The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-20

Hoe tcTer<on "~d Adams Dreaded
ff-UarTbtisaei Rom niSceuces
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ct the Ex-FreStueuts.
The Bhton Globe pui ,Ii.hes the fol
lo@irg letters, which have never b~en
puI,iished in the works Of either these
! twtj Presidents
Ff,oM MR. JEFFERSON 10 MIR ADAMS:
MoxricEtDo; Juue 1st; 1922
It is very R'he; MY der sic, silitt !
have writteii t. yuu: Mf Hisf0cated
wrist is NV beome 20 stiff that l
write sN,Nis and With pain, and thetee;
fore write us little as 1 can: let It's
due Ia niutti.d friendship to ask jiice
il Willie how. you de-. The it.ttt'
tells us that 9bn; Stttk Is OF At. The
ge Of ninety-iiirGt: A. iii ! lives
Il about the same age, cheerful; flen.
Ter as gr,usshoppcr; ;ha u fti'tcli
without III mory that he se.icelF tec-
ognizrs hi own hou>eh Id. IHtiIt..tt
fiehds If his called Oh him hot hong
since. 1t wis difficult to make him
understgtid or recollect who he was,
AID sitting bhe hour he tod them the
same story four times over. l. this
life? With l,hori,g steps,
30 tread our former footstett3 pace the round
The beat.n tr,icS-to see Mat
TO ta,te the tasted-G' IL 5tr baleti descstit
Another vintage.
1t is hut most the life Of 4 EibBasei
surely not worth a wish. When al
our faculties have left, OF are leaving
us IN by one, sight, hearing, memo
nv. every avenue of pleasing sensation,
Is closed, and -, debility and NAL
.lse Igft III their pl.lces, when tit
frieiids Of theiryJuth are alhgme, and
Il generation is fisen Fruuld us VIII nj
we know not, y death an evilt
: when one ly ons ,0dtt tbs Ore ttrr
And friend from, friend i snstSiha'd fOriOrn.
When nm man Hd j, i ss, siG9 f q SIs
When trer1tiins iliH6t refuse Heir Atisbt
7 tad fits; How estEerihE, dim the sight;
FHeii efodds obscutk the mental light,
Tis nGture's ki.ideSt boon to die! 8
| really think so, | have etei
dreaded dotihg cid age; and tiiy
health Ids been GENERALLY eb erai that
| dread 1t still. The rapid decline OF
nv streugth duliug the East winter
has hide HE h6ie soHietiiiigs that |
see land. During suiiiiier entity it.
temperature, hut shudder at the ap.
proach of winter and wish / couli
sleep through with the dormonse, and
only wake with him, if ever, They
say that Starke could walk about his
room. l am told you w.;lk we'll and
ia mly. / can only reach my gaideHi
and that with sensible fatigue. ride,
however, daily; but reading Is my de-
light: should wish never rs put M.
pgii To ihper; ard tle tis5fE betahse u
the treacherous practice s6tiIe people
have of publishing ones letters witI6ut
leave. Lord Sfailsfield declared II a
breach Of trust and. pilnishal le at law.
| think it should be rciiltentiatt tel-
ony; yet you will have seen that they
have drawn NE out into the arena q
the newspapers. Although | know i,
is too late for Tie to %uckle on the AZ
NOR Of youth; yet my indignation
would not permit me pissively to re-
ceive the kick of an ass. - 80
To turn to the news If tie DAY; i,
seems that theeaiiiilIEtlsbf Europe ART
guine " eatilig one another again. \
war between Russia and Turkey i,
like the battle Of the kite and snake
whichever destroys the other leaves Il
d. stroyer the less for the word. This
pugnacious humor of mankind seems
10 he the law of his nature-oneof tho
obstacles to too great mLiiiplicati II
provided in the meclmui>m ~ the uni
verse. Tie cocks II tie aeH=tard Kill
bne another; hears, bulls, fl tfis, do The
same; and the. horse, in his wild stiitr,
kills all the young miles un.i', " II.
put with age and war, some ytgdrou'
youth kills him. ] hope we shall prove
how much happier for Iiidn the Quak.
er policy is; and that the life Ut The
feeder Is hetter than that Of the fight
or; and 1t is sOihc COTS, lAtion that tn,
,esolatiun of these fflanicS of one pari
IF the earth Is the means Of improving
the other pHrts. Let tile latter be oul
office, and let us milk the COW while
the Russians hold her by tie hurals
and the. Turks BY The tall. ,dptfGies:
you and give ypti strength, and as
much Of lite az ytii think worth hav.
ing. THOMAS .JEtFERsDS..