Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-09-13
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER IS. 1881.
Mr.. ADAMS Eulogy upon E;r- President Mon

borate production, occupying one hundred octave
pages. We have made the following extracts
from the concluding part Of the EulOgy. twill
be seen that Mr.. Adams awards strong praise to
MIR. Monroe:
II is not within the scope Of your intention,
nor is it the purpose Of this discourse, TO review
the numerous aud important acts OF Mr.. Monroe's
administration. In the multitude OF great ma
TONS pubic affairs, there is official act of the
Chief Magistrate, however momentOus, or how
ever minute, but should be traceable to a dictate
of duty, pointing To the welfare Of the people
Such was the cardinal principle of MIR. Monroe.
In his Tst address, upon his election to the Pre-
sidencv, he had exposed the genera. principles by
which his conduct, in the discharge OF his great
trust. would be regulated, In his second lnau-
sural Address, he succmtly reviewed that por-
ton of the career through which he had passed.
fortunately sanctioned by public appreciation, and
promised perseverance in IT, 10 the ci0se OF his
public service. And. in his last annual Message
10 Congress. on the .th OF December, 1924. an-
,noaacng his retirement from public life, after
the close of that session Of the Legislature, he re-
viewed the whnie course Of bis administration,
comparing il with the pledges which he had given
II its commencement and It's middle term, APP
pealinr to the Judgment and consciousness of
those whom he addressed. for its unity OF princi-
pie as one consistent whole. not exempt, indeed,
from The errors aud n6rmities incident to all hu-
nau action. bat characteristic OF purposes always
honest and s;ucere, OF Intentions always pure, OF
lIbUars outlaSting the daily circuit OF the sun,
aud outwatchins the visils of the highland what
!s said not, but faithful witness is bound to re-
scor,; -of mind anxious and unwearied in the
pursuit Of truth aud right; patient OF inquiry:
u,tient Of contradiction: courteous, even IN the
fn;li.i,o Of sentiment; sound in IFS ultimate judy
,,snts. and firm IN its final conclusions.
Such, my fellow citizens, was James Monroe.
S,ch was the man. who presents the only exam
nile of one whose public life commenced with the
War of Independence, aud is identified with all
the impo,taut events of your history from that
d,y forth for full half century, And now,
Yba, is the purpose for which we have here as
.embled to do houor to his memory! Is II to scat
ter perishable flowers upon the yet unsodded
crave of public benefactor? Is 1t to ming'e
s.ars Of sympathy and OF consolation with those
ne r,,nruinv and bereaved childreBf Is it to do
honor to ourselves, by manifesting becoming
sens;bility, at the departure vt one who, by a
ionr career of honor and Of usefulness, has been
q, Hs all rs friend and brother! Or is II not ra-
th,r N mark the memorable incidents ct lite
s;gns,i.ed bv all the properties which embody
,be precepts Of virtue and the principles OF Wis
dom: Is IT not to pause Tor moment from 'he
,,ss;ons OF our own bosoms, and the agitaions Ut
nnr own interests, 10 survey in It's whole extent
,he Ion, and lit,le.beaen path of the great and
road; 10 fix With intense inspection our own VI
sinn. aud 10 point the ardent, bit unsettled gaze
as our children upon that rcsrlendent row o! cres-
set lamps. led with the parest vital air which H.
illuminate the path OF the hero, the statesman. the
.,ue. Have YOU a son of ardent feelings and IN
s.n,ous mind, decile to instruction, aud painting
f,r honorable distinction! Point him TO the pat
lid cheek and agOniZing form, OF James Monroe,
a, The oneniny blnssum Of life, weltering IN his
Lloob On The field of Trenton, fer the cause OF
L;s country. Then turn his eve TO the same form,
sav., wears later IN health and vigor, still IN the
bonm of youth, bnt seated among the Conscript
Fathers ii the land, to receive. entwhed with all
;,c I,urels. the sheathed aud triumphant sword of
WASHINGTON. Guide his eye along to the same
object. investigating, by the midnight lamp, the
laws of nature and nations, and unfolding them,
NJ once. with all the convictions oil reason and all
the persuasons OF eloqucnce, to demonstrate the
,,gh,s Of his countryInen to the contested navIga-
,;on Of the Mississippi in the Hall af Congress.
Eo,iow HIM with this trace IN his hand, through
= I,,e serics of wears, ny labor"us travels and
,ntr,cate Negotiations, at Imperial Courts. and in
the Palaces Of Kings, winding his way amidst the
c,r,c;,us and marty colored Revolutions of France,
,nJ the Inf. guard favOri,es and Camarillas OF
Snsin. Then look at the Map of the United North
America. as 1t was at the defniive peace OF l7S3.
Compare it with the map OF that same empire as
il is now, limited BY the Sabine and the Pacific
Ocean, and say. the change, more than q aay
other MAI, living or dead, was me cof6 or James
Monroe. See him pass successfully from the Hall
Of the Confederation Congress to the Legislative
Assembly of his native Commonwealth; to their
Convention which ratified the Constitution OF the
North American people; to the Senate OF the
Union: to the Chair Of Diplomatic Intercourse
with ultra Revolutionary France; back to the
Executive honors Of his native state; again
soembassies Of transcendant magnitude to France
80 Snain. TO Britain; restored once more to retire
'Usnf and his country; elevated again to the high
est trust of his states transferred successfully to
the two preeminent Departments of Peace and
War in the National Governments; and at the
most momentous crisis burthened with the duties
If bs,h-.-and finally raised, first BY the 'ufrags'