Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14

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ance against slavery: tremble for my
country when I reflect that God is lust
The supporter of protective tariff claims
him as the highest protectionist In our his
tory. appealing to his desire that there
might be a wall around the country which
should keep out all foreign manufactures.
The free trader maintains that the spirit
or everything he said and everything he did
teaches the doctrine of unlimited freedom
in all human conduct. except so far as may
De needful for the restraint of actual
crime. -
Speaking of Jefferson's confidence in the
success of right principles. Mr.. Hoar said:
More than any other statesman down to
his ttme-mOre than any other statesman
1 can think Of save Lincoln alone-he had
steadfast and abiding faith In justice
righteousness and liberty as the prevailing
and abiding forces in the conduct Of states
and that Justice and righteousness were
sure to prevail where any people bear rule
in perfect liberty. For this doctrine he
erty, IL need be. imprisonment and exile.
Upon 1t. as on a cornerstone, he laid the
foundation Of the republic"
Aims of Memorial Association.
Mr.. Andrew A. Lipscomb was next intro
duced by the POSTMASTER to tell OF the
purpose and aims of the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Association. Mr.. Lipscomb said
1t was the intention of the organization. of
which he one of the founders to erect
in the city of Washington one of the grand
est memorials that has ever been built in
this country He said the work was pro-
crossing remarkably well, and that 1t was
believed by those interested in the asso-
citation that within very short time the
money would be forthcoming for the con-
struction of the building SO much desired.
Mr. Lipscomb told of the inception Of the
idea and of the founding of the association.
He and Mr.. w. s. Mexican were the or
ganizers of the association and were con-
ffdent of it's success
When Mr. Lipscomb had finished, Mr..
Page introduced DR.. Charles F. Needham,
president of Columbian University, to re-
spond to the toast Jefferson as a pro-
mOter of general education DR.. Need
ham spoke long and eloquently OF the work
of Jefferson for the education Of the youth
Of the country, and asserted that Jeffer-
sons principle that human liberty was en-
couraged and fostered under enlightened
institutions meant the universal education
of the youth of the country. The speaker
sketched briefly the school and university
life Of the great statesman and told Of his
early struggles. He then spoke Of the
founding of the University of Virginia and
the intense interest in the work taken by
Jefferson. In concluding his address. DR..
Needham told of the great good that had
been accomplished through Jefferson's Ia
bors for education and the circulation and
dissemination Of his views on educational
subjects.
Mr.. Charles Emory Smiths Theme.
1.-The Louisiana purchase" was the toast
assigned to Mr.. Charles Emory Smith OF
Philadelphia, the next speaker introduced
Mr.. Smith spoke of the purchase of the
Louisiana territory as the supreme act Of
his administration as President Of tina
United States. Mr.. Smith said, in part:
1.-THE honor which belongs to Jefferson Is
greater than that of simply having been
the President under whom the purchase
was made. He was the father of the vital
policy which brought that splendid culmina-
ton. The crucial necessity which led UP
navigation of the Mississippi. The great
father Of waters was our western boGn-
dairy, and the frontier territory which rest
ed on its hither shore demanded an I'M
vexed outlet to the sea. Jefferson was the
first of our statesmen to measure the Inn
portance of untrammeled comm unica ton
from the Ohio to the gulf Spain held
New Orleans and commanded the mouth OF
the river If she remained there she must
grant unrestricted privileges. AS early as
$780, when Jefferson was Secretary OF
State under Washington, he demanded I'M
hampered transit. Through his efforts the
free use of the port of New Orleans was
conceded. All went we'll until few years
later the right of deposit at its WharVes
and warehouses was withdrawn. Then the
west was instantly af1ame and 1t became
apparent that there could be no sure and
lasting peace until the control of the Mis-
sissippi should be so fixed that the United
States would not be dependent on the ia
vor of any other power for its free navi-
cation.
Il have not been trained in the Jefferson
school of thought But belonging to an
opposing school I recognize and honor the
inestimable service he rendered the coun-
try. Not merely in the first great expan-
sion, but in the general influence of the ad-
ministration. The Constitution had then
gained no traditional sanctity. Thousands
Of earnest men believed that it was dan
gerous to the liberties of the people. They
felt that in the hands OF Washington and
Hamilton and Adams it was directed along
imperialistic lines and was hostile to the
spirit Of the revolution. The immeasurable
value of Jeffersons service was that as the
leader of the opposing host he came into
authority, Gained the disquietude, exer-
cised the same powers met the same high
responsibilities In the same statesmanltke
way, and dissipated any lingering feeling
that the Constitution and the government
involved any peril to popular freedom. AS
the devoted admirer of his matchless rival,
I salute Jefferson for his immortal work
and earnestly join in urging fit national
memorial to one of the most illustrious
among the founders Of the republic"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Smiths remarks
Mr.. Page read a letter from Rev. D. ].
Stafford. DID,, who was to have responded
to the toast. Jefferson and Human
Rights" regretting his inability to attend
called away from the city yesterday and
was unable to return in time to attend the
dinner. His letter of regret was read. as
was also a telegram received from him
from Bridgeport, Conn.,, in which he reit-
Grated his regrets.
Jefferson as a Citizen.
A change in the program was made as a
result of DIR. Staffords inability to be pres
ent and Governor Montague Of Virginia
was introduced to speak Of Jefferson as
citizen Of the commonwealth. Governor
Montague said. in part:
Thomas Jefferson was a native of Vir-
ginia. He was born on the estate on which
he died. He was in some sense a pioneer
of the old dominion. His father, Peter
Jefferson, sturdy surveyor, went to Abe
marie county when that part of the state
was sparsely settled. The sons opportuni-
ties for education were limited at the out
set. He received rudimentary instruction,
and later attended William and Mary Col
lege. After two years there he turned to
the law and spent five years under compe-
tent instruction. His first public Office was
that of justice of the peace, and in those
early courts, rude though they were, JUS
tice was administered.
Thomas Jefferson believed profoundly in