The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14

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racys Mississippi chieftain (now United States
SENATOR, then turned his eyes to the then sub
chieftain Champ Clark of Missouri and said:
Il wish to read few words of Thomas Jefferson"
The chieftain looked more than a bit startled.
Il read from the Complete Writings Of Jeffer
son. by Ford" went on Mr. Boutell slowly. 1T
appears from this letter that Adams just
about to go as a business agent OF Jefferson to
London and after giving him several commits
sions, he writes:
Zone 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 ! know not. 1t Is
possible there may be none. II SO. will with
your assistance become purchaser, having
Stearne's word for 1t that coat of arms may
be purchased as cheap as any other coat
$50 here we have the founder OF the Democratic
party just dabbing, 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 glancng. Finally. Mr.. Sulzer, the East side
statesman, recovered sufficiently to ask in what
year 1t was that Jefferson had commissioned
man to buy the coat of arms. On learning that
1t was in the year It'll, Mr.. Sulzer said, with an
information that showed he had found grain Of
comfort in the thought. That was five years
before the revolution"
Inc New YORK representatives cOnSOl6LlOn
morsel apparently was not big enough to go
round among his neghbors with an appreciable
share of each. It 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 was trihe more equal
than his neighbors; and the blow was like unto
that of bludgeon, because it was shown that the
supposedly impeccable one had more than init
mated that counterfeit coat was as good as
genuine one If only 1t were nobly emblazoned.
The Republicans had time of 1t over the
Democratic discontinue When It comes to fun
the galleries glorously nonpartisan. The
humor of the thing was to the people aloft well
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 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
EYES," said the Chicago man. 1T was five years
before the revolution Now, just before the revolu
tion on August rs. 1775 the great founder of the
Democratic party. the introducer of trueulent
sycophancy' into national administration,
wrote to John Randolph from Monticello urging
a reconciliation with Great Britain and in that
letter he uses this expression:
81 am sincerely one of those who would rather
be in dependence Great Britain, properly linn
tied than any other nation on EARTH or than on
no nation
The last Ave words of this Jefersonian pro-
nouncement 1t would seem, IL language means
anything. point to a desire on the part Of the
virginian Democrat that the colonies should have