The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-03
ADISON, THE" FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION.

never been submitted to the people fof 4
their ratification according to Mr.. Hunt,
suggestive, In view OF the 8ract tina tho I
people OF Virginia wore not given ot'rorSI
tunity to vote on the present sCorsti tutioti.g
@ Madison died at Montpelier, Orange
county, June %, 1896. On the morning of
that day he was removed from his bed to 7
Ills chair, as usual and his niece brought
him his breakfast, and left It With HIM
urging him to eat Al few minutes later
she returned, and found him dead. K He 4
died 4alores"fi Q made no parting speeches y
and took no sorrowful fare wells, W says q
Mr.. Hunt. "but among his pa persS y was :, II
found this, his last message to his fellow ~
fcountrymen. The volume ends with the
ADVICE rs MY Co NrRY.
tag this advice, III itBever see the light,
will not do 50 till I am no more. 1t may
lie considered as Issuing from the tomb
where truth alone can be respe cted s N NJ
tie happiness Of man alone consult ed.
ut will be entitled, therefore, to yyhateyets
weight can be derived from good q nte1-8
5tions and from the experience Of one who 4
has served his country in vnrio GUS 81 tat Ions
through a period OF forty years ;ss who
1espo,,sed In his youth and adhered through
his life to the cause Of liberty and WI ~
has borne part in most 81 ne gre e
transactions which will constl tute epochs
of Its destiny. s Z 81 IN. g 4;
.,,rhe advice nearest to my III cart and
DEEPEST IN my convictions Is THAT Mk
Union OF THE STATES Be CHER.
IsH ID AND PERPDTUATJD. LED
1.HI, OPEN I'm ENVY r O ~ BE tEl.3
GARDED AS AIPANDORA w I'LL Il ER
BOxs OPEN ED. AND THE D1SGUlsEDE
oNE,As THE SER u , MSs
WITH ID HIS DEADLY lies Sl ;1N5ll'l
PARADISE - t $S5 81 81 Il $s5 4 SB
i Mr. Gallard Hunt Is a Louisiana man
3by birth. but has for some years past
ljhecu a citizen Of Alexandria count 3VSnf.s
IsIIts brother Is 4 the Goyerno neral d ot
| Porto Rico, Mr.. Hunt Is the author Of
! m historical sketch ofSthea United States
coat of-arms, a history Of the State De-
|5poartment a series OF articles print ed% II
the American Historical Review on ~ IN. q
origin or the spells system, &c e. g fi ~
IL ono OF the permanent ;und err ~ cnlo
IN the civil service, having served WIN
prominence since no was Ell ghteen year, ~
OF age, and now chief OF the Bureau
PASSPORTS i1lsSthe State Department t5if " 9.
"a the author OF an auth oritati We YWorl ,
on passpor Is. & Sl!sa tl
A MI, Hunt spent many y ears col ectlna a
materials for this life of Ma dison.sIS 8 =
nut IN weeks at M on tpelier ne b N d .
$fl,mestead, In Orange 81 county, and LIN
Richmond, at the State Library and a. the
rooms 81 the Virginia Historical b society,"
where he appears to have coll TED 81
considerable amount of saa vas 3 4, inB
Ric hmond that MIR. Hunt discovered & the
hust Of Madison e cut Of which s ss y;
as frontispiece for the btograp p 2 ~ NJ
statue was unidentified when NJ r.% Hunt
flrat saw4it, but he blshed the the
fact that It was Ma ison's and he y { ) beg
Slleyes, from descriptions q 4 di Is On n
personal appearance, that the Tx eness iss
"a Mr. Hunts book Is tho first Of a series
OF the lives Of great men Of America
which Will be brough out by Double ,a
FaEo3 and Company, View York, In an ef--}sss
fort Ito tell the history 9 & the countryJ
through blographle les of leading men. y ha
next volume the series vii be all e I
of Andrew j ackson, Y BY rofessor y ohns
s. Bassett Of TrinltyS College. urban,
WALTER EDWARD HARRIS IS IN