The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-20

The Chicago Republican looked at the Democ-
racy's Mississippi chieftain (now United States
senator), then turned his eyes to the then sub
chieftain Champ Clark of Missouri and said:
II wish to read a few words of Thomas Jefferson.
The chieftain looked more than bit startled
81 read from the Complete Writings of Jetfer
son, by Ford" went Mr.. Boutell slowly. 1T
appears from this letter that Adams was just
about to go as business agent of Jefferson to
London, and after giving him several commits
sions, he writes:
lone further favor and / am done: to search
the Herald Office for the arms of my family.
have what / have been told were the family
arms, but on what authority l know not. 1t Is
possible there may be none. If SO, I will with
your assistance become purchaser, having
Stearnes word for it that coat of arms may
be purchased cheap as any other coat
so here we have the founder of the Democratic
party just dabbling as it were. in syncophancy-
not very trucuent as yet
There was no quick recovery on the part OF
the Democratic members from this blow which,
while directed fair at their IDOL hit them hard
In CHANGING. Finally, Mr. Suzer, the East side
statesman, recovered sufficiently to ask In what
year it was that Jefferson had commissioned
man to buy the coat of arms. On learning that
It was In the year 1771. Mr.. Sulzer said, with an
information that showed he had found grain OF
comfort in the thought. That was nve years
before the revolution"
The New York representatives consolation
norsel apparently was not big enough to go
round among his neighbors with an appreciate
share of each It was bit hard to learn after
MANY years that the man who wrote the Immortal
document beginning with ringing words about
equality had been trying to buy something which
would 20 to show that he trife more equal
than his neighbors; and the blow was like unto
that of bIudgeon because 1T was shown that the
supposedly impeccable one had more than init
mated that q counterfeit coat was as goou as
a genuine one If only 1t were nobly emblazoned
The Republicans had rare time OF i over the
democratic discontinue. When It comes TO run
the galleries are gloriously nonpartisan Inc
hunor of the thing was to the people aloft well
worth the knocking of prop from the third presl-
dents pinnacle Things might not have been 80
altogether bad for the cause of Mr. Jefferson and
his house disciples ii Mr.. Boutel had been content
to stop. for everybody recognizes the weakness
that all human nature even that sternly simple
tvpe-has for crests and other family geWgaWs-
gyes. said the Chicago man, 1t was i've years
before the revolution Now just before the revoiu-
t,on on August 25, 1775. the great founder Of the
namocratic party, the introducer OF trucuienl
avcophancy' into our national administrator
wrote to John Randolph from monticello urging
q reconciliation with Great Britain ana ~ 'nas
letter he uses this expression:
80 am sincerely one Of those who would rather
he IN dependence on Great Britain properly hln-
fed than any other nation on earth, or tnan ~
no nation.
The last I'VE words Of this Jenersonlan Pig.
,,ou,canent ii would seem, It language means
anvfbina point to desire On the part @ tno
viretnian Democrat that the colonies anou'a Law