Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-02-13

calm but reslstless energy. And he
acted for another, in these particu-
lars, as he acted for himself. His
probity was SO conspicuous, that
other wealthy friends besides VIII
liam Randolph desired him to act
as their executor, and in one or two
instances he consented.
When the foregoing traits Of char
acter are considered, ii becomes
easy to understand the nature Of
that strong bond Of alliance which
subsisted from the outset, between
Colonel Jefferson and the Rand
olphs- to understand why that
proud family SO readily took the
young surveyor, without fortune. OF
finished education-a comparative
adyentr1rer-to ther close family all
lance and friendship. Those shrewd
and practical men Of the world we're
not slow to discover that this state
ly young man would prove q tower
Of strength to his friends, and s..
bulwark to be relied upon against
foes. And the eye Of woman rarely
looks down upon such q union Of
mental and physical power.
But so massively moulded, be:
had q gentler, softer side He was
a tender husband, devoted father:>
His tastes approached to the eles,
CANT in his own household. After
the wearisome and often stirring
events of a day Of border life were:
passed, he spent the evening in read
ing historians, essayists and even
poets. Addison, Swift, and Pope
were prime favorites with him, but
Shakespeare was bis favorite His
well-worn and fine old edition Of
this work is still extant. This speaks
volumes concerning the tastes of the,
man.
Colonel Jefferson was a staunch>
Whig, aud he adhered to certain,
Democratic (using the word in its.
broad, peculiar sense) notions anl
maxims, which descended to his
son. His learnings, as a magistrate,,,
were to the popular side. He was.
unpretending in his equipage and
address. A cardinal maxim with:
him was, "Never ask another to- do,
for you what you can do for your
self" He held that It'll thestrongr
in body who are both the strong and
free in mind-a text his son SOON
afterwards preached from. His at
tenopts to form the character of his
son corresponded with his theories
He died when the latter was four
teen years old, but he had already
taught him to set his horse, fire his
gun, boldly stem the Rivapna when
the swollen river was
"Rolling from brae to brae,'
and press way with unfagging foot;
through the rocky SUBMITS Of the
contiguous hills in pursuit Of deer
and wild turkeys. But his atten-
ton was not limited to physical
training. Though his son was kept
constantly at school, in the evenings
he put good books into his hands for:
reading, taught him to keep acT
counts, instructed him in his own
beautiful penmanship, and impress
ed upon his mind lessons OF system,
punctuality, energy, and persever--
ance. Thomas Jefferson always,
possessed a particular veneration for
the memory of bis father. Young
as he was when the latter died, we
think his mind had been obviously
impressed with his instructions and
examples for we trace a manifest
analogy--a family likeness, modi-
fed only by circumstances, and
more, in degree than kind-bet-
ween their political, social and do
mestic ideas. There was some
physical resemblance betweenthem.
According to tradition, the calm,
thoughtful, firm eye Of the son, and
the outlines Of his face, were those,
Of his father; his physical strength,
too was beyond that Of ordinary
men; but his slim form and deli~~
cate fbres were those of his moth
er's family. His mind, too, gave
evidence Of both parental stocks
Of the auspicious combination Of
new strength with old. coartly etll-
ture, Of the solid with the snowy,