we believe that the descendants of the Loyalists in this city, some of whom are wealthy, would freely contribute a respectable sum for that purpose. A very substantial public library building could be erected for about $10,000 or $12,000, and we do not believe the memory of the Loyalists could be better honored than by such a structure.