Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-19
Thomas Jefferson.


More fortunate than many eminent
iaw-givers in their days, who had ancient
errors. prejudices, and abuses embodied
in customs and ordinances and perhaps
sanctioned by superstition. against
which to contend, the lot of Mr.. yeffer-
son was east in that which was strictly
a formative period-a time when the or
ganic basis of q nationality was to be
prepared, the foundations of its civil
polity laid, and the elements of its po-
determined. 1t was here
that the intellectual forces of a master
spirit could be brought to bear more
Immediately upon the integers of the
situation and a more distinct impression
of them produced. Probably no other
man saw with the prophetic clearness
ofsA1r. jefferson the great civil, politi-
cal and material future in store for the
| Caucasian race upon this continent, or
| was more, Impressed with the impor-
| tanceof so adapting the institutions of the
coming great commonwealth as to allow
I the fullest freedom to the mental and
| physical powers and faculties of its con-
| stituents.
Thus it is that we not only owe debt
! TO Mr.. Jefferson, but owe, it in such a
its nature and extent may be obtained.
The ideas of Mr.. Jefferson, as embodied
| in the Declaration of Independence and
| elsewhere, We're to, the American what
| Magma Chd,ta, at its period, was to the
English people-a revelation. AT their
utterance,, rs at a touch from the wand
| of magician the inner consciousness
! of man became pregnant and new
! thoughts were born. Moreover, as
these grew older, errors, fallacies and
| illusions, the relics of past misrule,
passed out of their memories, and, like
| persons suddenly awakened, they cast
| their eyes around, first with inquiry and
| then with intelligence. To the people
of the emancipated colonies, Mr.. Jeffer-
| son was the apostle of liberty; and if
his convictions had been allowed to pre-
! vail unmiXed and unadulterated, our
| institutions would have been more SYM
/ metrical, and the future of the Ameri-
can people better assured
| Mr. jefferson was man eminentlv
| adapted to the time in which he lived;
| but, broader and more flexible than
others, he was one capable of respond
ing to the demands of all times and cir
cumstances.a A patriot and a states
man, resolute to resist encroachnent
and combat error; a philosopher saga
| ciOus to comprehend the profoundest
| problems of human nature, and a poll
tician,equally wise in counsel and in ac-
| ton, to formulate and to execute, there
is no parsonage known to American
history to whom the title p0ter 7,at,fae
more properly belongs. Human liberty
Was.the object of his unmiXed devotion
and of his untiring eXertiOns; liberty
pure and unadulterated-liberty with
out RIGHTEOUSNESS; perfect freedom of
| thought and Faction, subject onlyto such
restraints as are in all countries, civil
lied and enlightened, demanded by con-
!, siderations of public policy, morals, and
I religion.
| Still there are some who believe little
in Mr.. jefferson. Detraction loves a
| shining mark, and falsehoods begotten
dnringa heated term in politics, become
tSaditionary along with their contempt
rary events. Naturally Mr.. Jefferson
had his maligners-those who Invented
falsehoods, and those who. through par
~ty and personal prejudice, misinter-
>preted facts and mis- judged qualities.
The same qualities which inspire friend
ship in an ally provoke enmity in an
| antagonist, and few men had firmer
friends or bitterer enemies than Mr..
Jefferson. He was accused of all for
which politicians are wont to arraign
| each, other; of insincerity. of Instability
in matters of opinion, and of double
dealing in affairs. But the effect of these
are worn away as in the light of better
! knowledge there is more correct APP
probation of his character; and when
the final verdict of history shall be pro-
nounced, few of the great men of the
world will stand higher. than the author
/ of the Declaration of the Independence
/ of the United States of America. -Anaer-
sca7a Register. - - 49,
Struck Vein.
The Ohio Radicals are in distress
They need y candidate. Now, candi-
dates abound in Ohio as mosquitoes do
in New Jersey or alligators in Florida.
All the Ohio men and many women,
are chronic candidates for. office. 1t is
the chief industry of the State. But to
find the right candidate in this particu-
lar instance, one who can pirate on tenn
perance in the same breath that he
lauds the native proclivities of the Ger
mans, is the supreme trouble. In this
sore perplexity the Radicals have struck
vein. They have cast their weather.
eye upon the man. His name is Ruth
erford B. Hayes, his residence Fremont.
This individual is said to have once been
President of the United States. He GER
tainly occupied the seat to which an
other was lawfully elected. If nothing
less, his salary account, the money Of
which was invariably drawn in adj
vance, as if in fear of an accident, and
boarded with miserly care, will attest
the fact. By all means trot him out.
John Quincy Adams was "a rightfll
President and died eo1nmener Andy
johnson was President by virtue of the
Constitution and died a Senator. 1t
will not detract from the dignity of
notorious fraud to pass the gauntlet of
public appropriations or ,opprobrium in
imitation of the noted precedents.
Risen through infamy, and retired to
oblivion under which he is said to
smart, the President de facto by the
grace of Eliza Pinkston, can not better
Test the degree of repugnance which all