The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-29
. Part Of a History Of the United States


heart moving tones Of his Voice-aIWay5
| remained in Mr.. Jeffersons memory as
perfect as a picture.
The savage whom Mr. jefferson called
| Ontassite is In other books, named Geo
nostata. When he reached London he re-
ccived marked attentions from King
George ii and Queen Caroline.
| The king shook hands with him and
drank Hollands with him at the royal
table in the palace of st. James. The
ships, the troops, the arsenals. the great
London crowds, were all shown to him IN
order that his mind might be deeply i'm
pressed with the power of the English
people Queen Caroline introduced tho
chief to the ladies of her court, drove him
about The palace grounds and completely
Captivated the handsome, manly Oconos-
tata He returned home a warm friend
CT the English. and so remained through
out his life.
1t was he who leased to the whites
under Sewer and Robertson, the lands Of
the Watauga. the settlement which was
the beginning OF Tennessee But when
he realized that this was only a begin
mnS. and that the demands OF the set
tlers had no limits. he opposed further
cessioEs with all his eloquence- vainly.
True to his British friends the Chcro-
keo king opposed the Americans in tho
revolutionary war. aud one disaster after
| another befen him. He was no match
for such men as Sewer, Robertson, She
- ''iiP'e'l anu Lewis , ii''''> me
oNee9' "e'i9 OF oh'li'"1' io9SeS ana
ue''"'S' mace d scape8oat OF 'helf chle4.
" oi.os t''d was oei'oseu auu announcer King
pI[ - MS Pic
| iiaN iHoiii"s Jefferson dl.flnS ms later
years wandered into the Cherokee coun-
! try, he might have seem again fine fall
ii''i'H whose ofaloTy hau charmed hlm
mat moonlight evening in Virginia 50
many years before. But it was no longer
Oconostata, the proud, strong. the mag
netic; It was poor old beggar Indian,
fallen upon evil days. with none so poor
IS to do him reverence. Instead Of tor
rent Of eloquenee he would have heard
from those lirs, now, q plea for meas
Ire of meal or a drink Of whisky-for the
hero Of Jefferson's boyish recollection
the courted guest of a British king and
queen. had become a broken besotted,
dcspiscd and homeless vagabond
At The time of his fathers death Thorn
| as jefferson was IA years Old and had
been attending school since the age Of
five His father left dying instructions
for the thorough educaticp OF The boy,
cauuoning Mrs. jefferson especially not
to permit him to neglect bodily exercise
"A thorough classical education" on
the one hand. ana 1.-THE exercise requisite
for tine bojys development on the other;
such was the good old way and simple
plan. in pursuance Of which the lad al
ready knew Latin. Greek and French;
already knew how to rew a boat. master
a horse. use a gun ana hold his own in
atnictic games ana sports
Peter jefferson cherished the BELIEF
could be strong aud free il mind
This dogma is safe ana sound. vet has
lis exceptions A Gladstone must have
his formula ana cannot live without It;
his meat must have last thirty-two
grinds between his teeth before It is
swallowed; his ak must chip its tree in
the park every Gay or so, and he must
have his iog-trot on foot every afternoon.
qnyhow in the world
4 DIsraei viii live bv the oppoeite
rule. viii take no thlrty-two chews on
his meat. Will chip no tree viii endure
no daily ioq-trot. ana vet in contests of
Inc mind I'm mental v,rastla win naarlv
always surnass Gladstone keepire the
heels of fhat good Journalist Fl, tl,, al;
IN an axtent mat shakes o,e,e RAIN 4,
formula
President poosa,.,lt v.or11 nrohol7,
think that the world was COMING TO an
end If he were eornnalled for fararo Ill,
strenuous nhysjcal e>feroise i,fs wall,e
rides hnnfs and fen,,o,. ho,,t, VI
tbera is AR r,bar,l,a,l,{,, ~, ina otl,a,
size Of the water who never walks fo.
exercise. never mounts q horse never
hunts. never touches a foil. and he APP
gears to turn off quite as much work. az.
pears 10 swing the universe his way
just about as often as Mn Roosevelt.
AL Of which illustrates the truth that no
| one formula viii fit In every case.
We shall see stalwart Thomas Jeffer-
sen taking his exercise and prohtlng by
IT. We shau see small James Madison
! neslectng ms horse. gum. roWboat and
JoS-trot; yet IN me long long run or lie
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