Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-19
IVES MONROE STILL STANDS AT CHARLOTTESVILLE
is OLDEST, PERHAPS,
OF UNIVERSITY GROUP
Recently Electric Lights and Heating Plant Have Been
lnstalled-Now Occupied by Professor Thornton,
Dean of Engineering Department

look little stock In Madison in his
younger days. He waY not de-
pater' lie was dlfident in public aud
summed notoriety. but he always
won. In his second election to the
presidency. there was but enc mega
we electoral vote. that OF John
Quincy Adams.
he served as Governor OF Virginia
TWO terms. Upon his election the
hrst time. the Richmond Federalist.
the leading newspaper OF that day.
said on December Z. 1893: This is
day OF mourning: Monroe is elected
Governor"
Again Tie WINS Chosen.
Yet nc was again chosen by tn.
soVerctgns of Virginia to serve them
as Governor several years later. He
served In the House Of Delegates. in
the cabinet. In Congress. in the mir
lstry. and served two fun terms "a
President of the United States. lie
added many things toward the fame
which fell TO Alexander Hamilton.
although he opposed many Of his II :
nancial plans. Hc was a thorouy
American. and hated to sec any for
tign country derive advantages.
however small and inconsequentai.
He wanted the American shin, to
control commerce. lie wanted fer
ctEncrs TO keep hands on lie would
have no foreign Interference with the
countries OF Central and south Amer
lea. Hence the Monroe Doctrine. :.
AS he grew in years and in i'm
portance, he sought as his principal
advisors Henry Clay, Thomas Jcffer-
son and James Madison. These high
lights I'm the history of the day grew
To be old cronics. They correspondcd
Until death separated them, and the
loss OF one was the lament OF the
others.
The principal subjects which en-
CROSSED the attention of James Mon
roe Were: The defense Of tho At
iantic seaboard: promotion Of inter
nal improvements: the Seminole war:
the acquisition OF Florida; the Mis-
souri, compromise: the resistance OF
foreign Interference I'm American af-
ta'rs' this latter leading up TO the
Monroe Doctrine. The main point
embraced in the Monroe Doctrine is;
Dangerous To Pence md Snfcty.
And TO the defense of our own.
which has been achieved by the loss
or so much blood and treasure, ana
maturcd IS the wisdom OF their most
enlightened citizens. and under which
we nave enjoyed uncxamplcd felicity,
this whole nation Is devoted we
owe IL. therefore. to candor and to
the amicable relations existing be-
tween the United States and those
powers. so declare that we should
consider any attempt on their part
10 extend their system to any por-
ton OF this hemisphere as dangerous
l" our peace and safety. with the
existing colonies or dependencies Of
any european power we have not in
terfered. AMI shall not Interfere"
This doctrine" was embraced in
his message to Congress OF Decem-
Der 2. 1879.
In his late years James Monroe
divided his time between his old
i.oudoun County home. Oak Hill. ana
his daughters home in New York.
lie died in New York on July 4. 1881.
and was buried there. Later. on the
tooth Anniversary OF his Firth, the
body was disinterred and brought to
Richmond. where 1t now lies in the
beautiful ridge above tho James
River in HOLLYWOOD. marked by a
monument placed there by patriotic
hands.