Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-17
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ne was uttpig III utDl ana mad 10
wipe out those obligations and p,o.
vide for his family, But out OF oiIcs
he almost was as powerful as IN
Washington summoned him MANI
times. The farewell address of the ars,
president one of the noblest OF stss
papers. was written by Hamilton. John
Adams. when he became president
bitterly inveighed against the IN.
huence of Hamilton. Adams hated him
but nevertheless was swayed so much
by Hamilton that he declared thai
"the Little Lion" acted as II he no,
only was leader OF the Federalist
party the whole cabinet Of the preA.
dent, but the president also.
When war was declared against
France and Washington was summon.
ed TO take charge Of the army, Adams
sought to humiliate Hamilton Wash
ington had designated the four men
who should be major generals. Hanil-
ton headed the list Adams put Knox
first. Washington refused his commits
sion unless Hamilton should lead
With bad grace Adams gave in.
If Adams hated Hamilton tho hate
was returned with interest. When
Adams sought reelection Hamilton
wrote bitter attack on the president
which was intended for his personal
friends among Federalist leaders onlJ
IL
every fault, of Adams without mercy
and with his marvellous SKIN. Aaron
Burr got a COPY of the letter and used
IL to confound the Federaists. In the
election Jefferson and Burr had lie
vote for president. Through the In.
fuence of Hamilton with the Federalisi
members of Congress Jefferson was
chosen. Burr never forgot and never
forgave.
The defeat Of Adams practically
marked the beginning Of the end o,
the Federalist party Hamilton saw
every conceivable danger in Jeffersons
rule.
He had no confidence in the man and
little in the peonle. He dcspaired for tm
republic and feared civil war would
come within few years.
THE DUEL.
Meanwhile he was the foremost law
yer in America, In New York his
greatest opponent was Aaron Burr
Hamilton and Burr ostensibly were
friends They dined at each others
houses, were suaVe and good natursd
To each other and appeared to give
and take in court and In the arena
of politics with good grace and With
out feeling. As lawyer and as
statesman there was no comparing TIE
two men. Hamilton lowered above the
other. In court Hamilton usually won
He had little of the magnetism, thu
charm or the generosity of Burr hut
the strength of his intellect, the pow
or Of his arguments. was 50 great
that he won even where his case was
weak. Burr, on the other hand, wa.
less on appeal to reason than appeal
10 emotions He was one Of the kind ~
one of the most loVable men. He could
not refuse an appeal for aid Beg
L.. I.NN 1
was near by lie always was I'm debt
and he always was in love. He was as
small and as slight as Hamilton ou'
like Hamilton was one of the dandles
of his days For women he had
great fascination. As politician ne
was adroit. Many charges were made
affecting not only his morals but MS
honesty
Hamilton too. was immoral. Not 50
much is known Of his affairs as of
Burrs. but there is not much 10 choos
between them. That they were ri'at
for the smiles of one Of the most "a
nous beauties OF New York Is certain
and that in this contest Hamilton SUI
fered defeat is history.
Great as Hamilton was i'm hundred
ways, he was small in one In time
Of malignant politics he was as harsh
in his opinions and expressions regard
any of his contemporaries In his cor
res pondence he abused washington
For jefferson he had the most Vindlc-
tive of terms. For Monroe no charac-
,a.tzation vas fouI enough. For
Adams he spared nothing in the way
OF harshness For Madison he had such
bitterness that he suggested duel
OF Burr he had said many things
and to Burr he had done many things
In fact, he must have appeared TO buI
as his evil genius. Far better cause
had been given TO Burr to quarrel tnau
tho one he selected. IL was trivial oul
Hamilton handled the matter so oanP
that n duel was inevitable. a "
Charles Cooper in an electioneerlhs
letter. declared he had heard Hamilton
describe Burr as "a dangerous man,
10 ought not to be trusted" To tn,s
- added 81 could detail to YOU STU,
re despicable opinion which S'enea"
tmilton has expressed OF MI. Butt
Burr, who was member OF one %
sc proudest families in America, pc
ne a grandson of Jonathan Edwards
srst president OF Princeton, wrote "
hamilton to ask that he disavoW
confirm what Cooper alleged. Haihl!
ION. without directly replying TO BUR
question. wrote several hundred woius
and sent them back. Burr then inslstt'
upon a reply. Hamilton said the pc
emptory character of Burrs deinalN
made IL unnecessary for him to 40 ~
Burr thereupon challenged him. tiau.'
ilton asked for n months delay III VI
der to close up his law cases.
on July 4. 1904. the two men attehue'
the banquet of the order Of the Clnolu
natl. of which Hamilton was presioeiS,
Hamilton sang tho orders faNoIlts
song. "The Drum" and Burr joined y,
the chorus Seven days later they u"
on the dueling field at Weehawken, ~, ~
the fret fire Hamilton fell. morlai -
wounded Hamllton's pistol went on !"
the air. Hamilton died the next DAY
Burr. n wandcrer over the race
the earth. lived many years. Al ~ "a
married tho famous Nine. JumeL 49, 49,
another woinsn's heart was nfoN'-
when she heard OF the marriage
A foreigner. meeting him one oLl'
and eaRer 20 know his opinion OF ia"
ilton. asked him " Hamilton was
gentleman.
sir" thundered the old man
faded eyes lighted up with some
oid-time FIRE. "sir, met him
Copyright. 1910. by Richard spih