The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-10
CHAPTER Xxx.

w nat dld Mr. jefferson do for his COUn-
Try while minister 10 France?
To. answer fully would certainly be te-
dious and would probably be useless
Whale oil, salted fish. tobacco, rice. salt
ed pork are important Items in commerce.,
having much to DO with the balance y
trade and the prosperity Of individuals
and OF nations; but when The reader IS
assured that Mr.. jefferson struggled Ions
! hard and with partial success to prevail
upon France 10 be lenient with rs upon
those subjects he has perhaps learned as
much as he cares 70 know.
The grip of the protectioniSt, the mo-
nopolist Was almost irresistible iu the
France OF that day. as 1t is in America
now; and Mr.. Jefferson's task was we'll
night hopeless YET by great perSever-
ance and the bringing to bear Of the
pressure of Lafayette ar~ other personal
friends. he did manage t. loosen the
/ iron bands a little. Whale oil and SAT-
FISH from New England began to have
better treatment. 50 did rice from the
south. For tobacco he was not able TO
do much, that article Of commerce being
ia The control Of the Farmers General. q
corporation which held France by the
throat The sum and substance Of It all
was that Mr.. jefferson succeeded in get
favored nation. France not only yielded
10 him better trade relations than she
had ever. conceded to Or. Franklin but
she agreed 70 put her consular arrange
ments with Us on a far more satisfactory
basis than Dr.. Franklin had agreed to
accept
In short. Mr.. Jefferson accomplished no
marvels. bar he did everything that was
possible
Besides his public duties he was kept
busy attending to various other matters
which enc Of cur national representatives
* foreign court would now dsdain.
Mr. Choate, who takes care OF our dig
nifty at the court OF St James. would
probably refuse TO buy lamps for an
American friend, as Mr. Jefferson cheer
fully did for Richard Henry Lee and
Mr. Charlemagne Tower. who emphasizes
and illustrates our ma tiOual ma esty at
Berlin, would hardly make the rounds Of
tie jewellers shops 10 select q pair Of
spectacles for an acquaintance. as Mr..
jefferson did for Bel!ini.
Things were different then, and Thomas
jefferson was often seen under conditions
not more Impressive than Chief Justice
John MarshaNs. when he selected cab
bages III the Richmond market and walk
! gu t4StAS brdi44lS q i}iEbldH DulQtlt "a
chickens and eggs ham and sausa ges,
Fancy a CHIEF justice Of the supreme
court OF the United States now going
along the streets from market holding
bunch of squalhng chickens in hts hand.
Will your
Wasting no thought on his dignity.
Thomas Jefferson was happy in attending
TO the wants q his old friends. He would
ransaek the book stores to get rare vol
umes for George Wythe and James Men
roe and James Madison; for some other
correspondent he would buy new
tongue for the harpschord; to another he
would send q case OF wine; and he went
| to q great deal OF trouble to procure for
Mr.. Madison the best watch that could be
made
The state OF Virginia wished to have
marble bust Of Washington and Mr.. JEFF
ferson selected the sculptor (Houdon),
made the contract and conducted the cor
respondence with all the parties concern
/ ed A new state house was being built in
| Richmond; it delighted the ministers to
| furnish plans ana specifications, copied
| from a Roman remain which fascinated
! this amateur architect
| In the course of friendly discussion
with Button, the French naturalist. as to
the respective sizes OF animals in Europe
and America. Mr.. Jefferson resolved to
| bring forward as proof of his theory the
skeleton Of a moose. He wrote to Gem
eral John Sullivan. of Maine. to get him
the skin and skeleton of moose and to
| ship II to France.
General Sullivan sailed forth on a