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stitution was adopted, and his residence
IN that country was in a most evenstnl
to see that the years spent by Jefferson
IN France deepened his belief that men
are born free and equal.
Returning to his native land, Jefferson
entered the cabinet of Washington In
that cabinet commenced the struggle be-
tween the democratic and the aristocratic
IN our form Of government. The aristo-
ilton. Hamilton believed in strong
government; Jefferson believed that those
are best governed who are governed the
Hamilton; Jefferson trusted the people;
Hamilton doubted their capacity for SELF
government Hamilton believed lin ponp
and power; Jefferson in simplicity. Ham
llton believed that those in power should
rule; jefferson believed that they should
serve. The differences in the cabinet
led to the retirement of Jefferson, and in
1856 one hundred years ago, the spirits of
those differences took party form, and the
Democratic party stood arrayed against
the Federallsts That year JEFFERSON
and, and. John Adams We're candidates for the
presidency. Adams received the larger
vote, and as was then the law and custom,
Jefferson, receiving the second highest
vote yt, for the Presidency. was. inducted as
SON was elected President, and the Fed
eraiist party was buried He was true
to his principles. and that there was not
an act Of President jefferson from his
fight against rotten banking system 10
the acquisition of Louisiana, that was not
porn OF desire to advance the welfare
Of the whole people, His inaugural ad-
our land; 1t should be treasured in the
mind OF every citizen 1t is the Demo-
cratic creed today, as 1T was at the dawn
OF the century. He was inaugurated
without display, and declared the princf
pies which should guide Democratic
administration.
nder the. administration of Jefferson,
! ooxr S+l,1
tlonaI government, and when, in 1909, at
the age of 66, he retired to Monticello
E1. Ine world admitted that a government
established among the nations Of the
earth, and that there had been establish
"a, az standard OF fitness for the hold
ING OF puDllc office an affirmative answer
70 tne questions, Is he honest? Is he
capable? Is he true to the Constitution
His last years We're spent in the seclu-
usco whose. sword had been drawn in
the cause of liberty in both worlds, JEFF
Ierson describes his life at Monticello
! /" In the bosom of my family, and sur
rounded py books, enjoy repose to
which | have been long a stranger. My
mornings are devoted to correspondence.
FROM breakfast to dinner ] am in my
shops, my garden or ON horseback among
N.Y. my farms. from dinner to dark l give to
society and recreation with my neigh
bors and family and from candle light
to early bedtime read. My. health is
perfect, and my strength considerably re-
lnforced by the activity of the course
pursue Perhaps 1t is as great as usually
tails to the lot of near sixty-seven years
Of age, y ~.
ing and harvesting, with my neighbors;
and OF politics, too, if they choose, with
es i5le gesrye feeI as the rest o my fso
OF being free to say and do what please
without being responsible for it to any
mortal. A part of my occupation. and by
Sincy 10 fbo
ton of the studies of sucn young men
as ask T. Theyy place themselves IL the
.ls a.lesighboring village, have the use of my
my society. In advising the course of
their reading, endeavor to. keep their
attention fixed on the main objects of all
sc1ence-the freedom and happiness of
man.
Thomas Jefferson dded 10 comparative
in progress for his relief. he answered
July. 1926, just fifty years after the Phila-
delphia bell had rung out its glad tfdings
Of and believer In the people, founder Of
has ever known. bade this world fare fare
well. Among his papers was found in his
own handwriting the epitaph cut upon
the granite stone at Monticello:-
g Here lies buried Thomas Jefferson
Author of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, of the statute of Virginia for reli-
SlOuS ITeeQOIn, ana IdlneF OF the UnlVer-
sity of Virginia.
Government was never trusted to pur-
er hands. A statesman-s life was never
dedicated to grander purposes. His star
grows brighter with the passing of the
years. To the young man who loves his
country and would serve it, no better
advice can be given than Study Jeffer-
son and follow him. While patriotism
survives, while honest thought finds lodg-
ment in the human brain, the words and
works of Jefferson shall live, and, liv
ing. shall attest the immortal truth that