Southern standard., 1851-07-19

-. ii 80 :. NOT that Mr. Jefferson managed TO
lose the respect of our friend the author OF tlie
&c it would be fitting subject upon whlch ~ u"
in tears for a short season.
Mon of Jowndes patriots of Mississippl-those
who ride in fine carriages and lo on soit coueo' ""
SUD the nvigoratng juces-You VINO rioe illie
mules or jacks,-and You who travei on loo'-S'oP'
we beseech you, stop. Thomas Jefferson aosoluteiy
used to ride about the avenues OF washington on ~
esugy shambling hack ofa horse'-he dld ana ooi ~
J;t = was said that it was ohardly fitted to drag
tumbril' Think of that, men OF Lownoes ha'
disgrace to republican people, that their chei
strate should ride an ugly shambng hack lnsteao o
"maintaining equipage."
We are republican enough to applaud Mr. 'ehef sun
for his plain and simple manners and haDits anu we
are free TO saw that the less ceremony public men
adopt the better for them. Place and Power III our
form of government are conferred by the People, and
in our oninion the less the latter hedged against the
People by worthless forms, the nearer we approximate
the true principle laying the very foundation OF our
political system-political and social equality But
read what Col. Cobb Gays.
s.The acme of political elevation did not, in one
sense operate to destroy in Jefferson that Inclination
to demagoguism which had hitherto cha[dc1eiiAeu =.
him. The hard struggle it had cost his trlenas 10
make him President rather Vhetad than abatea MS
ambition and his ardor for power increasing IN proper
ton as had been difficult to secure 1t. His rst act
after entering the White House showed that he was
casting his net for easy reelection at the end OF four
wears He began by emphatic reputation OF all
the conventional customs and etiquette established Dy
Washington and followed up by John Adams. The
levees and drawing-rooms OF w ashngton were giVen
in manner to impoee the highest notions of official
dignity and were subject tosuch raeS OF etiquette as
seemed ftto govern receptions at the mansion OF the ch'
officer of the government. Mr.. Adams did not depart
from these but Jefferson at once abolished all ceremo-
nv and treU open has doors to eDery SUdggerer ach0
chose to iptre He had regular stated hours or
visiting He accessible at any hour, to any person
His personal department was ever crlnglng, and a.
mounted of humility that inspired feel
ing of disgust, because, among other things, 1t was
seen that affection was the bottom of such unseen
Iy Difference He maintained no equpdge He rode d6ou
the of Washington on an ugly Shan6ng hack o
a horse, acich 1t Sdd hardly fitted to drag tu
bril- His whole address and manner, indicated this
subserviency to the species of atectation that
prompts backWoods Methodist eXhorter to et0gdte h1
face to Sonize his LookS and to converse and read IN
sepuchral tone In 4fact, his receptions soon become
a source of modification to our own community, anG
furnished subject of rdicule to European travellers
No President has copied his example since though
it is not hard perceive that the leveeS at the White
House smack of the leveng policy introduced by JEFF
ferson'
Here is little indication of Col. Cobbs feeling fo
the principles that governed Jeffersons administration
No one has the right to denounce any gentleman 70
his political leanings, but remark that all partie
refer to Mr.. Jeffersons administration model,
contend they the scons othat old republican stock
That class of men who were known two years sine
as Jeffersonian democrats, will that Mr.. Cobb say
, the and measures of Jefersons administrator
; btghted the prosperity of the country.
HTo this conduct may be traced the primary source
of that wonderful poparitg to which the domocrati
nd uhic
through series of eight eventul years. marked by act
and measures that Mighted the prosperity of the coun
try and threw gloom and distress over almost ever
5 household
Here is a maxim that might well be questioned, bu
e we let it Grip"
$50 much, preceive, is the world governed in il
public conduct, by considerations rather ofinterest
Pohcy than of conformity to established rules of law.
Here is another of those sneers that seems to SUI
ply the place ofreason and argument when the Co
is hard up and those who follow the Colonel throug
his review, will find that he INDUCES more frequentl
in sneers than arguments-the genius of som
is made manifest by the pos ession of this pecu
liar quality, and were it not that such men indulge
the exhibition of this amiabe trait more frequentl
than in argument, they would pass throug
: the world as very excellent men, but not so heavil
loaded with the elements of greatness to tire thel
uoNu III lOIS sulAlleI '" Shall uOI say Llt
+ this is the Coloners situation.
s "An example so pernicious, traced to person
revered a constitutional expounder by great an
powerful party who profess to his principles,
not be too severely or too unqualitedly condemnnd' y
;, But must close, and yet we have scarcely give
halfth extracts we had marked for insertion Bl
. before closing we will indicate opinion formed
reading the articles of Col. Cobb on Jefferson w
may be doing Col. Cobb injustice, but we are not il
cned SO, and five have should hereafter do So II
one will be more prompt in correcting the mpresso
than ourself. Col. Cobb indulges in sneers and III
kind remarks touching the manners of Mr.. Jefferson
> and we cannot separate these remarks from settle
= hostility in Mr.. Cobb against them. He evidently
aristocratc, and measures men more by the splendc
of their equpage, than those mental endowments th
: raise men to place and power in government such
Mr.. Jefferson labored to erect and perpetuate more
its simplicity than its splendor in forms and cerem
q nies. Mr.. Cobb may be right, but many differ wit
him, and we hold that the true and generous, thoue
they maintain no equpage,' and ride on "shamblir
hacks of horses, even on mules, that this fact
reriorates nothing from their virtue good citizens,
4 lessons the usefulness the virtue, the patriotism
n them as capable and efficient public officers
Our governments government of equality; there al
no titled classes-excepting MALTA htles-and meri
not money is the passport up the ladder of public d
tincton. The author of the Legend of Black Greek
may desire different order of things, but the plai
republican people of Black Creek will scarcely SUI
tastes.
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