Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-05-04

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TIE Senate Ferv properly and p-sac
facaIiy celebrated the ozse hundred aEg
lhrfy-niz,fh anniversary Of sisa birth "a
Thomas Jefferson By passing joint rrs
oiufion apFsroisTIat1n : u. 900 for q mon
uT1leaf oEer has grave nj Monticello Va.
What that monument Is TO be we do nos
know but II the committee N charge q
the matter recognize the demands q.
pgoTr5eIy and good taste they viii re-
produce the design and Inscription PRE-
pared by Jefferson himself and pzt iRtd
stone immediately after his death Thai
slnalsle and aii-snffae5tn1 memorial. foz
the place Il was intended 10 occups-s
family burial spot near the house where
he lived and died-has been so naanyled
and uufllazea by relic-hnnters that lit
tie is left of It The reproduction vii
NOT cost, at most, over 81 800. and the
remainder OF the appropriation should
be expended In putting the los IN prop
er condition, and providing all possible
protection against future reaic-hunters.
Jefferson has not been very hberally
honored II the monumental way. There
are not We think more than two or
three In the entire country. Lincoln
already has far mere of that sort OF hon
Or than the man without whose words
and work the promulraaor Of the Euaa-
cpaIdon Proclamation would never have
sat IN the Presidential chair. Mr. IL
den In his admirable letter TO the JEFF
ferson Club OF New Haven Conn. saws
After the organization Of the Federal Gov
er'IaInsnf powerful. class sought To impress
upon It's practical working the sIIniafTu4e of
The Brl1aSs System Mr.. Jefferson WAS the
great lender Of the party formed TO resist These
Efforts and To bold our institutions TO tine pup
I4ar character which was understood to fsai1ng
10 them when thu Constitution wns raIl6sd bF
the people BIZ his iuaexl1sie adherence to free
pfIael PIES 2. Els uE3lI1sIag Efforts tg rs eS'uu-
ssls and by Iha magic Of his pen he WIS the
principal agent In rescling from its grea5asT
peril and VIII IL yet II lis infancy. the Govern
znenI By the Ieeple and for rae people
Nothing Is more certain than that
Jefferson mighty influence saved the
Government from becoming feeble i'm
i1-a15on- with q few Republican Faria-
tons, Of the British system. Hamilton.
vino thought that system the best III the
world. and Or OWL = frall and worth
less fabric" would have carried his
monarchlcal ideas into eject had moi The
AIrr1nis statesman stood In his path as
the champion Of popular rights Had
trIuDphe6 In that monentoIas
contest the executive mantle would
never have fallen on such humble shout
ders Is those Of Abraham Lincoln
None but sclons OF biae-b3ooGAd Ameri-
can aris1ocraey would hare filed that
high office The doors OF tie White
House would have been closed forever
aga1nsf such plebeian stock a. Jackson
Lincoln. johnson and Garfield and they
might have considered themselves for1a-
nate If allowed 10 climb as high SIS the
lower house Of Congress Jefferson Is
the typical Democrat and is justly SO
regarded abroad as well as Al home.
No European writer On popular
government fails to introduce his
name as lis greatest apostle and ad-
Eocate, and the adjective Jefferson
an has not only been adopted into the
English language, but It's meaning Is
understood b those who cannot under
stand thai language 1t Is synongm
for democratic the world over The
principles represented, recon-
mended and Isracficed BIZ Jefferson can
never 20 out Of fashion until The II
ability OF the people 10 govern them
selves Is fully and finally demonstrated
Lincoln 5 fine descriptive sentence "A
Government Of the people, by the peo-
pie and for the people" Is thoroughly
jezfersonian- That was the kind Of
Government Jefferson secured for Us
To al human appearance We would not /
md coRld not hare had il but for him
Re believed n il when others did not. ]
he hailed II as the greatest Of political /
Blessings when others dreaded and de-
1eIacad II As the greatest OF pol5t8ea- 4
su-ses- His confidence IN the wiS6oInl |
and patriotism OF the people |
vas boUndless- It was his religion 4
The people have rewarded him for that /
soD6denee- If moi pT monuments, bv an /
Feneradion lar more precious /
nd enduring than marble or bronze /
lis name Is q wa4chwor3 Ia every sfEur-
re for liberty IN the TWO henispheres.
he uaKins be laid down are. IN one /
hape OF another. the vital clement IN |
very republic IN existence BOW. and
VII be- In every republic which exists
hereafter and when these maxims are
epUdiated or ignored. a republic viii
X an impossibili4E- 1t is 10 the eternal
reGi1 OF the Democratic party thai il
As never altogether forgotten the
eac3aings OF lis FOUNDER and father It
ias 81 times stTayed widely from them.
aid the penaa4v In disaster and hunaili-
tion- repen4ed and returned. Nothing
an destroy thaI party while these
eachings are It's guide and guard
'olhing can save that party when these
are, for anF reason or under
~ circumstances, definitely and deei-
Tsals abandoned Leais ReDn5lscszg.