Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-09

ne OencTai assehp'y VI VII" NON'tAV
wealth has ordered that the remains OF Jas.
Monroe, one of the most hGnored aud best
beloved of her sons, shall, under the direc'
tion of the Governor, be removed from the
public burying ground 10 the city OF New
York to the cemetery at the city of Rlch-
mond." The req aius are removed, the ceno-
taph is open, end We are here assembled 10
inter them in their last resting place, with
becoming ceremonies.
10 view of the speaking prccept and eX'
ample of the long life of usefulness, distio-
guished public services and patriotic devO-
ton once tempted in the body of which these
are the remains, am not permitted to be
silent.
No better instance Of an American man
Of the People, or of a true American Repub-
llcap, can be c.ted than that Of James Mon
roe. HIS leader, bis better, his master, wss
the father whose statue mounts the plynth
of wonder monument; bat Washington was
unrivalled aud stands alone among men
upon earth. The patron Of Monroe lies at
Monticello, his cJmpeer aud equa! ut Mont-
pelier, aud no trio OF patron and proteges
in our past history can approach The sronp
Of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, IN point
ical philosophy, In constitutional lore, and
in patriotic action combined. " Washington
stands alone and above all; they apart aud
grandly by themselves. Washington is the
great type Of Nationality; they are the triple
bands of Individual Rights, Of State Sow
ereignty, and Of Repu oiican Truth. Wash
ington is supreme, but they are subordinate
10 supremacy 0nly-5pecial only IN great
ness necessary rs TIE supreme.
James Monroe was country boy Of West
moreland. the county-man Of Washington.
From the IN TO the I3d gear Of biz Gce for
so yearsl be was almost necessarily 10 the
public service. At Is he LETT bis letters and
science, bis Horace and his Homer, at VIII
liam and Mary, TO enlist 10 the battle fields
Of Independence. He took q commission low
down, neytt0 the ranks, was severely wounded
before be rose 70 higher rank than that OF
Captain, aud never rose higher ~ tie Inc OF
the military. 10 the staff OF Il rd Stirling he
was an Aid de Camp, and acquired the title
of Colonel Of a regiment of Virginia, which
was never raised. He was q Commissioner
Of Virginia to the SJpthern Camp. lie was
a Legislator of Virginia lie was member
of the Continental Congress. He was q
member Of the Convention of Virginia 70
adopt the Federal Constitution. lie was
Senator Of Virginia in Congress. lie was q
Minister to France. He was twice Governor
of Virginia. He was again Minister to
France, Minister to Eusland aud to Spain,
and again to England. He was Secretary
of State. and in the war OF Free Trade aud
Sailors Rights" for which he mad eOntendcd
as early as 1907, he vas Secretary of both
Treasury and War. Io was twice elected
President Of the United States, and once al
most unanimously. And from the height Of
the Chief Magistrate OF the Nation he again
descended 20 the ranks OF the People, and
became n Magistrate Of the Quorum OF Gen
tlemen Justices Of the Peace for tne county
OF Lgudoun. And, lastly. in the years 1929,
80, he was President o! the fret Convention
Of Virginia 10 reform The Constitution Of the
State.
This last post iutirmi,y and old age con-
PEELED him to resign; and then, in 1870, ms
course run, his good fight fought, tuil Of
years ana Toll Of donors, the great and good
old man retired to the bosom Of his family,
10 the State of his adoption. There he BID
told the tale OF his youthful lovc-there n
bad inhaled the perfume Of corjugal aGec-
tign--there he had married the wife Of bis
bosom--thcre be had buried hcr-thcre bis
children we're settled--aui there, weary and
heavy laden with !Gbors and years, he sought
repose. Soldier, Legislator, Commissioner,
Diplomat, Statesman President, Justice OF
the Peace, COnventOnist, and Constitution
aist, he had filled every measure of public
place, and filed it Wei, and bad received
nearly 100000 Of State aud Federal pay;
and yet retired poOr--a debtor FIR tie Dor
eminent, not to i:--haying spent all, and
more than all, his substance in his c0untry'S
service, and went out Of her high places al
Honest Map, impoverished By his seltSacrf-
cling patriotism He became involved in
debt By pledsing his private means Tor the
defence Of the country in the war Of 1872,
and died bef're graceful return was ever
made. The foil deb; to him never was, and
now never can be, repaid.
Plain, practical d.dactic a man Of action
not OF words, be was Efficient and potential
in wondrous works CT usefulness, and thou
sands, thousand fold more brilliantly
illumlncd b. genius, were not halt So
successful by the force of good common
sense end the inspiration Of good, earnest
honest purpose. La the Federal service, he
was signally blessed and happy. He aided
essentially in purchasing Louisiana, aud il
acquiring Florida; and was the first TO give
executive sanction to the good cause o! Colo
niza.lon, which, 10 spite Of all that is said to
the contrary, is redeeming the promise Of
America to give back TO Africa freed man
and y Chris uan for the slave and the savage
which Africa gave to America; and the only
Back Republic, hopeful OF auy good to either
country or race, Gud the best kpswn ASYLUM
Of the Free Black every where, hands down
to pOsterity the Fame Of Virginia Prcsi-
dent--the uacIe "RcarGsil We are told
blessed are the peacemakers;" be then is
blessed, for lie poured oil on the doubled wa.
ters of party politics, and they were sli!ed
by his wise and moderate administration at
home; and when the Holly Alisnce, abroad,
threatened to intervene agains, the liberty Of
the CUlouies Of Spain 10 South America, the
still small voice Of his message to the guar
dians Of the Uaied States capitol subiimeiy
mutiered the warning that the hoarv Dssp0t.
ism Of the Old World should aot dare 10 lay
It's mace on the liberties OF The New. What
ever DC the Interpretation Of ihe Monroe Dec
trine for the future, il Was then and thereby
that the Southern Republics sprang into lie
and assumed q sepaI ate and equal station
among the Nations. 1t was then that the
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