The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-12

| IN l.>D ana I.!'- every man WIS lOT ililll lrl
| president. IN 1906, III every town aud city o
| the land were mon who denounced him rs N
| arstoclat, as n monocrat, As an Anglomanac
aud who never mentioned his name without rage
| in their hearts and curses on their lips. Bi'
for this ungcnclou+ and ungratctu rlamor on
the part OF Tho ant.Fcdcraliss he might have
accepted a third nomination in 1896. but lie de
olincd and then gave the country his farewell
address That immortal document aroused an
other storm al anger and arimOsity, and pro-
vnicd as rurh u/ici,m rs any action ot hi,
life Here are samples of the yias of bitterness
that were poured upon his lead: Ills charac
tCr,h said one, ''hlNiny been founded on false
Appearances, can only be respectable while it is
not known. His temper is arbitrary. Ills dis
position i aynicious. lie las great passion for
being seen. Without any skill as soldier, lie
has crcpt into tame hy the places hc has held.
History will yet tear tie page devoted to lis
praise Another Saidit was the notorious Will
lam Duane, 10 whom more than any other man
living Jefferson owed his election 10 the prcsi.
dcrcy-"Oncc lis conduct had been guided ly
randor. But tho glory that once shone around
him dissolved in mist. The enemies of liberty
and his country claimed him as their own, ?nd
the name of Washington sank from the level OF
SuOn and i.yCulgus TO the mean rank ol Dutch
Stakeholder, OF the insigniiicance OF Venetian
dOgc. Poscriry would look in vain Tor any
would say the great champion OF American Liberty
retained the balbarouS uSIGcs OF the icudal 'ys'
TEN by keeping men in livery, and twenty wears
after the founding OF the Republic slll owned
five bundled slIvcs. Adams had been objected 10
rs an ali,to.r1t. lie was 5" only III ihtoFS I.
Washington was one in practice, Adams lmd tie
simplicity OF q Republican, but Washington mad
the UstenLiun ot an eastern Pashi.'
u,
a,sailed the farewell address. lie said Washing
toms character WAS ~ sort OF noi'descrhablc
chameleoncolored thing called prudence, 50 near
Is allied 10 hypocrisy that it easily Sud INTO H.
Once in the presidential office the natural isr'ti
tude OF his character appeared. lie assumed the
merit oil everything In himself; swallowed the
gros,cst adulatun, and had supported nonopoies
CulStsD oi every Kind nom the moment his sd
ministraton began" The gst OF his whole letter
10 Washington was thus summed up: And, as
for yor, sir, trcacherous IN private friendship Nor
50 you haze been to me, and that III the day of
dangor), and hypocrito in public lie, the world
will he puzzled to decide Wacther N'u are IN
apo,talc or an impostor; Whether you have Iban'
lonrd good mincpos or whether You ever mad
any" Another writer in the Aurora declared,
iii ever a ration WAS dcbauched by IL man, tho
American ration has been dcbaucAed by WASH
ton. II ever nation was deceived by man,
the American nation mas been deceived by WASH
iuIton Let his conduct, then, be an cHlmpc
to future ages: let it serve to be a warning 'hat
no man may be an Idol; let the history ot the
federal government instruct mankind that the
mIsl; Of patriotism may be worn - conceal tho
fcule,t designs against the lgbertir, Of tie rco'
pie"
Still another writer eycLIntl like simeon 81
old, upon WI,hirs;on's settlements Lord, now
letlest thou rhy servant depart in peace, accord
ing 20 Thy word; ior mine eyes have soon Thy
salvation /. ever there wa3 period tor lc'
ioiuing that is The mpnrnt. livery heart in mi
son with tie freedom and hlppiness OF the people
ought To beat high with eAIltdtion that the name
oil Washington ceases from this day to give cur
rcucy 10 political wquity and to lcgaiizr 'onup-
lih,irs even went to great trouble 10 prove that
Washington lad once committed murdcr'
%
How did Washington bear all th',. Well, he
was human, and had The feelings and passions ot
a man These daily ou,ldGc5 at times almost set
him wild For time he bore them with cold
disdan In q letter 10 llcnry Lee he wrote: The
publications in Frcncau and Biche'S papers are
outrlges on common dovcnrY. have consola-
tion within that no earthly cnort can deprive
me OF. and that is. that neither ambition ror
interested motives have influenced my CONDUCT"
But, as time went on, the ISLANDERS in the Gaze tc
and Aurora rritaird hiu beyond measure, often
pros oking outhursts OF rage. Such an event oc'
CURED on one occasion at cabinet meeting,
Jefferson has given us the particulars in his "An-