Iron County register., 1885-06-25
SECRETARY BAYARD.

S6CRE IARY BAYARD.
An Eloquent EuIogy on the Father of
Democracy by the Secretary of War.
At the recent commencement exer-
cises of the University of Columbia,
Mo-, Secretary Bayard delivered an
elaborate Grafton. The occasion was
rendered interesting by unveiling a tab
let on which was inscribed the men,
orable epitaph of Thomas Jefferson.
Mr.. Bayard said:
There is but one word proper for me now:
it is grateful acknowledgment that have
been permitted to attend these exercises here
in the center of Missouri and among the peo-
progress of the greatest work in Missouri
the raising of the minds and hearts of her
people This is edification in its true sense.
ton, and 1, a humble worker. coming from a
post somewhat of fatigue and anxiety, am
thankful that my steps have been allowed to
ing occasion, for it is not merely the trans
planting of this mute memorial of Thomas
planting of the meaning of his life, of the les
sons of his life, and of his services, and what
more proper than that the tablet, inspired by
his own pen, with his own essential modesty,
and yet his own true sense of greatness-that
tablet concentrating the name of the states
purchase to the United statesNshould find
it's final place in the greatest State carved
from that Louisiana purchase? 1t is pc
culiarly fitting that this tablet to the
memory of Thomas jefferson should find it's
lasting home among the people of Missouri
ored Senator, in those tones of eloquence
which have attracted Senators and have so
bound the people of the State to him, was tell
ing you the history of Jeferson's life he
mingled with it, properly and historically, the
name of another, not of Mr.. Jefferson's school
of politics, but still a patriot longing, in his
this country though his theories of govern
ment were not those of Mr.. Jefferson, nor
force of this country, yet it seems to me that
there is no task so delightful, no task more
honorable, than that of blending the powers,
into the common cause of this country's ad-
vancement, SO desire, with much humility
true relations of jefferson and Alexander
Hamilton. l have perhaps some hereditary
right to speak of this. There is cor
sSaw d6at to the inuenc f o a TO
in the United States was the election in
1901 of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency
of the United States more due than to the
personal counseis and influence of Alexan-
der Hamilton. l will tell you how this was
The election in 1901, as Senator Vest has por-
trayed to you, left the vote of the Electoral
College at tie. Neither jefferson nor Burr
had that majority in the joint meeting in the
two Houses of Congress which was necessary
to be declared i'll order to proclaim the Presi-
dent. Then the machinery of our Govern
ment was called in, and it became the duty Of
the House of Representatives to elect the
President OF the United States. Each State
voted as a unit and equally as a unit. There
were fifteen States. In that vote some were
balanced by an equality of their representa-
tives and they were obliged to select from
the two highest candidates voted for the
President who should be by them elected
These two highest candidates were Thomas
Jefferson and Aaron Burr-the one now the
bSt 30 at thap day Mr Burr
closer in his alliance because less devoted
to principles. He stood closer to the Federal
party than did Mr.. Jefferson. who was cor
sidered its arch-opponent. Ballot after ballot
was taken, but no election resulted; either
the votes of States were silenced by their hav-
ing equal numbers on either Side or the vote
was withheld, or there was u tie. All that
time the fate of this country hung alnSst
upon thread. There was no feeling of con-
centration: A few poor and broken States
lay along the range of the Atlantic and your
great West was a thing almost unknown.
Means of communication scarcely existed.
Opportunities of intercourse there were mono.
Railways were unknown, telegraphy un-
dreamed of. In those days it was almost a
rope of sand that held together the confedera-
ton of the American Republic. There seemed
to be the probability that our Union would
There was no feeling OF consolidation, but
everything fled from the center to the c;rcum-
ference, and nothing but dissolution seemed
at hand.
Then came the letters that have held in my
hand and read from Thomas Jefferson to the
ware whom have the honor to call my grand
father. [Applause.I He held the vote of
that State, and it counted as much in the bal,
Virginia Each State had its single vote un-
der the Constitution, and this one man. and he
a member of the Federal party and an oppo.
that vote in his hand. He took counsel with
Alexander Hamilton. What counsel did he
counsel that the country is greater than the
party. 1t was the counsel that the Union
was was worth oTt preserxins: snSto The be Federal st
Jefferson Therefore, when we look to
fail to respect the dignity of the men Of that
day. They did differ in counsel, they did diff
fer in theory, but they did not differ IN the
were @ intended-the happiness the advance,
Hent and the welfare of the human species.
Therefore. while we may and ought to draw
past and look at its teachings unfiinchingly,
let us also remember with thankfulness and
gers something stronger than party. that over
rides personal ambitions. that, where a dread
crisis approaehes teaches the the American
the a"e dignity ''' of his anu country's '' de, e
"h in 1900 shpWed itself in 1ss s there @ Wss
time when more than one-half of this people
felt that they had been wronged in the results
Of the election, but between them and the
objects of their wrath rose the form of
their mother country. and. If hand
was raised to str Ike the form OF their country,
forbade 1t, and they sacrificed party demands
to the existence of this Union and to the
progress of the people of.tthe United States.
Applause 1 refer to these things in no
Of party failure but only in view of such an
address as we have just heard-in regard to a
man row recognized everywhere as patriot,
principles in the Government of this country.
1t is as say, always pleasant TO remember
tween mems opinions whatever may be the
differences between mems personal ambi-
tions, the American people have recognized
yond which they can not go, and that point is
National safety. [Applause.] That is the
guard, that is the boundary, that is the work
which / trust all education in this country
will teach us to observe. Our education in it's
form is simply to end in making us higher,
better, more self-subordinate to teach us that
we are the humble instruments in the ad-
vancement not of mere selfshness. but of
something far beyond 1.-THE glory and well