Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-14

The Chicago Republican looked at the Democ-
racy's Mississippi chieftain (now a United States
senator), then turned his eyes to the then sub
chieftain. Champ Clark of Missouri and said:
81 wish to read few words of Thomas Jefferson"
The chieftain looked more than bit startled
II read from the Complete Writings of Jener
son, by Ford went on Mr. Boutell slowly. 1T
appears from this letter that Adams was just
about TO go as a business agent of Jefferson to
London, and after giving him several commits
sions. he writes:
One further favor and | 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. It is
possible there may be none. If So l will with
your assistance become a purchaser, having
Stearnes word for it that coat of arms may
be purchased as cheap as any other coat.
so here we have the founder OF the Democratic
party just dabbng. it were, in syncophancy-
not very truculent 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 gancing. Finally, Mr. Sulzer, 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
II was in the year 1771, Mr.. Sulzer said with an
lntonation that showed he had found grain of
comfort in the thought That was FIVE years
before the revolution"
The New York representatives consolation
morsel apparently was not big enough to go
round among his neighbors with an appreciabe
share OF each. 1t a 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 go to show that he trihe more equal
than his neighbors; and the blow like unto
that of bludgeon because it was shown that the
supposedly impeccable one had more than int-
mated that a counterfeit coat was as good
genuine one If only 1t were nobly emblazoned.
The Republicans had time of Il over the
Democratic discontinue. When L comes to fun
the galleries gloriously nonpartsan The
humor of the thing to the people aloft well
worth the knocking of prop from the third pres
dents pinnacle Things might not have been
altogether bad for the of Mr. jefferson and
his house disciples If Mr. Boutell had been content
to stop, for everybody recognizes the weakness
that all human nature-even that sternly simple
type-has for crests and other family gewgaws
YES" said the Chicago man, 'it five years
before the revolution Now, just before the revolu
ton on August 25. 1775, the great founder of the
Democratic party. the introducer of 'truculent
sycophancy' into our national administration,
wrote to John Randolph from Monticello urging
a reconciliation with Great Britain, and in that
letter he this expression
~ am sincerely one of those who would rather
be in dependence on Great Britain. properly lin
tied than any other nation EARTH or than on
nation. y
The last FIVE words of this Jeffersonian pro-
aouncement 1t would seem. II language means
ANYTHING point to a desire on the part of the
Virgiuian Democrat that the colonies should have