Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-11-26
FRIDAY 51ORNIE(2~ ryOVEMI,g1zz. 50, 1869,
VIE TRIRUrE AND TuE CAUSE FOR IT.

THE TRIBUTE AND THE CAUSE FOR IT.
In the history of there certain great features
Importance that 10 render the exercise OF gratitude
generosity duty as well as privilege. To recocct IA
Vor 10 acknoweee benefit is duty, direct ard positive
The omission regarded fault; its performance W
discharge OF debt 10 which the simplest undcIs,ancn!
readily In 1926 the University of Virginia pu
into operation by Mr. Jtfrrson In 1926 he died. His ne!
ca attendants were professors Of the Institution Ills Ill
nces was Short and his death tranquil his lie had beer
lusrous. At about three O'Clock the evening Of ia
4!h OF july 1926 he died Monticello without! struggle
witha cloutcss understanding the last moment But
few days BEFORE he had been the University and had nns
ed over the avoritc offspring Of his o At The hour OF hi
DEATH thunder storm passing the spot where hi
body was to from The great mind that had occuprt
W Ills attendants and friends had met 10 hs chamber, n'f
ON small couch before them Witnessed the death Of ht
great apostle OF human freedom He had lived for his State
for his country for humanity For the Of man, for h'
rights for the advancement man. his life had been freely
spent and he passed away from amongst hcm with cpnta
lion for saeacy and wisdom, that must last org h'
of The country in which he lived and the s;rug
giles through which he passed. shall form subec, OF ne.es
! for lhouc who may come nlier U.s.
Since then no evidence OF regard and esteem,
with the importance Of bis services tas been render
ed TO his memory by The State which gave him bu by
the who have been the benefciaes of his ahors This
is disccdabc ngrardc. To say that respect him. is
not enough Where is the evidence Of any respect at
tachment, that Virginia has given To his men.oy?
Who, that goes TO the University finds there the ekc
form OF The us,rious who created III Go 10 the sim
pest institution in England, In the old worl and how
widely different is The fact Can claim the unfGering
devotion Of The mind and heart of the great
the neglect and indifference, which exhibit towards
the great men OF whose names have the benefits con-
linues 2 No. move cannot.
twill be seen that meeting of the ormer students o. Tie
University will be held in this city the % Of December
which Messrs. Hunter, Daniel Stuart and Rive:, in
ved be present One the objects of this meeting is
perfect this work The bare mention Of the necessity for
such meeting ought make every FroInan blush. il
should long sncc have been done But another and per-
haps equal matter OF interest," will be the sdupon Of the
sulnble means for having placed at the University by
the former Students great painting, we mean the Schol
Of Athens The euitabeneas Of such token OF regard il
above dispute This classic md exquisite creation carries
Athens in all her glory, and associncs with scholars
and Of letters whose form many beacon lights
in the past and aid Us still with their wisdom and acquire
mens. Two OF the men, who form prominent par, nj This
celebrated masterpiece, Plato and Aristotle. The
quirenients OF Aristotle in every way rcn:arkabIe
His influence upon Alexander the Great of tie
n,os touching illustrations of the force OF mind and
the rncsmeric attractions which n learned man al.
ways possesses. Such connection that which
establishes between the present generation and that which
lived many centuries lively and perpetual intercourse
through fascinating channel as the arts atotd is really
magnificent intention ana should by all means be sccrct.
The hands chosen for s accomplishment the very hes!
that State Affords wi The former students u the mi
versiy OF Virginia High rer position is cann" bat
feel delighted The prospect U seeing them coming cgehC.
many of Them in inc full tide Of glory ana honor TO
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country calls them, and 10 thought, intn1r
taize enment which carries them back their
and college days spot too fascinating 10 love it
classical approach with other
than which shall cluster together Objects addressing o
IoItics rlnutIuus '"sn
understanding. Sculpture and Painting The chan
ncs that the highest civilization claim its osng
We told by The best Intelligence, hai necessity is hr
hcr of all inventiOnswai must have been the elevated
oi tic popular taste which gave th TO this great
alton The "Schoo of Athens" when the Of his
enchanted The mos, aslduus popuace with dlHeaioa Of
schoo that itself the personation Of the c,t.r end
the intelligence of the world When ii was crfaied by
Rafael n 500 of the periods In the existence of
marked by great idea, be delinead wiz that in
which Plato and Aristotle stood Athens with the wiscst
of the world their hearers and disclosed 70 them their
reflections upon Moras whilst Geometry and the
sciences discussed in the place OF their birh Wise
men deneatcd their avorie avocaton ground which
was then the cncIlantment AMI wonder of tho wcd. This
was truly remarkable period In the march Of the
human understanding. We have said that the pc
Rod which chosen by Rafael was .one os the
| great points in the existence Of We have said
that II created great thought and magnificent purpose
was at that era which Alexander conceived the purpose
and WINS carrying the intention of conquerng The East,
to blend together Eastern ard Western civil zaon This
great idea of his fe-he great mission 10 which
his whole capacities consccracd No other period had
given the world who was great enough to UNDER
take project that Tcyou,onzcd the decree OF nature I've
may say that Westward The Of should be direct
ed Alexander his thought with capacities OF
the most supendou character and his accomplishment OF
favorite thought almost perfected when his death
put an end purpose which, for the age in which he
lived bore away his reputation 10 the ends of the world
master spirit OF his This thought Of turning back
the attention Of the countries from which he
and making him go teach had lived long before
his nation known, was Hercncan task TO which the
great capacities of Alexander solely directed during
existence that even has superior. Although Napo-
leon undertook tho enterprise, his failure sig
| nal True, he overcome by combinations that were
formed for the simple purpose OF protecting local interests
Yet the thought the conception from Alexander The
combination OF Eastern oIientasm with Western cvilza
on this was the grand thought of the period which has
less Rafael He consecated the worth of scholars,
lhe has elernalxed the value of letters and morals.
The men who lived Athens live still upon that canvass
They before those who look upon it, Their very forms
presented whilst their ughs and aiiec, live IN
The text books of schools and academies and colleges
The appropriateness of this undertaking is sngulsy heh
ting and will create of reflection and instruction
long after the hands that complete it shall have gone rou
amongst men, The period of which il sketches the c1is
tence tho glory of Greece. The time which
painted, the completion Of the Grand Cathedral 81 ST
Peter Rome, and The finishing of the Vatican OF
the most astonishing developments OF hn Science of Arch
lecture 1t makes u.s. therefore, rchec! upon RJmo wei
as Greece. But another Connection which it suggest
(, that growing Of the artist who is copy IT, We oh
serve by The Circular Of The Committee that F.enchmar
is TO do this duty for II go The fact that countrytnaG
of Napoleon hosc favoe idea OF fusion between Easter
and Western civilization was taken from Acxande son'
hand over to Wesern world work that chains The Nm
derstandng to reflections upon the past is Calculated *
suy 10 sten about this painting duTabe and as.n. into