The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-13
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II.
The Hon. NJ. e. Benton presented the
granite memorial. He said in part:
Thomas Jefferson is the political col
assus OF the ages. What Paul the apos-
tie. is to religion, Thomas Jefferson is to
political liberty. His first inaugural adj
dress is yet the pole star Of Democracy.
.'Virginias glory scroll IS crowded with
the names of scholars. orators. statesmen
and warriors The father of his country
has a place in all history above the ar
rows of envious ambitions. The contrlbu-
tons to statecraft by the fourth anG fifth
Presidents shed lustre on the history OF
Virginia The captains and leaders Oh
her armies We're great rlen but among
all these brilliant men jefferson stands
first and foremost. His learning was the
wonder of his times; his genius rose to
any occasion. His memory. not Eirgina,s
alone, but Missouri's. Americas, the
WORLDS
IN these materialistic times when many
States have almost forgotten jefferson,
Missouri glories in honoring him as the
father and master of American Democra-
cy: There is present to-day the largest
club west of the Mississippi River that
glores to bear the name of Jefferson.
We ii Missouri honor him, admire his
genius, love his courage and avow hi
political opinions. This monument we
give as the love offering from the great
heart of Missouri to her curator politi-
CAL
GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE.
General Fi1Zhush Lee. in accepting the
monument on behalf of the Democracy
Of Virginia, regretted deeply that the
Governor OF Virginia was not present to
greet the club and that he should be
selected in that mans stead. lie was
an Ex-Governor but his experiences as
Ex-Governor We're not as sooG as those
of a Governor or of an Ex-Governor
He said Jefferson the most learned schol-
ar who ever sat in the Presidential chair.
the great linguist and philosopher. was
the first man who believed the people
s.. culd control the government. and not
the government control the people. lie
was g Democrat first and last. and at
tempted TO founo government that
Should respect the rights of States.
II we stick to JeffersonS principles we
viii make this country what Jefferson
meant it to be-the greatest of the great.
Congressman Charles T. Cochran OF the
Fourth Missouri District. spoke OF the
Jefferson statute abolishiag the law of
,,rinogeniture and entail. He said that
jefferson stood for right and justice IN
all matters and did the greatest act for
right when he secured the law abolishins
the most accurse5 chain to liberty The
propaganda OF universal democracy begun
when Jefferson signed The Declaration of
Independence. May the whole country
take the position OF Jefferson that the
whole object of u political party is not
10 divide the loaves and fishes Soon the
whole country will return to the princi-
pies to which Jefferson first led them
JUDGE DUKE
Judge r. II W. Duke, of this city, fol-
lowed in an eloquent review of the illus
trious sons given the nation by .AE3emarle
county In splendid oratoric phrase he
recalled the names OF Jefferson. Gimer,
Randolph, Rives. Clarke, Lewis, Steven
son, Walker and Su-npter.
The concluding address was by the
Hon. Frank NJ. Estes, OF the University OF
Virginia The speaker. a graduate Of the
University. did credit to his alma mater
Westminster Abbey is the treasure house
CT England. In our own country we have
two treasu e houses-Mount Vernon and
Monticello. Washington won his place by
the sword: Jefferson his by the pen. The
latter taught above all that the. common
people are the only source ef ponttca1