New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-16

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For eight years jefferson, the father Of Demo-
meyial principle Announced by Theodore Parker
nifty years afterward and proclaimed TO al the
po y o Se peoe si by Se BY the close
of the twentieth year Of the Republic Jefferson had
wall against insinua;ion from British influence
IN this Republic. Than this no man ever performed
his people more sautary Office.
No man rose in the breech and took more
hravey the contumelious blows OF his adyersariess
Of his Presdeney He was your true man nan Of deS
spreading from the heart 70 the skirt Of our con-
born and almost doubling the existing area of the
United States one thing. The conquest OF
barbarians and the l-concealed design to use these
millions the coolies and slave-gangs Of an in,
the difference between the two things. plainly dis
the seas eternal as the warfare between good
and evil Let no man invoke the name and memory
guided and fanaticai zeal to build an empire Of
trusts and standing armies and stock exchanges on
chooses to emulate Great Britain in her, peculiar
OF bdng empire on Inc bs T of
name Of Thomas Jefferson.
HE GAVE DEMOCRACY NEW LIFE.
Jefferson by his just and humane policy gave
democracy in the States a respite and life.
ing further in the direction OF European sentiment
and methods He was in the opening years OF the
nineteenth century the Jupiter Stator Of American
democracy He stayed the fight; he restored the
respectability of those radical forces which had
prevailed at the outbreak OF the Revolution, and
without which the Revolution could have
been He went out of power with consistent
and glorious record.
The genius OF Thomas jefferson made him con-
spicuous among the great men OF great age d ms
His democracy has never been questioned. His
hatred Of imperialism was as deep as the salt sea
His antagonism all monarchical Institutions was
fierce his exposure of the sham and hollow
ness Of those institutions was scathing and unan-
Jefferson a logician. He went down to the
%o 20 OF He SGe hum the basis Of
his theorem and the motive of his political life;
radically defended the doctrine Of human equality.
He possessed the tender sentiment Of Rousseau,
combined with the humorous logic Of Franklin the
sarcastic invectve Of Paine and the patriotic devo
ton of Washington = -..,.. ...o
The fame Of political leaders Is generally eva.
nescent The great majority OF those who nr have
from the pedestas which the passing times
have placed them and on the morrow all they, Ike
the image of Dagon, lie prone and broken in the
corridors of History In many cases the char
BILE Of subsequent analysis been changed from
brightness TO blackness. But It is not so in the
the retrospect. There are only a few standing
with him in that group Of immortals washington
and the thunder-stricken James Otis.
DESTRUCTION OF THE OLD WORLD THEORY
But the man among them who did the deathless
thing. namely the destruction OF the Old World
theory OF human government. and in particular
the destruction Of British despotism in the better
part Of the New World. he who took his first
lesson In craftsmanship in the House of Burgesses
when Patrick Henry was the Speaker, and who
gave his last Grafton to the Republic while the
summer bells were Ginning the fftieth anniversary
OF American independence.
There he rises still. whether In memory
bronze. There he is, tall and serene. looming
through the shadows OF the nineteenth century.
clear-eyed and certain even as in the days OF his
vigorous youth. when he penned our Charter OF
Freedom. There he is as in the days when he
rescued the nation from the clutches of the
reactionary party and restored II TO the rough but
generous embrace OF the old-tme vigorous democ-
racy Of the Revolution. There he is, Of
New-York a leader At to follow and next year
may find another like him.
During Mr.. Ridpath's speech some of the
guests began throwing celery tops at the police
men in attendance. but they were quickly sub
dued Before John S. Crosby. who was next
introduced to respond a horseshoe of
flowers was presented to Mr.. Bryan. who &C.