The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1901-01-03

spirit or WHICH WftSbreathed Ill his let
ters.. Edith was. beautiful, and in her new
Western home fouItdSSany young rustic.
willing to lay their hearts at her feet, bu
| she was true torTpms Squire Moore.
| son, Jack, was Their most ardent admirer
Jack was honest. feRrent, and thoroughly
rustic. His father WIS 4 well-to-do pion
Ger, and Jack had little fortune in hi.
| own name in lands and livestock, as wei
as an excellent farm with a good, substan
| than Edith's-al of (which he offered e
her, with l9ving,, faithful heart anC
strong arm to defend her. But Edith hat
already. given her heart to honest Ton
Bradley. the young New Jersey clergyman
She was very kind TO Jack, and while de
Ginning his proffer of marriage, she neither
wounded nor offended him. Jack was
miserable. He had brought her home in
his sleigh the day before, and on the way
told her that unless she did accept his suit
he would do something desperate In vain
she assured Jack that she would always
respect him, always be his friend, but that
she could never be. his wife Friendship
and respect seemed little tame to one in
Jacks frame of mind, and as he drove
home in his sleigh that night he almost
wished the horses would run away and
break his neck.
Il just hope something'u turn up" he
declared, in his desperation, as he struck
his horses some keen cuts with his whip.
Il know just what III do. I'll go furder
west and fight the lnjuns. May be they'll
take pity on me and roast me at the
stake"
On her return Edith said nothing to her
mother about the absent brother-that
strange. wandering truant, the source of so
much uneasiness. Her mother was a lit
tie paler and a little thinner than usual,
yet, as crushed flowers give forth sweeter
fragrance, so sorrow only sweetens the
good. Saturday was glorious Winter
day. 1t was almost warm as Summer,
and but for the melting snow and slush one
would have enjoyed the hills and woods.
Laura. the younger sister, had piled
school and the people she had met 10 miles
away, and wanted to know what Tom
Bradley had written in his last letter.
Grandsire Granger spent most of his
time in his favorite corner doing, smoking
his pipe and denouncing the Jacobins. 1t
was noon before Edith dared mention her
brothers name. Then she asked her
mother:
Have you heard from Harry, mother"
Yes" was the answer, with sigh.
Where is heE'
''He wrote from Albany" the mother
answered sadly.
Albany? Why thought he was some
where in the Vest
HE said he had been sent on some kind
Of an expedition to Albany, but that he
would return West soon"
As Edith gazed into the glowing fire. her
mind wandering to the maynard brother,
her eyes became filled with tears.
Mother. what is all this mystery
about? Why does brother make these
secret and unaccouutaDie journeys aud all
these wonderful movements, the promises
Of grandeur and splendor, this talk Of
kingdoms, empires and courts? 1t must be
something terrible,
Before the mother could answer, Grand
sire Granger, who bad 7roused from a nap.
said: ljfcEA
Its the infamOusJ ] acobins who have
-urned the poor lads head" and, stopping
in his chair, he, aditisted his silver knee
buckle. -,
q don't think. GrapnIdsire, the Jacobins
have anything to- do with it," returned
Edith. y hti7s
They don't, eh, Well, well. child; You
don't know them. They, will ruin the coun-
try; you will see. Your brother is madly
blind to be led ar0iInd by Aaron Burr,
who slew our good Hamilton" and the old
gentleman reclineGa IN nhis armchair and
losed his eyes, To the mother Harrys
conduct was as much q mystery as ever.
That there was s0me3great political move
N foot she was quite sure, and she feared
hat evil would result from it.
ITS the JaeobinS:3 iz6hndsi they will
'utn tile country" declared the Grandsire,
without opening his eyes.
The student might divide the political
history of the United States into four
periods. The first began with the adop- |
ion of the Constitution and ended with |
he election of Jefferson, a period which |
ave to the country a complete emancipa |
ion of the masses from the domination OF |
.lasses. The second began with Jeffer- |
on and ended with the annexation of |
Texas. The third began with Texas and |
nded with the civil war Of 1865, and the |
ourth began after the close of the civil |
var and will end with the unsOlved labor |
md capital questions. This story is laid |
n the eventful years when the new demo- |
ratio ideas cOntended with old customs |
nd well-established traditions and |
thoughts in this country. 1t was eminent. |
y an era of bad feeling" as periods are |
pit to be, in which narrow opinions and |
arrow virtues that grow out of them ere /
udely assailed by the larger, half com
ideas of a greater time coming. |
There have been political parties in
america ever since. the Pilgrim Fathers
rev up their compact on board the May |
owcr. Wing and Tory were as common
Il America prior to the Revolution as in
England The term Tory had not then ac-
uircd the Odium that to-day attaches to
/. In fact, the wealthy and aristocratic
fere Tories. They usually filed the offices,
While the Wings represented a humber
lass But the Revolution changed all. |
he Blue triumphed, the Red was no
there, and to this day in American nomen-
lature Tory is synonymous with traitor.
The Jacobin or French party was an
fspring from the ideas of jefferson, i'm
ibed while abroad, but which We're quick
strangled in the excesscs of the French
revolution. The term, obsolete to-day,
'as at the time OF Aaron Burr's conspi-
lcy still in common use. Though it was
reported that Burr and Jefferson
ad quarreled. many of the Federalsts
,ould not believe it, and associated the
resident of the United States in the same
ark, mysterious work Burr was supposed
D be engaged. To them it was only q
hrewd scheme to carry out some precOn-
nived Jacobin plot,
Aaron Burr was on some mischief bent |
hat was apparent to every Federalist in
he land, and the more shrewd of their
lumber fancied they could see the hand Of
he President i'll the scheme. which they
cared was the assumption of the quarrel
France. The Louisiana Purchase was
bought to be the first step. There was
ONE reason for these opinions. France
as at war with M Europe, and Spain,
ne greatest power STILL the New World,
as threatened. e Just what those ominous
treats were mo- inexperienced to exactly
now, but Burr'sanissferlous journeys, Lis
lany cipher letters, his accumuations of
Inds, men and. supplies on the frontier,
is many reconnpissaB ces, were all fore
odings of i'll, ands signs that We're easily
cad by some ofithG f.r-seeing prophets.
No one was moro certain that SOME evil