The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-05

J about his grounds and you have fair
likeness of jefferson in retirement.
The embargo and the war of 1912
played havoc with Virginia, and the
losses on Mr. Jefferson's farms We're as
serious as elsewhere. Crops could find
no markets. and the value of money
measured by the produce which had to
buy it, was out of all proportion to the
cost of production. Finally the over
seer was discharged and one of the
grandchildren, the favorite, Thomas JEFF
ferson Randolph. took the mana cement
of Mr.. Jeffersons business into his own
hands
But the expenses were SO great, there
were so many visitors to feed and serve,
the interest charge on old debts was
so heavy and the bad crop years SO fire.
quent. that it was impossible to work
the property out of debt. One of the
finishing strokes was a security debt of
$50, 900 for an old friend There being
no market for land at fair prices. Mr.
Jefferson applied to the legislature for
leave to dispose of real estate by lot
terry. There was also a suggestion that
the state should lend him money. Meth
err of these plans materiaEzed
The British having burned the con-
gressional library, Mr.. Jefferson offered
to sell his books. his fondly treasured
books. to the nation. There was much
contemplate suspicion and ill-will on
the part of political enemies. The Phar-
isee opened his mouth and spoke; ana
the Pharisec announced that the entire
collection of books should be rejected
because It included the works Of Vol
tare. The Pharisee had never read
Voltaire. of course That in itself would
isee had heard some other member Of
his tribe denounce Voltaire, and that
was suffcient-there being no prejudice
quite SO stubborn as the hereditary sort
which doesn't know and refuses to he
Informed. Finally congress bought the
hooks for s23 $50, their value being, per-
haps, four times that amount. The cred
itcrs of MIR. Jefferson got the money.
It becoming noised abroad that the aged
statesman was about to be sold out of
house and home, public subscriptions
We're set on foot for him. New York sent
eight thousand dollars. Philadelphia five
Thousand. Baltimore three thousand. Viz
ginia did nothing. In fact. his home
state and home county held greater
number of bitter enemies than any equal
area of the union. with the possible eX-
ception OF New England.
When the notorious Calender whom
Jefferson freed from fine and imprisOn-
ment under John Adams sedition law, de-
manded the Richmond postofiice from
President jefferson. and was refused. the
worst abuse he could throw a jefferson
came in the shape of Albcmarle afii-
daVits. In ones own immediate environ
ment are to be found those whom one
has combatted and perhaps oVerthrown:
the competitors one has distanced the
former associates one has outgrown: the
local opinions onef has risen above: the
narrow preiudices one has re~roved; the
envies, jealousies. cravings for revenge
that one has provoked-hence within rife
range Of ones own house are usually to
be found the hidden fires of the hatreds
which are unquenchable. 1t was so with
Jefferson
Thc voluntary offerings made in his pe-
half by sympathetic admirers pleased the
Old statesman immensely and he believed
that his debts had beer paid. On the
contrary. the amount thus realized WAS
but a drop in the bucket He remained
hopelessly insovent happily Unconscious
OF the fact. Enable to help himself. ne
remained capable OF helping others. 1t
was his suggestion which started the
movement in favor of Lafayette. Con
SFeSS managed 10 recall what Federalism
and its historians had well nigh forgo.
ten-that France had shed its blood and
treasure for US when we needed them as
we never could need them again La.
Fayette got 25, 900 acres of land and
$500. 600 in money.
Gouvernuer Norris accuses the La
Fayettes of repudiating one-half The loan
he made the family when the Marquis
was an Austrian prisoner at O!mutz. The
portrait Of an ungratcful. dishonest la
FayetIe Is not handsome. But there are
other pictures OF the many-sioed French
man. There is oue that would group La
Fayette and Monroc-both old, both
feeble. both poor. They had fought TO-
gether when they were nothing but boys.
They had IGNORED each other all their
lives. Now as they We're lettering to-