New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-26

Scotch PreSbyterian ministers But Jefferson owed
fully as much TO his father who though far from being
stantly cultivated though ne had little time to spare
from most active life, and he wrote neat an tt
act hand which he taught his son with the ut TS
fersons success was founded for thereby his percep
tiOns were cultivated early, ana ne was Poi.Sout
of the means of expressing MS thoughts riaec
hesitation or embarrassment and hence MS Ienec-
tions had natural growth. We have scarcely oe-
gun TO understand the best method Tor eauSa',nE
children. II is true that Mr. Jefferson had; oy ma
ture comprehensive mind and this early tIalllng
being added he was able to see and TO express Ioie
than another, although he spent but two years IN
college ana f his IDEAS Tpon the leading
men of his time, and to fix them In INC power
full mind of Washington. A.,
T. 1896. In due time he became lawyer Oy Wm men
he obtained practice worth 5000 year ana WIN
what his father gave him. and VIA land nG incnGina
Monticello He married a young widow, Mrs
Martha Shelton, born October ~ il4o VINO ded
September lTS9 mainly thTGuspR t;sb ond thsp
inhuman treatment of her slaves She Drought Jei-
ferson not only large number OF slaves, but also
10000 acres of land. She was an eAGeIren1 houSe
keeper and manager, ana she hau hHe uaugh..
ters and one SON The religious blR0ts OF
the North and the religious pro-Slavery
Of the South haze seG 70 GnH At inc cbaree
which could not we'll disbeeye but which, never
theless do for men TO be judged less by their
Dubn deeds than DV their 0ally ~
Il is easy and sometimes it may be duty, to dis
sembIe. and every action of public nature ls care,
fully premeditated At home, all artlhce Is lald
aside the good and the bad impulses OF the heart
are disclosed and perhaps the Great Book cannot
well record the real character OF man WIN Muoh
more fidelity than he himself records 1t IN his own
family
Mrs Jefferson fingered o long time. For weeks her
husband was by her side or in room that opened at
the head of her bed, and he and relative alone
watched. When at last she died. he staggered PACK
into his room and tainted away and for long TINE
he was supposed also dead. During the tnTee weeks
following he did not leave his rooln flnaly ne was
induced to mount his horse, and, accompanied Dy
his daughter, be rode among the ,nountalhs,
often bursting into tears At this time nc was only
about 40 years old, but he never married again. ana
when he died, A years afterward, lock OF her
hair and some other tokens were found In secret
drawer of his cabinet, inclOsed in an envelope when
bore the marks of having been frequently hana S
service and in improving Monticello, around when
sad memories fingered, for here his children were
born The cultivation of his garden was by La
own hands for he evidently believed that aside from
the rewards which labor brings, that In the Dread
and rament for the support Oh ont m a rae co
municatiOn and contact with nature. Whch can
come by no other MEANS and to the true man OF
letters it is luxury which only he VINO mas enjoyed
President of the United States his interest IN gar
dening was undiminished, and manuscript book
is extant in which he noted the appearance
and disappearance of every vegetable brought
10 the Philadelphia market during the
eight years .. A. home ES often ana Withdrew to-
workshop where he had tools of all kinds for work
ing in wood; he made wash stands tables cnpboards
and shelves turning out neat jobs he como STOCK
plow repair wagon, and in the house building going
on for several years he was not idle. College pro-
fessOTs who deliver elaborate addresses 10 the young
men of Virginia eOntemning labor, and model North
ern men will be digusted with these statements, or
will read them with the indifference that sinner
i zen ma that labor is cursed while for want of
acuteness they fail TO see that 1T IL the ground
that was cursed and for mems sake, ana not
labor at all. The printed page is more durable
than writing on the rock. and these things VIII DO
remembered so long rs human nature remains I'M
changed nor can they be disconnected from the nus
handwriting we have the immortal Declaration oil
Independence which enfoIces the declaration OF IN
spratiOn that God made OF one blood all the natons
OF the earth aud upon which is founded our govern
ment, destined to Withstand the attacks OF every
enemy, whether from without or withb anu 70 III,
young man, some bewildered student, may now
understand the meaning OF broad culture and IL no
is 10 be public man understand the meaning OIL the
| term Jefiersonian Democracy"
| On descending the mountain view OF wide ex-
tent of country was presented Large heds of grain
| were in valleys and hills but houses were no far
apart even in the vicinity OF Charlottesville that 1t
was easy to fancy the swelling prairies OF Kansas IN
| sight. To tho left, the grand Blue Ridge, often
| crowned with grain. stretched far northward Rlch
in the elements bread ana fruit the name OF TINS re;
| gon might have been taken from the Piedmont OF
| Italy and applied by Mr. Jefferson himself. for he
had visited that classic ground Perhaps ms s{ 40
| noted a btrlklnR resenlDlanco IN
| had seen along the Apprentices the same decomposing
| shale which made portion of that region rich and
populous before Rome founded, and which makes
| II rich to-day Who knowsf who among
scholars shall condescend TO tell us OF
such thingsf on tho slopes OF the Blue
Ridge this ACCOMMODATION of strata giving freshness
and strength TO the elements Of human food il still
going on and TO such of the Anglo Saxon race as
shall be willing TO with inst principles,
and TO enter upon fair and honest work, both with
the mind and body. glories will arise beneath
this tempered sky, and in this climate, salnbrions
above all others TO crown the Piedmont Of Virginia,
and TO fix everlasting seal upon the declaration
that all men are created free and equal n. c. NJ