The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31

II must De driven out. Inc peopie nay
chosen him to do the work. 1t was his
mission. The temple must be purified ana
rededicated to true principles upon which
the people had intended to plant them
selves when they were struggling TO throw
off the English yoke.
Misled by the baleful influence of the
British faction, Washington and Adams
had gone far astray from the pain, nad
grIeved the spirit of democracy.
1t had been his to sound the warning, to
arouse the people to lead them to victory.
The government must be put back in the
right road. The old landmarks must be
recovered, the true doctrine preached ana
practiced. In this spirit of conservation
to q high mission, Mr.. Jefferson entered
upon his duties
No ream-colored chariot and prancinS
horses, with outriders and livery. bore
him to the capitol to take the oath. lie
walked from his boarding house, attended
informally by a few friends, and read IN
q low voice the beautiful address which
will always be to good government Whit
the Sermon on the Mount Is to religion
Great changes were made at once IN ail
matters OF form and ceremony. Semi
royaI leyees were discontinued. Dinner
parties given by the president We're as m
formal as those OF any private gentleman.
Congress ceased to wait upon the presi-
dent IN a body, and the president ceased
to come In state to congress to denver
his "king'S speech.
When Jefferson mad occasion TO go 10
the capitol building upon any matters OF
business he rode horseback. hitched his
horse to a neg under the shed which stood
near. and walked In as any PLAIN citizen
would have done. 1t was probably inns
habit 1T angered and disguised the red
eralists so much) which gave currency to
the rumor that he rode to his Inaugural
lion on brood mare followed by suck
ling colt The writer is personally ac-
ouainted with good citizens VINO seem 10
consider the legendary brood mare ana
!, f11 ..Nlt stage
property of modern democracy
The government had only recently
moved into lis rev home QS00), ana
Washington city was at this time almost
@ wilderness. The white house was un-
finished. and Jefferson had no lady of his
family living with him; consequently it
became The easier for him to indulge his
preference for the informal style, both
in matters of dress and of etiquette His
garh was frequently a mingling of sew
oral different fashions, none OF them Gle
giant, and his sipshod appearance gave
pam TO many very worthy people. An
Internal ional COMPLICATION was one day
threatened because h. one day received
the British minister in slippers and IN
dress. In avoiding one extreme, Mr.
jefferson was guilty of another. lie at
first went too far in his diSre gard OF
forms and of apparel. lie adopted no
laws of precedence. and went by the NH
ler's rule of first come, first served.
Pretty much anybody could go to the
mansion at pretty much any time and be
graciously welcomed. A more promscu-
Gus multitude than that which often paid
its hearty respects TO the president could
not have been raked together In theory.
the white house belonged to all, and the
practice. for once. rubbed noses with
theory
Even at state dinners there was no law
OF precedence If Mr.. jefferson hap
pened to be seated next to Mrs Madison
when dinner was announced 1t was to
Mrs Madison that he would offer his
arm no matter who else might be in the
room. If the wife of the British minis
ter were present. her husband had to
be alert and strenuous, else she would
not find one Of the best seats al the
table. Such It state of affairs was nor
rible to the British minister, and he wrote
Indignant letters of complaint to his GOV
eminent.
son bore in mind the time when he had
been given the cold shoulder in London
and that he definitely preferred Mrs.
Madison to Mrs Merry. AT any rate,
the British minister got precisely the
same treatment as others. and his efforts
to secure better terms failed
We think Mr. jefferson made a mistake
sn all this, for he wounded pride, hurt
feelings and accomplished no good. But
when William Eleroy curtis finds the
source of the war OF 1872 in Mr. Jeffel
Eon's behavior to the British minister
he becomes q source of amusement. Two
Italian states once went to war about an
old well bucket, and ten thousand lives
were lost in the debate; coarse joke
flung a. HenTy II Of England by the
king OF France and contemptuous ref
erence by Frederick of Prussia to Madame
de Pompadour. may have been the sparks
which set war-hames to burning in those
countries, as We have all heard, but Il
personalities caused the war of 1872 at
al, we should go further back than the
ira OF Jefferson's old slippers and cor
uuroy breecheS We would certainly have
y return TO that shameful scene IN Lon
don in the year 1856. when the king of
England in his own house, and before
ali his court. wiifully and deliberately
snubbed the ambassador OF the United
States.
But all this is idle Great Britain and
America did not go to war on account of
King Georges rudeness nor Jefferson s
heelless slippers. The causes which led
20 the clash law deeper These Instances
of bad manners in King George and
President Jefferson were but surface
symptoms
MIR. jefferson put stop to the prose
cUuons which Were pending under the Sc
uIuon law, and released rom fines and
imprisonment those who had been con-
Tlcted
With the first sloop which went to
France bearing dispatches, he sent to
Thomas Paine, VINO was living wretch
eddy IL Paris garnet, an invitation to
come home ON this national vessel.
10 Samuel Adams, dwelling in his poor
hui III Boston. Inc president wrote such
a. letter as an aftectlonate disciple might
pcu 10 his master.
To both of these stanch democrats,
each of whom IelC that they mad been
neglected and ill-treated. these generous.
tittJeruai letters were like balm to
wounds. 1t was beautiful thing 10 DO,
and there was no political motive for the
aet. 1t was the impulse of d warm, loyal