The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-21

cure. No money he ever received for
his public services was sufficient TO
he spent both at home ANA abroad dur
Ing that TRANSITION period oil American
history. The constant drain on his
personal revenues VAS mot by In
creased ndrotnesg on has part. and
his Virginia estates were made TO yield
their utmost tarthinS. surely Thomas
Jefferson was the most anuz.nS bread
winner of his generation. In mis- old
age however, auvers.ty overlook HIM,
lie was Obliged 10 sell his Zine library
and lis expected TO lose aionlIcuIIu
tut his friends rallied to his financial
rclic' and the grand old statesman
was spared that browning sorrow
James Madison and james Monroe
were Dreaow, nners OF the voluntary
sort Both We're born in afluen.c and
might have lived the lie ot "sloiid
plenty but tor the opportunity that
came 10 them TO spend and he spent
III the service Of Their country. VIII
liam A. HARRISON was ALSO OF the Ster-
ing planter Class, bat alter has father
haa seen him safely through lamp
cn-S.dncy College and he had gone
TO Philauclphid TO study medicine UNI
der the famous Dr. Rush, the young
sawboncs obtained commission in
tile army from General Washington
ana holtcd Tor the frontier From that
time he became brcGdw!nner OF tho
actual sort. with abundant opportu-
nifty TO feather his meet" N the poilti-
cal game which he played tor so many
years, General HARRISON might have
been the richest man in tho country
bur his sense OF honor was OF the most
delicate sort and when he retired TO
his farm at North Bend he had little
or nothing to live on.
OF the TWO remaining Virginia Pres
idcnts John Tyler inherited large
estate from his wealthy father ami
Zachary Taylor's early life was passed
amid all the privat.ons Of the Ken
lucky frontier to which his family
h a III,
when ne waA babe III arms. The
mental training lie received In that
wilderness was OF the most mcagrc
KIND hu, ne grew up sturdy active
belonged 10 the brcadwinnur class and
accepted the situation without a muir
muir. Early in life nc became a SOL
der and for twenty four years his
military service was the defense of the
frontier. II was service that detna nd :
cd uuccnsinC vigilance prompt act on
In cmcrgcncics and boundlcss courage
Ai,cr he hnd won the rank Of brigad!cr-
general Taylor obtained :. transfer 10
the Department of the Southwest.
bought plantation at Baton Rouge,
La, and established his family on II,
the frst perma ncnt home that had ever
followed agriculture gu cesstully, and
then the Mex can War broke out, When
X was over. "Old Rough and Ready"
az he had been dubbed ancct!onately
pared to spend the remainder OF his
days IN securing "A modest competence
by raising cotton and cane The poll.
iicians made him President before h"
had time 10 harvest his nrst good crop,
and when he died. sixteen months
later, he had not secured that coveted
hnancial Independence
Both the Massachusetts, Presidents
had to depend entirely on their own
ability 70 provide the daily bread sup
ply for themselves and their families.
The elder Adams was sent 10 Harvard
at the Ercnt personal sacrifice OF his
parents to prepare for the ministry.
When he decided TO become a LAWYER,
he was thrown upon his own resources
and was forced to become a Echoo!mas-
ter temporarily. He had been urac-
tictug law six years before he Oh
tanned money sufficient TO pay his we'd
ding expenses, but from that time until
,he breaking out of the Revolutionary
War, he found numerous clients. al.
though his fees were small
Throughout his entire public Career
John Adams was never at his ease in
regard TO money matters. During his
long European experience In the sor.
vice OF his country he was harassc;l
continually by lack OF money. and II
took all his Yankee ingenuity to steer