New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
Thomas Jefferson and slavery.

,sA3s u southern politicians The whole powers g.
~ Federal Government aud that. whatever may
l,ss been lis opinions about SLAYER, in 1776 Ae
,sired to extend Il 10 Missouri in $3.50, have
:, doabt whatever Indeed MS confidential letters,
,agished b. Q late senator foi T'or.as IS a. az
,ssdx to bis speech on Catherine, Texas, Sc
kary prove that he was pro slavery ia the evening
sbs hfe
But II should lie remembered, that born IN q
s,.snt Colony Of Britain. where education was
allowed on but q favored few. where extensive
a,.ries Of choice literature were unknown, where
s,,.ry was the law Of the lsal aud passive ODE.
s,,as and non res stance the doctrines oil the pui-
= TaOHAs JEFTLRsON, born % wealth aud dstinc
his father planter aud large land owner
4 part III early h.c with the oppresse
- 10 DIVE Slavery Out OF NlrgIHa-wss the frs.
nslsior in that Colony T. attempt Q severance OF
y s,ion Of Church aud State-and through be,
--,,dsss d personal comfort Olen embarrassed
asnouev sl6ndercd IN the most cruel manner re
,sSd fienGly and faithful to popular rights, as he
-JSrs.ood them and this, too, amid a society Of
-,Ts,olders, whose aristocratIc system g the very
'-r,oaes Of A free, representative form Of GDycrn.
-, and warning forever against its iGndamc htal
-s.eole as embodied BY MN lJETfFUsOSI IN the
r-sgff Of the Declaration oi Independence. the
y. suthorslip OF which including Of course lis
Locations Of George III. for forcing Negro
S-~e,,, upon the New ~ ord which south Caro-
= IA Georgia ~ Their inerCensry cOyetousaess
1.,ye labor. compelled Congress 70 strike QUIT
.'sgb be remembered. / say, where JEFFERSON was
re.,ed the arisiocraiic class he belonged TO- what
: IA and said aud what he was All ! wonder ot
hst under all the circumstances, hi. sacrifices
/, ,be cause OF popular rights were so great aud
( : Aserfully bestowed He went ~ France, the
',,,t Of America. an enthusiast FOR liberty, and
l,so,ed 10 adopt many OF the views OF the leading
1T, ne met IN Pans He returned to find his
IlsutrrOen divided INTO two parties, and writing
,,.,tng and acting toward each other with bit
,5,,,s OF which party politics now give but faint
=, Who can wonder tia; he took the Frcnci
elei Or that with French iDemocracyhe adopted
,rfb Of tie spirit that characterized It's policy
/ tvald Christianity
The refugees from The Oh world-the learned
1 psusTLrY 70 whom Literature ami Science owe s.
spA ard whose invaluable library was burnt III
Drseqaence Of the spirit aroused against hiin in
birmingham among an Ignorant mob the chiefs Of
h revolt against DospOiism IN ireland IN 1895
ANY liberal Englishmen, lrshmcn. Freuchmcn
4 ud Sco,ctmen-t0 inJErFTRsON friend whose
I one aBd whose purse II they required pecmiary
AZ were ever opened to them. That lac did nal
E ,rse with the immortal WAsHISGTOS is much a.
xfegretled-but is not History full Of examples
bgiDg the contemporary benetactOrs 0! the human
nee Jealous or unfriendy toward one another p
m tie Millennium presume. il viii not he other
isse In tins day OF siuecUres aud pensions, II l.
l,sniu TO contemplate JLfFERsON, on the verge Of
as crave old and poor, anxious 10 sell lhs ostat" b,
siery that he might be free OF deDt-unessy about
te fate Of his family in cold, selfish urieeing
Eald Could we but get peep OF lis manuscripts.
w locked up and perhaps, decaying IN the Stat
I apartment, ] AFFIRM that they would convey
ANY useful lessons TO the rejecting minds OF the
resent ace. This, however seems Impossible.
sboaeh Congress have paid sums iOr the manu-
lrapis in which they are included which ough;
q 10 have caused them TO be thus locked up
I Jefferson was left by ms father, in youth, The
ls,essor of an ample and independent fortune
L nsked his life for, aud gave his time and ability
the service Of and conferred mestimablc benefits
% bis country aud tho world. Follow him to the
ne Of his useful career-listent 10 the author of the
Jeiuaionof Indc PendenCo his hand tTe milling with
lN bis spirits depressed b. poverty. and contrast
smurse pursued toward him, when within few
saits Of his deceasc, with the pension list auo
1 mcclure rOl Of the present day upheld by taxation
Egng from the people to enable the idle and The
issss, in too many instances 10 play the aristo
ast in the very midst OF those who Darn the bread
nus Onworthily bestowed.
I "MoNucrLLo Feb g. 1875
Z III Dtat - / see IA tie failure of this hope,
Okei Ut ali peace OF INus curing iA ftNAhNlhb
aUs You kindly encourage me TO keep up my spirits
oppressed with disease debility, age aud cmhUTasscd
Sara ths is difficult For myself should not regard
gsraiion of fortune but overwhelmed II; The proc
"a OfIhe situation IN which leave nay family My dear
steovea daughter the cherished companion of my eaf
E T. and nuTse Of my age and her children rcndeced Hs
a. 10 me az Il my own, from having lived with them
"a heir cradle eit 10 counrless situation, hold az L.
saohng bat future gloom and should not care were
L Ito eld with the line l am writing were 20 lot that
ye, be Of some avail a. the funny
The dying Statesman did lot complain OF hls
antry and the farmer or mechanic " no pays his
dsre OF the eighteen millions OF interest due upon
n State and National debts, often carelessly con
lacted is at a loss 10 know why money gets
'Nce. The fact is many COngfeSsmeu think It
1lhgniied to be other than prodlsal with the pnO
ertasure aud the foreign creditor requires h,
irdend IN specie, unless IN thecase OF Great Brit
tn which. Of late years has been good-natured
tough 10 take 1t IN Southern Cotton and Northern
l5esdstuiis free Of export duty here and OF import
l..ly there ko0ER SHERMAN
e Mesas HARRIS aud PlCEENs, Delegates
'au the Chickasaw Nation. were among the ar