The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-14

Three or four weeks ago We published
in the DEMOCRAT Mr. ] ferson's inaucu
raj of March 4rh, 1901 mastery polit
ical document, worthy the author of the
Declaration OF Independence. In his
administration of the government he
changed ID to plain and simple Demo-
cratic affair, quite different from the ar.
istocratic aping under old Federalism.
Thomas Jefferson was the third child
Of Peter Jefferson and Jane Randolph,
daughter Of Isham Randolph, great to.
baCCo raiser, whose plantation was on
James river, and was esteemed to be very
valuable at that time; when tobacco
brought fourpenCe in London docks, and
when negro slaves were twenty five
guineas a head. We are told by James
Parton, that Jane Randolph, Thomas
Jefferson's mother, was not easily won;
being only seventeen when she yielded
to Peter Jefferson, who was tWenty.eight
years old. Before his marriage he rode
his horse hundred miles to the north
west Of his own home, and fifty miles
beyond the home of her father, and
bought his thousand acres on the river
RaYenna, and there began his farm. AZ
ter working two years in the forest he
built him a house, and then brought his
bride, Jane Randolph, to whom he was
married in 1898; and five years after, on
April 18th, 1749, their third child, Thos
Jefferson, was born. Thomas Jetferson's
father, Peter, was a man of remarkable
physical force and stature; it was said he
had the strength Of three strong meL;
that he could raise two hogheads of to-
bacco, each weighing thousand pounds,
from their sides and stand them up
right, He traversed the wilderness,
worked as hard as any of his men, slept
by night in hollow tree while laboring
on his farm, loved mathematics, liked
Shakespeare, of which he had fine
edition; and the Spectator, a new work
at that time, and volume of Swift were
among his reading matter. He soon be-
came the leader of the frontier, a justice
OF the peace, a surveyor, colonial mem
Der of the House of Burgesses, sat at
Williamsburg as a Wing in politics and
opposed the Tories. At this time his
boy Thomas was six years old, and as he
grew no doubt witnessed the broad
sheets ofthe surveys made by his father,
81 cad out on the great table In the fam.
It" room, One of Peter Jefferson'H max.
ms was, never to ask another to do for
iou what you can do for yourself, and
this maxim was the leading idea Of
Thomas Jefferson's life. In this happy
home Thomas Jefferson lived his boy
hood with his father, mother, two elder
sisters, four younger sisters, and little
brother. The family were reared and
baptized in the church of England, and
his eldest sister, Jane, excelled in sing.
ing few old Psalm tunes, to which he
added, as the years went on, his own fa-
Vorite violin. The early education of
Thomas Jefferson was very thorough for
that time. He went to school at five
years and learned English; at nine he
began Latin, Greek and French. Not.
his fathers great strength
he died early, in 1857, when he was fifty
years old. Thomas was then fourteen
years of age, and his own master, with.
out" to use his own words, "a relative
Or friend qualified to guide me-" Short.
y after this he became the intimate
sriend of Patrick Henry, and entered
5he college at Williamsburg, which was
rom 1850 the chief residence of Thomas
eferson for seven years, and the most
important of his young life. Here his
opinions we're formed; here he met many
II the distinguished men with whom he
afterwards associated. Among these
we're George Wythe, Francis Fauquier
md Prot. sewall. One Of the jolliest Of
Ill was Patrick Henry. Jefferson began
ife as the son of Virginia gentleman,
md as we follow his career we gather
hat like others he had his own love pas.
ages, but he was not married until 1772,
md then he married widow, Just as
Washington and Madison did. His wife |
vas the daughter Of John Wayles, a |
,reat lawyer, and her name was Martha |
jkelton, Childless and beautiful and fond |
# music and twenty-five years old when
he became Mrs. Jefferson. Such were
he early years Of the founder Of the
Democratic party Of the United States
resident for eight years, aud for sixteen
ears afterwards the real master Of tie,
wo administrations Of Madison and
Ionroe; the author Of the Declaration
I Independence, under whose admins
ration Louisiana was purchased from
Napoleon in 1904; the author Of the ordi.
lanCe keeping slavery from the nortEo
rest Territory; the man who killed the
lien and sediHon laws; the founder of
he University Of Virginia, sthe friend
nd champion of universal education,
nd to-day the freshest star in the polit.
cal armament Of the United States. r
The official table Of the late election
n Canton will hn Ennnd Il, thin nnnnr II