Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-17
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
BY MRS. ".

Wy THEN January /, 1924, made its arrival
| wv in the United States Of America, Pres
" ident James Monroe was located in
| the White House. The eighteenth congress
had adjourned to January 3, according to the
almanacs of that period. William II. Craw-
ford, from Georgia. was secretary of the
! treasury, John Marshall, of Virginia, was
chief justice. The Monroe Doctrine had just
been advanced and proclaimed on Deem
| Der 20.
AS the ages roll James Monroe will
| also be- acclaimed promoter of the now
famous doctrine, which stood then and now
for simon pure Americanism. The United
States had been in two wars with Great
Britain, and had learned the lesson of stand
ing by the unity of the United States, and
| keeping away from foreign alliances.
/ General Washington died in 1899 but the
advice he gave in his farewell address was
| still respected in the years 1924. 1t is a
good doctrine to remember at this time when
this country is permeated with European
propag anda backed, as many believe, with
British gold, to adopt the ruling principles
embodied in the Versailles League of Nations
The Monroe Doctrine says: ATTEND to your
own national affairs and we will give due
attention to our American affairs"
President James Monroe said to foreign
countries, and especially to Great Britain:
I'VE will keep good order over on the west.
ern continent Do not invade us and we will
strictly mino our own business"
| The presidential canvass was just opening
! in 1924, which resulted in the election of
Adams and John C. Calhoun
The White House had been. destroyed by
British soldiers only ten years before, dur
ing the War of 1872. President Monroe held
a great New Years reception on January
| l, 1924.
"A new White House had been erected and
! the people We're Of one mind to stay away
from entangling alliances with foreign ma
tions. General Andrew Jackson is noted as
one of the distinguished guests. He was
then United States senator. 1t is good time
to remind the American people that Doing
we'll is hard to beat" Pray God that Janu-
airy, 1925, will find America of the same
mind and purpose. May we be saved. This
American republic has stood longer than any
other so-called republic, but it Is still
youthful nation counted in years.
With a casual glance, one hundred years
represents a long time, but not so long
either. My own father was born in 1893, the
year that General Washington died at Mount
Vernon. My own husband was six months
old when the Monroe Doctrine was proclaim
ed, in December, 1928. If I can so nearly
touch the Declaration of Independence and
Washington's farewell address, also the proc
lamation of the Monroe Doctrine, the time
can not be called long, in which these two
vital events have happened
| This American republic, the land OF the
free and the home of the brave, is still an
experiment. compared with Austria and Great
Britain, etc, as to length of days and tenure
of office.
! We are not "fixity" like Great Britain
! IT we will take the time to remember Eng
land had sufficient power and authority to
claim full ownership of the American colo
MES, until 1875, when the colonies revolted
from her tyranny and domination. Given a
chance, Great Britain would enjoy our an