Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-06-05

eafety OF the country. lnOugn his tnOOtlS
of government were not those of Mr.
Jefferson, nor those which happily hay'
become the ruling force of this country, ye
Il seems to me, there is no task so delight
full, no task more honorable than that o
blending the powers, the names, the primer
pies OF two great men into the common
cause OF this countries advancement. So
desire with much humility and some hesita
ton to point out if | may, the true relations
of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamil
ton. have perhaps, some bereditory right
to speak of this. There is correspondence
to-day in my possession to show that to in
huence no man man in the United States
was the election in 1900, Of Thomas Jefer
son to the presidency of the United States
more due than to the personal counsels aud
influence of Alexander Hamilton. / vii
tell you how that was.
The Election In 1900,
as Senator Vest has portrayed to you, LEFT
the vote of the electoral college a tie
neither Jefferson nor Burr had that ma
jority in the joint meeting of the two houses
of Congress which was necessary to be de
clared in order to proclaim the President
Then the machinery of our Government wa
called in, and it became the duty OF the
House Of Representatives to elect Presi
dent of the United States. Each State voted
as o unit, and equally as unit There were
fifteen States. In that vote some were
balanced by an equality of the Repre-
sentatives. They were obliged to select
from the two highest candidates voted fol
President, whe should be by them elected,
These two high candidates were Thomas
Jefferson and Aaron Burr. The one now the
SYNONYM of patriotism, the other Of treaeh,
cry, but not so at that day. Mr.. Burr stood
closer in his alliance because less devoted
to principles. He stood closer to the Fed
eral party than did Mr.. jefferson, who was
considered its arch opponent. Ballot after
ballot was taken, but no election re-
suited, either votes of States were
silenced by their having equal mum
bers on either side, or the vote was
withheld, or there was tie. All that time
The Fate of This Country
hung almost upon 3 thread. The was no
feeling of concentration. A few poor and
broken States lay along the range of the
Atlantic and your great West was thing
almost unknown. Means of communication
scarcely existed and opportunities Of inter
course there were none. Railways were un'
known; telegraphy undreamed Of In those
days it was almost rope Of sand that held
together the confederation of the American
Republic. There seems to be the probabil-
ity that our Union would fall to pieces
for want of concentrative power. There
was no feeling OF consolidation, but every
thing fed from the centre to the circum'
ference, and nothing but dissolution seemed
at hand. Then came the letts'3 that | have
held in my hand and reIS from Thomas
jeff rson to the then representative from the
State of Delaware, whom / have honor to
call
My Grandfather,
Applause He held the vote Of that State
and it counted as much in the ballot as the
State Of New York or State of Virginia.
Each State had its single vote under the
constitution and this one man, and he a
member of the Federal party, and an op'
ponent politically of Thomas Jefferson, held
that vote in his hand. He took counsel
with Alexander Hamilton.
What counsel did he receive, and what
did he obey: 1t was the counsel that the
counsel is greater than the party. 1t was
the counsel that the Union was worth pre-
serving. The Federalist from Delaware
instructed by Alexander Hamilton, cast his
vote for lhos. Jefferson, therefore when we
look TO the past for lessons and true history
let US not fail to respect the dignity Of men
of that day. They did differ in cousel they
differ in theory. but they did not
differ in the one great end for which all
governments were intended; the happiness,
the advancement and the welfare of the hu-
man species. Therefcre, while we may and
ought te draw fesrlessly the truth from
every lesson in the past and look at its
teaching u flnchinglv, let US also remember
with tbankfulness and pride that in the
American nation there lirgers
Something Stronger Than Party
that overrides personal ambitions; that
when dread crisis approaches teaches
the American man to put beneath his feet
unworthy and small thoughts and to rise to
the dignity OF his country's demand. Ap.
plause The spirit that existed in 1900
showed itself in 1876. There was time
when more than one half of these people felt
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 tie hand that was
raised to strike the form of their country
forbade it and the sacrificed party
I,r.onI. 20 Nha ayicfappa nf th,o
Union and to the progress OF the
people of the United States. (Applause.) !
refer to these things in no narrow spirit as
you see of party success or of party failure,
but only in view of such an address as We
have Just heard in regard to man now rec
ogniztd d everywhere as patriot, sage, true
founder of wise and liberal principles in the
government of this country. 1t is, | say, always
pleasant to remember that whatever may
be the difference between mems opinions,
whatever may be the differences between
mems personal ambition, the American
people have recognized that there
is u point besGad- Which they
cannot and that point Is
National Safety.
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 all its forms,
is simply to end in max :
US higher, better, more self subordinate to
teach that we are the humble instruments
in advancement of not mere selGshness. but
of something far beyond 1.-THE glory and
welfare ofour entire country"
After some words of compliment to the
university, Mr. Bayard closed and was most
heartily spplauded.
Members of the State Press Association
which has been in session here for two days
left tonight on their excursion to the Mack
inac Islands.
Teller scott Sighted in Georgia.
GAINESVILLE GA, June A man got