The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-05

The Chicago Republican looked at the Democ
Eacy's Mississippi chieftain (now a United States
Ss<afor), then turned his eyes to the then sub
'chaeftain. Champ Clark of Missouri, and said:
Il wish to read few words of Thomas Jefferson
Inc chieftain looked more than a bit startled
Il read from the Complete Writings of Jeffer
son.' by Ford" went Mr.. Boutell slowly 1T
appears from this letter that Adams was lust
about to go as a business agent of Jefferson to
LOndon. and after giving him several commits
azons. he writes:
One further favor and am done; to search
me Herald office for the arms of my family.
have what l have been told were the family
'arras. but on what authority I know not. It is
pcEaibie there may be none. II so, / will with
Snur assistance become purchaser having
'S8ezrne's word for it that coat of arms may
be purchased as cheap as any other coat
80 here we have the founder Of the Democratic
party lust dabbling. as it were. in syncophancy-
NOT very truculent 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.. Suffer- the East side
statesman recovered sufficiently to ask in what
gear Ii that Jefferson had commissioned
man TO buy the coat of arms. On learning that
e was in the year 1771, Mr. Sulzer said with an
tnTonation that showed he had found grain of
comfort in the thought That was Ave years
beSore the revolution"
The New York representatives consolation
zsrsei apparently was not big enough to go
ssund among his neighbors with an apprecable
share of each. 1t bit hard to learn after
many years that the man who wrote the immortal
-decument beginning with ringing words about
equality had been trying TO buy something which
uszzh go to show that he was a trife more equal"
'sszn his neghbors; and the blow like unto
.esza4 of bludgeon. because 1t shown that the
aupposedly impeccable one had more than init
snated that counterfeit coat was as good as
- genuine one IL only 1t were nobly emblazoned.
The Republicans had a rare time Of It over the
Democratic discontinue. When t comes to fun
tina galleries gloriously nonpartisan The
n1nor of the thing to the people aloft we'll
worth the knocking of prop from the third presi-
dents pinnacle. Things might not have been so
altogether bad for the cause OF Mr.. jefferson and
his house disciples IL Mr. Bouell had been content
IN stop. for everybody recognizes the weakness
chat all human nature-even that sternly simple
fxpe-has for crests and other family gewgaws
Yes" said the Chicago man. 'it was five years
6efDre the revolution Now, just before the revolu-
fiDu. August %, ITS, the great founder of the
Democratic party, the introducer of truculent
sySophancy into national administration,
wrote to John Randolph from Monticello urging
n rcconciliation with Great Britain, and in that
better be uses this expression:
"a am sincerely of those who would rather
90 IN dependence on Great Britain, properly linn
ned. than any other nation on earth. or than on
No nation"
Tho last FIVE words of this Jefrersonian pro-
nounrement it would seem. If language means
anything. point to desire the part of the
ysrriuiar Democrat that the colonies should have