Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-15
THOMAS JEFFERSON. :

Saturday was jefferson day Had he lived
to that time he would have been a hundred and
si0ty-seyen years old. But he would not have
been any better know than he already is.
Thomas jefferson was very much Of man.
II was he who wrote that all men are created
equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights,
among which are life, liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness.
But when he said that all men were equal, he
meant that they ought to all have equal OPP
portunties before the law lie did not mean to
say that they all started Oh an equal intellectual
ground equal patriotic grounds but that IL,
this country chance that the country pr
SCENTS ought to be open TO them
Ills theory Of government was that all free
men should have equality under the law. But he,
even the great Thomas took occasionally to 4
LITTLE demagogism For instance, when he went to
Washington president Of the United States,
while all his life he had been famous on his
home--for instance, that a gentleman should al
ways be dressed like gentleman at dinner, and
and that all the eourtesies Of life should should
be etended to guests and to neighbors according
to their condition, he dressed shabbily for two
years after he got to Washington, Just to show
his innate democracy, and at the time to
express sort of contempt for the strict rules
which governed George Washington when he was
in that same position because old George would
never receive when president except he was
dressed il full continental uniform including
sash and sword. jefferson was not warrior so
he left off the uniform and left off the sword
Then he had queer ideas in many WAYS He
wanted jubilee year every fifty years to have
every one debts forgotten and all men in prison
discharged But he was very great man. all
the same lie bewailed the presence Of slavery in
the United States and expressed fear that upon
that rock the Union would be split in twain after
q while He wanted the lands better cultivated
he wanted protective tariff that skilled labor
might grow up IN this country and the country be
self-dependent without any help from the outside
lie sometimes wished that an ocean Of fire
might roll between this country and all foreign
countries for term of years until the American
race could be fully established
\ party WIS founded his teachings Only
~ some things. Homer SAYS dove III listen.
ing 70 the prayers Of men. granted some and
ignored others
And the democracy are willing to call Old
Thomas the father of their party and they cling
to many Of his DEGREES aud those that do not suit
them they ignore aud fall hack ON Jackson who
WAS really much more to their hearts than ever
was jefferson. And lately they are picking up
the idea and exploiting il that after all Abraham
Lincoln was hut nj fact democrat after the
jefferson school wheh is not fair to either JEFF
terson or Lincoln. because they were not great
in the samr way Lincoln was raised M rs the
savior If his country. fulfilled his mission and
then as though 81 protect his own reputation.
The assassin eat Of his years ia a moment JET
fersou lived q great old age maintained his
greatness - the end and il Is good for all Amer
leans every year g stop his birthday aud hail
his spirit u the other warld ~6ooawinN Weekly