The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-26

THE REMOVAL OF Ex-PKEsIDENT MONROE's
REMAINS TO VRGruA-The several committees
of the State of Virginia and Of the city of New
York, in conjunction with the representatives
among rs Of the Monroe family, though they
have not definitely made their arrangements for
the removal of ex-President Monroes remains
to his native State, have substantially, we un-
derstand, agreed upon the following pro-
gramme, to- wit
l. That in the interval to the Sd Of July the
remains Of TIE ex-Pres:dent shall be quietly
exhumed, and removed 10 some private resi-
dence in the vicinity of Fourteenth street, off
cially under the care Of the city authorities of
New York.
2. That on Saturday, TIE Sd Of July, the
said remains, under the honors of civic and
military procession, shall be borne down Broad
way and thence to the steamer Jamestown,
chartered in behalf of the State Of Virginia
for the purpose of conveying said remains to
the city Of Richmond; and that in the military
part of the procession the escort shall be the
Eighth regiment of the New York State mill
tie, while the Seventh regiment, or National
Guard, shall bring up the rear.
q That guard of honor from the. Seventh
regiment shall be detached to the steamer
jamestown, in addition to the civic commit
tees from Virginia and the city of New York,
that will directly accompany the remains of
The :3lustrious dead.
4. That the Seventh regiment excepting the
guard Of honor spec;sed, and such members as
may be unable to leave on the day indicated)
will 20 on board the steamer Alabama, and thus.
accompany the Jamestown to Richmond.
We think that this will prove satisfactory
programme in every particular. 1t will be
satisfactory to the relatives of the deceased, ia
carefully managed; satisfactory to the patriotic
citisens of New York, to the Virginians here
and at home; to the military, and all concerned.
That part of the programme which includes the
accompanying escort TO Virginia Of tie Seventh
regiment will be represented by at leest
five hundred citizen. soldiers, ~ good as the
best in the worlds the browning feature Of
provided their steamer on their own account,
and have volunteered to pay their own ex-
psnsea But the citizens, the military ancithe
municipal authorities of Petersburg, Richmond,
and other places on the James river, have
promptly shown their appreciation of these
proceedings of our National Guard, and we are
quite sure that their reception at every point,
from Hampton Roads to the capital of the Old
Dominion, win be welcome 10 be reno nbered
for lifetime.
Nor will this be all. There will be something
more than the ordinary incidents of q. holiday
excursion in this reunion Of the descendants
and representatives Of the patriots of abe Revo-
luton from the North with their brethren Of
the South, on the banks q the anciest river of
the Old Dominion. AS In the fields of the
Revolution, side by side with Monroe, the rsen
Of the North and of the South feaeht for our
common liberties 80 this marked reunion of
their descendants and representatives over
Monroe's remains on the classic ground Of old
Virginia, will leave strong and abiding i'm
preston on the James river and on the Hudson,
North and South, in behalf of the bonds Of
union which bind us all together.
In this view, the visit Of our National Guard
| 10 Richmond will be as the visit of q regiment
| of peace makers disguised in the trappings of
war. Virginia, and her sons and daughters,
will be proud to receive them, and New York
may well be proud to send them. II would be
all the better for us, North and South, polti-
cally roiigiously, commercially and socially,
| If the people Of the two sections would only
make the crossing Of the dividing line gene
raj practice, as far as convenient in their cele-
brations Of the Fourth Of July, with or without
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