The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1908-04-18
Congressman William
Suffers Eloquent
Grafton on Thomas
jefferson
DELIVERED BEFORE THE ASSOCIATION. OF DEMO
Gratis OF WESTERN NEW YORK.
AT THE ELLIcoTT CLUB BUFFALO, APRIL nth.

Saturday evening April 18th, Con.
gresham, William Sulzer of New York
City, was the guest of honor of the
Association of Democrats of Western
New York, who celebrated the birth
day of Thomas Jefferson at the Eli
cot Club, Buffalo, and the popular and
eloquent congressman in the most be-
fitting manner, eulogized the great
patron saint of Democracy as follows.
and referred to some of the principles
which the Democratic party stands for
which was founded by Thomas Jeffer-
son.
1T is a great pleasure for me to be
in the beautiful city of Buffalo to-
night as the guest of he loyal Demo
Gratis of western New York and to
have an opportunity to participate in
your celebration of the birthday of
Thomas Jefferson, the author of the
Declaration of Independence and the
founder of the Democratic party.
An Eloquent Tribute to jefferson.
L have been an admirer and a fol-
lower of Thomas Jefferson all my
days. l have always been a student
of his wise and his just and his pa
| triotic teachings. He was an heroic
figure of our dark and stormy Revolu-
tionary days. He was the author of
the Declaration of Independence, the
greatest political document in all our
history. He was one of the puresI,
one of the wisest, and one of the
greatest men that ever lived. He
loved liberty, believed in the people,
and battled for the rights of man. He
was the friend of the masses and the
champion of the oppressed. He hated
cant and denounced hypocrisy. He
was the foe of every superstition. He
believed in civil and religious liberty.
He advocated freedom of conscience,
! freedom of speech, and the freedom
of tn press. He could not tolerate
class or caste or special privilege. He
was a myriad-minded man. He had
few prejudices; no bigotry. All the
prejudices he had were against the
evils of his time-against the pride,
the assumption, the arrogance, and
the moderation of his fellow-man. He
knew the right and dared to maintain
ii. He searched for truth and, know
ing the truth, he had the courage and
manhood to promulgate it to all the
worA-
Jefferson did as much as any man
that ever lived to achieve our indie
pendence. He was the first Secretary
of State, a minister to France, Vice
President, was twice the President Of
the Republic he did so much to create,
and he refused third nomination for
the Presidency. He founded one of
the greatest institutions of learning in
all the land and penned the statutes
Of Virginia for religious freedom. He
was an erudite scholar, deep thinker,
a profound reasoner, one of the great
est political philosophers that ever
lived, and during his life the guiding
genius Of the young Republic. He was
a great statesman, enunciated great
principles Of Government, formulated
great policies Of State, added the en-
pire Of the West to the domain Of he
East, and established the greatest DO
htical party in all our history. His
principles and his policies live, and
are the true policies today OF the Gov
ernment His principles are founded
on truth and are eternal So long as
the Republic endures, so long a. men
love liberty and freedom, Just SO long
wiz the memory Of the sage Of Mon
ticello be loved and respected and re-
Eered BY interviewing mankind. It
is fitting and proper that all over the
land, by all the people OF the Repub-
Lie, the anniversary of his birth
should be appropriately observed and
attingly celebrated.
We Should Be True To JeffsrsonIan
Principles.
There never was time in. al our
history when the tsachines and the
policies and the principles Of Jefferson
should Be more adhered to by the peo-
pie than at the present time. He was
the peoples friend and stood for the
masses against the classes. We should
b true now more than ever to JeRsr-
sOnian principles he yosced the long