, 1880-02-26

the Presidency commits crime auainst Il Il
Nevertheless, Sir. Howe is constrained +, !,
knto2wledsc that NJ. Jetrerson's ..reasonYs IS n n
SATISFACTORY" Still he is not satisfied. HayfI
nom9ilshed .e,t Cen Washington, be docs not thin
1t well toilet Mr. Jefferson stand. Therefora ! !
sets about the serious work OF mixing jcffe
fon fasa altogether infamous He ayers iin his on
eneag ST. Sansrs Sat was s nsgs
tefly fnith1tss and fnstncere through nil +,
business; that, so far from wishing to rct,r
sve m e. to the s, be psos5e
third term; that he cnga,ged for thirteen tnnntt
II .in active canvass to get himself elected: ltd
there WIS Il Jefferson boom in which Virrfnip NJ
his own State, obstinatcly refused to jo{n: tt,s
he gnyc up the chase only when he found him
sen beaten BY Madison, and then he falsely prr
| tended that he did not Wlnt u third term fi,o
ms tardy declinndon WIS merely m atte1nnt +
frame, 1rane MS disappointment into a law wl1ic
smonld l prevent any of bis successors from sery
they were true, the conclusion would be nutur,
anu 1nst, that Il precedent made or a practic
Gstabsi'ed ;ain t,y Jefferson deserves only the dis
But every wefl-informcd man in the country
except Nr. Howe. knows this whole accusatio,
FArsE IN EVERY POINT
ana circumstance. Mr.. Jefferson never sourh1
fh1rd election, or engaged In any canvass witt
!hae o. object 3 or expressed X word Or net any de-
Madison, then his Secretary Of State, and nirnvs
MS devoted friend, was n candidate with bis full
cst nppTDbatton, and receis7ed from hfm ali tie
s'p s,'1pport which he could becon,,nely give. The
ch'tr.e now made, that he was unfaithful to bjs
friend. his country, md his own expressed con-
vietions VIC ct public duty Is by sln
| 'prcterls to rest on nothing except the naked
and solitary faet that 1ir. Jefferson published
o1 decnnti9 xcn and g'e, ta2 reasons
successor was to be chosen. although one Of
the the adsysIe on It the subject that
n NfYtri113c This has 1f
suspicion oft, in the mind OF any fair MN Who
tbn rse now IN n5 ad h1 proper might be
thing concerning the Presidential election Of
ieos until tho State elections Of 1907 were oyer
shame when we look at Mr.. Jcifcrson's own
explanation Of his delay as given in thut part OF
the Vermont letter whic!! Mr.. Howe has not
published It is worse still,-it is un outrage
upon trt1fh.--When 1t Is seen to be Inconsistent
With evo1y material fact which the history Of
the ti1nc discioscs.
This is Il fresh caiun1ny upon Jeferson,-tho
lAtest Of many thousands. do no 1mptlgi1 the
personal veruclt5" Of Mr.. Howe when sny thut
ms PARTY ut al tunes, and under all Of It's many
names, has taken a fierce delight In dcfamIur
fhe great APOSTLE Of Dcmocrncy. 1t has not
forgiven. and it Will never forgive, him for
hor4s IN the ,shts Of the States and tie
powers Of tho General Government in their
whole constitutional vigor. 1t seems useless
free system Which be did 50 much ] to snstan III are @
continually rcyiving old SANDERS or fabricntinr
new ofacs The spider, whose web is broken b.
the broom, Invariably recopstructs 1t or spins
another from his bowels:
Destroy hIs fit or sophstry-in vain;
The creature $ atits dirty work again.
But Madison also adopted
THE PRINCIPLE Or HIS TWO PREDECESSORS,
and retired at the end Of his second term Can
nothing be urged against the father Of the Com
stitntlon to deprcciate his authority make his
example worthless? Was not he nlso unratriotic !
f,tcF Fpr1,N
than Of Washington The charge might also be
Nude t1lnt he was an actual candidate for a
thllu teriA declining only upon tue failure of Il
Madison boom: and history would not contl1dct
it more emp',aticaliy than it contrudicts tho |
story s Of ;'ehersons bonn. But not Ii word huve
Of detrncton, except that he is lhelcd by the !
pra1So gt Consre:s Except for that; 'ye '.re
follow it with respect undminished.
And there WAS Monroe, apparently SO clear
n his grent Office that rivalry itself shr,,nlz
mc without effort, without opposi ton. : Without ]
me vote ngainst him. Is it nothing to tho pl1r-
,nse e. that he acknowedged the value Of tho
most popular nf NIL Presidents except the first
,nc, could not have got IL third term If be had
sked s Tor IT., then his retirement proves not only
'idnal opinion, but that tho general Judgment
4 the Nation was il, its favor: tt is true, In
'ont ct fact TINT nt that time, and for lung be-
SACs luC p4CEGt4GltI SIT Of washington QAu DE- /
one by universal consent part Of our rcpub-
cople, much as they kavcd Mr. Monroe, would
tempted to resist it. Still, it IS cdd TINT tie
buse by the Fetlernlists of Mr.. Monroe, or even J
ho vitupcration of Rurr, should not have been
te Is us worthless rs that Of the other prcsi-
ents Perhaps Mr. Howe, as n matter Of liter
ry taste, thinks it proper to deal only in original
anders.
Gcn jackson doca nnt ant cfr ro oos;l,, Jvo |
re told that "thcrc is. ground for believing
mt If Mr. Van Nurcn h,ld not secured the sue
2 Gs the Inter s Gu {. h9ye
&c account We have of Jetferson's boom. If .
ere as any pcttiemS m Of 1aeksns geat pre-
,fercuce than another It wis {
THEIR VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT
ter proper period of service. He WINS wholly +
'poscd to tho i,ldefinit continuance Of power +
the same hand, NIX. he expressed his opnjons :
, that, as on other subjects, with IN cmphMsiS =
hch left no chance for misrepresentation. The G
o.ind for believing that ''in Il certain con- +
rn1 Is not anything he ever did or for1,ore to
thing that ever, was authorized By him !
r BY ts sny nse of ethsr
:, Howe has found somewhere an | -
caea hsriapff to Hc Or and datG pltcd not at ps e
III, no t,s'e knows by wholn which was SO OBJ ;.
while it k.stcd. and ccnsed exist so long 1t
o, that nobotly living rccoilects anything m
out it, and this paper "a Democratic paper, If e
:. Howe is corrcct) said, ut some time or an Of
'cr, on its o'Tn irresponsible motion, and by q
) Of prediction; that, If there should he Sc in
lis division in the Democratic ranks. tho MI t"
nal Convention would nominate jackson for ~
bird term. This prediction, which it is not III
Gr ea5a of
&c bc6n retained, md constitutes the head ru
front OF that grcat mans y: nling against sl
1n1 .Ictpf fnithf,1t12- ic ! wi