The daily gazette., 1882-08-02
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JEFFERSON AND QUALIFICATION.
Another Instance of the Morning Organs
Political Ignorance.

Another Instance of the Morning Organs
Political Ignorance.
To THE EDITOR or THE GAZETTE I'm its
mission of evangilization the MOraing Ne,cS,
this morning proceeds to read lecture on
Democracy in general and Jeffersonian
Democracy in particular to 'tThe young
Democrats" of Delaware And II ridiculous
proceeding it makes of it. SO ridiculous,
indeed, as to be absurd, especially in its at
tempt to lasten any of the odium much less
the responsibility of notification upon the
name Of Thomas Jefferson.
This is not the first time the attempt has
| been made to prove Mr.. Jefferson the father
| of the doctrine of ratification. Even the
nullitiers themselves sought to use the
prestige OF his great name to advance their
cause. But mt every attempt Jeflerson's
grand and clean record has risen before the
world and put such accusations to
| shame. Not Il line, nor a word OF his volu-
minous writings can be twisted into con
struction bearing the least trace of favoring
such Il doctrine. In fact he left on record
just before his death exactly what his con-
| nection was with the resolutions of Virginia
and Kentucky, which may be found in
letter to William C.Cabell in Vol Ill u. .429,
| of Jefierson's correspondence.
| The editor of the NeloS may have read
| somewhere that on April 13, $780, sub
scription dinner was gotten up by members
/ OF Congress and Government officials i'll
| Washington, ,ostensiby in honor of Jeiferson's
| birthday. Before the dinner was served its
motive was disclosed. 1t was found that
the occasion was to be seized upon by the
nulliiers to promulgate their pet doctrines
and make Jefferson father them But
a man by the name of j. A.
jackson, whom most people but
the editor of the NemS remembers as a
Union Democrat was there and after the "A
| regular utilization toasts were exhausted
offered as plain, private toast, which
electrified the country, "Our Federal Union !;
1t must be preserved" John G.. Calhoun
then offered and elaborated with speech
the following toast: "The Union next to
our liberty the most dear may we all re-
member that it can only be preserved by
respecting the rights of the States and dis
tributing equally the benefit and burden of
the Unon.@ There stand two sentiments,
side by side, which define exactly the posi-
tions Of two great men, one for Union, the
other for secession, through a pretended
I t-rfigfft- Of Modification. That utterance on
that formal occasion and by universal esti-
nation fixes John g. Calhoun as the father
of nulifcatioD
The ntimation of the Ne,ns that Jefferson
slyly wrote the Virginia resolution Of l79S
is ridiculous. 1t is absurd and puerilc. He
was never accused of writing them BEFORE
besides who ever heard of Thomas Jefferson
slyly writing anything As men say, he
slyly wrote the Declaration ofIndcpendence.
He was never ashamed of ANYTHING he wrote
nor has his admirers any cause to be. The
fact is those resolutions were written by
James Madison as he distinctly ayows in a
| letter to Mr.. James Robertson, March ~,
| 1881, as follows:
s'The veil which was originally over the
draft Of the resolutions offered in l79S to the
Virginia Assembly, having been long since
removed, may say, in answer to your in
quiries, that it was penned by meo
Mr.. Madison did notreportthe resolutions
of l79s to the Virginia Legislature. Hewas
not thenel member. They were reported by
John Taylor OF Carolina But he was both
author and reporter of the resolutions oi
1799-lS00.
But surprising Mr.. Jefferson had written
the resolutions of l19S. lie counselled them,
but the word nulli1y or nullleation or any
| thing equivalent does not occur in them. He
wrote the Kentucky resolutions of 1888, but
f they are equally barren of notification. He
had nothing whateYer.to do with the Ken
lucky resolutions of 1899, in which
the word notification is regarded
as the rightful remedy and upon
, which the Calhoun school relied
for argument 1t was fortunate Mr.. Jetfer-
son wrote the Cabell letter above referred to,
| us IL NlhhiNatib hiiIi iiDi1 any
completely in the affair." But even If he had
moi we would still have the honorable au-
thority of Mr. Madison who, in several
/ letters published in little volume by Mr.
! J. c. Mcguire of Washington completely
: demolished the attempt "of the nullifers to
i make the name of Mr.. Jefferson the pedestal
/ of their colossal heresy," (page 2s6, letter
+ to Mr. n. 7. Frist.) Jeilersons own State
of Virginia passed resolutions declaring
there was nothing in the resolutions of '9s
| and 80. to support the doctrine of nulliaea-
| tion and Indignantly repulsing the imputa-
tion cast upon Mr.. Jefferson.
One of two things is clearabout the Jetfer-
= son resolution affair. The NerS either mis-
! represents well-known fact or else it don I
i know what it is talking about, and in either
4 case it is rather impudent To come among
5 an intelligent people and presume to teaef
/ | Democracy to the "ioung Democrats o
h Delaware. ONE or THEM.
G WILMINGTON, August /, 1882.
Democrats Garry Portsmouth, II. II.
Y PORTSMOUTH, August lat tn,
a municipal election to-day, Hon. John 5
n Treat, Democrat, for mayor, received 92s
: votes, against S11 for Hon. James w
: Emery, Republican. The Republicans, how.
i ever, elect six aldermen to the Democrats
three and II couneilmen to the Democrats