The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-05

frhYaiity, md steadily advanced to fortune;
tut though exact in his accounts, there
was moth NJ niggardly in his thrift, and
his mod,st hospitality was prompt and
hearty. lie loved homage, and it made
him blind; to those who Hattered him he
gave his confidence freely, and often un.
wisely; nnd whiie he watched the general
movement OF afia'Is with comprehensive
| sagtc't5, lie was never u calm observer of
individual men. lie was of the choleric
temper an,ent; though his frame was com-
pact and large, yet from physical organi.
eaton he WAS singularly sensitive; could
break on into uncomfortable rage, and
with al his acquisitions, never learned to
rule his own spirit; but his anger did not
so hu'h drive hlm to do wrong, as to do
right ,ngraciously No man was less fit TO
gain his end by arts of ndir, ct,on; he
knew not how to intrigue, was indiscrcctly
talkati We, and almost thought aloud when
ever lie sought to win all uncertain person
to his supI ort, his ways of courtship were
uncouih, 50 that he made few friends ex-
cept ny his weight of character, ability,
public spirit, and integrity, was unapt as
The leader of party, and never appeared
so we i as when he acted from himself.
Ha-ing Intolerance in all its forms, an
iinpns stoned lover Of civil liberty, as the
glory OF nan the best evidence and the
best result ol civilization, he, of all men
IN Congics,, was incompatible as dogma
tist; ,ssenSially right. minded loving to
teach with authority pressing onward un-
sparligiy with his argument impatient of
contradiction uncqualcd as a positive
champion Of tie right, He was the Mar
tin Luther of the American revolution.
borne on t) utter his convictions fearlcssly
by am Impulse which forbade his acting
otherwise. He was now too much in earn
est, and too much elevated by the greatness
OF his work, to think of hi. self; too anx-
ious!y desiring to aid, to disparagc thos=
who gave 1t. In the fervor OF his activity.
his faults disappeared His intellect aud
public spirit-all the nohlcst parts of his
nature, were called into the fullest exercise
and straincd to the uttcrmost of their
helthful power. Combining more than
any other, fairness of sight and fixedness of
belief with courage and power of utterance,
he was looked up to as the ablest debatcr
IN Congress. Preserving some of the
habits of the lawyer, he was redundant il,
words aud cumulati in argument: bu,
warmth and sincerity kept him from the
atiectntlons of pedant or rhctorician
forbcarancc WIS no longer in seas n; the
lrrepresSiole talent OF pcrSevcrin-. percm,-
tory assertion was wanted; the more he was
borne along by his own vchcm mt impulses
the better; now his country humanity, the
age, the hour, demanded that the riubt
should be spoken out, his high excitement
I ntt n,.. ~
as 1t was. the clear perception Of the sub.
hnlty nt his task. When, in the lie of
scotsman We're six months If more impor.
taucc - the race. than these six mouths
IN the career ofJohn Adams?
THOMAS. JEFFERSON
The resolution OF Congress changed tho
old thirteen British Co.unles into lr, and
indopcIJan States 1t remained ~ set
/ forth the reason Tor this act. and the prin-
cipIes winch the ne" people aid owE
as their .:niic OF he commit, appoin-
ted Tor that duty, homas Jefferson, of
Virginia. had received the largest number
OF rotc>, anl was IN tha niauI..s s...-.. ....
out to d,ait the coniessio. of G.th of ia
rising cInp!re. He owed this distinction
to respect f1r the Colony which he repre-
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No man OF his ccntur, had more trn.t !"
the ca lectlvc r aSon and c,nscirnco n he
fellow mcn. or better knew low 70 ,ato
ther counsel, and in r turn he came - Lo
rucr over the willing in the w,rlJ of
opinion Born t. an independ,p, tnr,unc
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