The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-04-21

jefferson. jackson and Cleveland
n Scholarly and Carefully Pre-
pared Address E1ntertainingIy De
liyered.
The jefferson Club celebrated the
10th anniversary of the birth of
Thomas Jefferson on Wednesday
night of last week Mr.. Charles M.
Yates delivered the address of the
occasion on the principles of Dem
ecracy as practiced by Jefferson,
jackson and Cleveland:
a few minutes past 8 o'clock the
meeting was called to order by Pres
ident Sheppard, who in few appro-
pirate words introduced Mr.. Yeates.
The speaker briefly sket ehedT the
early life of Jefferson, alluding to
his early fondness for mathematics
and surveying, his love of music and
his violin, his inclination for liberal
politics and his career at college.
"When in our country's contest
with the British King, continued
Mr.. Yeates, our forefathers being
restiye and unhappy under the tyr
amy and despotism of foreign op-
preston, the decisive year of 1774
arrived, Thomas Jefferson, a sue
cessful lawyer, prosperous farmer,
but little known beyond his own
State, prepared the Draught of In
struction tor Vi, ginia's delegation
to the Congress in PhiIadel
phia. This effort vas the first
prom nent manifestation of
of that democracy which afterwards
made him so noted among men, be
ginning rs it did at that period be-
fore the birth of the land as a free
country, when such advise and coun-
sci gave spirit, gave courage. gave
stregth to attain the issne which fol-
lowed: this was the first flood of that
tonent OfDem ocracy which reached its
flood in the Declaration OF Indepen-
dence.'
Mr.. 1eates then quotes from this
interesting document, and proceeds
to trace the career Oh Jefferson in
Congress, which he entered in III
His skill ,as N writer and his i.
cling him at the head of t
tee charged with dr - ,t,e,
Declaration of Independent >.
Jefferson's great work in reducing
the laws and general government of
,a-..9inia to Democratic simplicity,
and checking the development of
the tendencies toward and estab-
lished aristocracy furnished mate
rial for one of the most interesting
parts of the address.
OF the great contest between JEFF
ferson on one side and Hamilton on
tie other, the fight between Democ-
racy and Federalism, Mr.. Yeates
said:
He opposed the policy of strong
gOvernmenment, as tending toward
monarchy; he opposed ithe aristo-
cratic forms and ceremonies of Off
cial etiquette as undemocratic and in
the initiation of the pomp and dis
play of royalty. He opposed their
distorting and stretching the consFi-
tuition of the United States for pow
ers and prerogatives which it did
not give; he imposed their implied
powers of government and the cen
tralization of power; advocated state
sovereignty, as the only true democ-
racy and declared as still remaining
with the States and with the people
all those powers which were not eX
pressly delegated and enumerated il
the constitution"
Mr. Yeates spoke of the final
triumphs of Jefferson and the princi
pies he advocated, and the effect o.
his eight years simple democratic ad
ministration of the government
Then he returned to Virginia and de
voted the remainder of his life tC
founding the University of Virginia
Continuing the speaker said
'It was my pleasure last summel
to visit that most beautiful place
Monticello, the mountain home ofhis
life, overlooking the valley of Char
lottesyille, and the eastern slope o
the Blue Ridge, and there can still bt
! seen on the tomb over the earthly
home of his death these words, pre-
pared under his own direction
Thomas Jefferson, author of the
Declaration of Independence; of The
Statute of Virginia for religious
freedom; and the Father of the Uni
versity Of Virginia.
! Mr.. Yeates next spoke of the politi
| cal career of Andrew Jackson.
| He traced the condition and cause!
that resulted in his election to the
Presidency and the results of his ad
ministration. Special attention wa
drawn to Jackson's efforts and fna
success in abolishing the United
States bank and said that the per
sonal triumph of Jackson's life wa!
the expunglng from the records o
| congress the vote of censure for Iii
veto of the charter of the bank.
After paying a tribute to the sue
cess with which jackson battle
with the old Federalist party, Mr.
Yeates continued.
"And the republican party of to
day. gentlemen, is but the old fed
erallst party of the earlier days o
our republic. It has changed tn
name, but it still has the same can
kerous heart; it has the same vora
ciousness to prey upon the povert'
of the people as the hyena tha
stalks the carnage and bodies of
deserted battlefield; it has the sam
iron hand stretched out to grasp thei
throats and throttle their liberties;
has the same service to take fror
the poor to give to the rich VIII
keep them in power from the fulnes
of their money bags. But the pee