The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-24

troIled by them to a greater extent liai
he realized. So thought Mr.. JEFFERSON
letter of his to MazZei, the ltaian
who had been his neighbor alluded "
the English faction which had secureu
control, and they were called apos
tates men who were Samsons III
the field and Solomons in the councii' pu'
who have had their heads shorn py 'no
harlot, England"
The British faction, ever ready TO put
Washington between themselves ana the
enemy, thrust him forward once more
claiming that Jefferson's reference was "
him.
This Mr. Jefferson denied. contendlnU
that his reference was to Hamilton jag
and others of the federalist party.
The federal papers attacked MI Jehei-
son on account Of this letter, just as ihcs
attacked him on other points, ana ne pau
no more attention to this attack than ne
did to the others. When Mr.. Gurus says
that "neyer before had he avoided
newspaper controversy" his statenen'
amounts to nothing more than an aoui-
ton to the errors already contained IN
The True Thomas Jefferson. Never was
Mr.. jefferson newspaper controverslaii'l
till he fell into the clutches OF William
.Eleroy Curtis. This author further states
that from the time of the Mazzle ieItei
Washington and jefferson ceased dl
correspondence and Intercourse.
The slightest comparison of dates VIII
convince even Mr.. Curtis that ne mas
erred The Mazzie letter caused no rup-
ture between Washington and Jefferson
OF the time
Subsequent to that friendly letters
passed, cordial personal relations con-
tinued to exist, and Washington enter
tanned jefferson at his table. They part
ed affectionately after John Adams IN
auguration.
It was letter which John Nlchoia3
wrote Washington, long after the Mazzle
letter. which caused Washington TO eX-
press the doubt as to Jefferson's sincerity.
The contents OF the Nicholas letter are
not known.
AS a matter of fact, Mr.. Jefferson was
always careful to draw distinction be-
tween Washington and the Hamilton
Wolcott- Pickering clique, which too often
influenced him. In none Of his most prl-
waite letters will expressions disrespectful
to the father Of his country be found
And when Mount Vernon had lost it's
master the land in mourning, the Eng
lish channel fleet lowering its flags, and
Napoleon Bonaparte paying public tribute
to the simple private citizen who slept on
the Potomac. what was the attitude OF
the rivals Thomas Jefferson and Alex
ander Hamilton
The political foe. Jefferson. penned the
most discriminating and permanently val
liable tribute that has ever been paid
to Washingtons character; while liamll-
ton, the political friend of the dead man,
wrote that cold and selfish letter in
which he told the heart-broken widow
how servceab BILE Washington had been 10
him, Hamilton had lost an aegiS nee
essary to his protection ana to his
schemes-and that was the thought which
was uppermost in the Hamilton mind as
the Masons capped their hands over
and beside the bier. and the war horse,
rderless forevermore, followed his mas
ter to his tomb.
Even while death had the great sol
der by the throat. choking his life out
with frightful cruelty, a letter from the
precious old federalst clique was ON its
way to Mount Vernon entreating Wash
ington to run again for the presidency
in order that they might remain in the
high places from which the people were
about to cast them