The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-28

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brace all the rights and duties OF man
| kind.
The Declaration. having been reported
| 10 congress. WAS debated on the second.
third and fourth days OF July and adopted
on the afternoon OF the fourth. every
member present signing 1t except Mr..
Dickinson.
In after years Mr.. jefferson related with
great humor q ludtcrous event connected
with this solemn transaction. Near the
hall In which congress assembled was a
large livery stable. and the weather being
extremely warm the bioodthirsty and ag-
gressive flies. which swarmed through the
open windows. attacked our patriotic
fathers. In abbreviated pants and thin
silk stockings. with such pertinacity as TO
terminate the debate.
So near TO the sublime is the ridlcu-
ous. and 80 wonderfully do the most in
significant creatures influence the destiny
of man. G. O. VEST.
The Declaration OF Independence.
John Adams. I'm letter 10 Mr.. Timothy
Pickering. gives the following account OF
the preparation of the Declaration of In
dependence:
''The subcommittee met. jefferson
proposed TO me 10 make the draft.
said, L will not You should do it,
said he. oh. no. said l. Why? said
he. Reasons enough said i. What
can De your TeasonSE said ne. reason
first said ]. you are a Nirginian. and n
virginian ought to appear at the head
OF this business. Reason second-I am
obnoxious Dad slip In the use OF that
word. Mr.. Ademsl. suspected. unpopular.
| You are very much otherwise. Reason
third-you can write ten times better
| than i can Well said Jefferson. II
| can. Very we'll said /. when you have
| drawn It up we win have a meeting \
! meeting we accordingly had and conned
/ the paper over. 1 was delighted with its
| high tone and the flights OF orstory with
/ which IL abounded, especially that con-
/ corning negro slavery. which. though I
knew his Southern brethren would never
I allow 10 pass. certainly never would OPP
/ pose. There WERE other expressions
which would not have inserted IL had
/ drawn 10 up. particularly that which
1 called the king 'tyrant' ! thought this
i too personal for i never believed George
| 10 be a tyrant In disposition and nature.
/ i thought the expression too passionate
and too much like scolding for so grave
and solemn = document. but as Franklin
and Sherman were TO inspect IL after
ward / thought IL would not become me
/ 10 strike IL out. We reported II 20 the
committee OF five. IL was read. and do
not remember ths. Franklin or Sherman
/ criticised anything. We were all in
/ haste. Congress was impatient. and tho
instrument was reported. IS i believe. in
/ Iefferson's handwriting. as he first drew
/ f. Congress cut OF about quarter OF
I OF e. as expected they would. but they
! ohltterated some OF the best OF II and left
4 al that was exceptionahie. II anything
IN u was have long wondered (thls
/ IN fs2D that the original draft has never
/ been published. / suppose the reason
Is thu vehement philippe against negro
slavery
4 This account brings US as near 20 the
facts In the preparation Of the Declare
ton as we shall ever arrive. IL NAV be
| OF interest 20 add that when the neciara-
! ton was reported to the house. Mr.. John
Hancock, the president. was absent on
/ account OF sickness-as was szid-and
/ during that sventfui day-Juiy s-snd tho
/ exciting days that followed up TO and In
: GLIDING the Fourth. the chair was cccu-
+ pied BY BENJAMIN Harrison. xreat-grand-
( father OF Gen Benjamin Harrison. CT
. Indiana Yours. truly.
JOHN CLARK RTDPATH-
Mrs. Lease on Justice.
The rpiri. 90 liberty has ever rrosnes 4,
Z th. chain OF ignorance. ana while q is
/ raracnahis tnat We take prize in our IN
/ situations ana invite the oppressed % tbs
4 whole world 20 take refuge IA cur temple
/ OF liberty yet 10 Is wei for u 70 rsfaeu-
/ eer that II the conversions OF Justice Be
/ lacking from ifs foundation that structure
I must perish. Tor the one se&&0H &trANett
/ from the history % right and wrong since
tAs word hsEaa proves that the Hatica
or ne people thar igaors justice cannot
survive.
MARY rLIzABETH LEASE
Can't. Charles Kings Patriotism.
Rrhas TIRE money. woait give avery
Asy IN the Land TEX OF cannon crackers
a.. tell hsra 20 "tura hsnssets leose."
/ bat let me tel you tniss Wien ! vtSstei
/ r4ausoa recently. saw = GOOD seal 81 the
quarts I visited the rn@sseS. the barracks.
! the ar.g grounis- I talked with thesn al
! -sn,sndia. stsIwart fsllews-sEd they al
! xaA tha sane thing. We dent wat =
+ arht With you" Mea Of the same rae.
ire same rsllxio-. tAe cane eloc1. u
woaia bs a crime 90 let y core Al ths
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Sentiment or the chief Engineer OF the
United states Navy
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| sr nv eovhoNs-shAx ar - az others 20
/ she young ATxxrsc2G--st Tar exceeeei
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! cur Parents. fwzen&s ard rH3afoEs Hre-
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