Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-01

| Nf. IIH. I| ANAIhUNfNl and eN-
t-aarI.uary achievements be thus liz.
aored
Bui If Tho figure have been ire
.spnfIue as an honor 10 Wales has f.,
bead OF gold. lust az clearly II viii
boo seen 200 have had feet OF clay
|IHrrr Is ao tyranny Ike thai OF n
great Idea When once honestly en-
.'er'ained by a capable and sincere
Imam. b. possesses him. n obsegsps Inn
land may load 0- drive him anywhere
Carrying bis Oau fascinating propo-
|4f.9rs no their Uuu .. f1o,yb, M
form OF gryeum... au.lI provide
.t0a 'hr people could a.nay. ana al
once have their Ra.. .u1lec, 10 no
.t.udrau.cs OF delay for ronsidera-
zion Whosor,r though, that need.
Jed. v1s nor to boz trusted be was mo-
friend OF tbo people. Consequently.
/ Mr. Jefferson looked roIIIy on the
Constitution ot concerted .hecks AS
a system of .oarar,ad checks In me
instant execution 1f the popular u,ll
land believed 'ue greatest danger thr
country vas Boo came from the per
] sons nho made This Constitution
Mr. Jefferson vas not man OF
genius ilo was not an orator not
q soldier. not u good Executive. least
Iof all Holl.ballnood statesman
| Bur be- Vas @ phN0sophlc thinker or
dreamer and ycf with % uonderfully
+ practical gif' for reading the tenden-
cIes of fho popu.a... and Tor put.
/ ting them into persuasive, and stately
language
As d political opponent boz uas Al
times uugenerous and uuderhandel
Tie regarded the sting OF newspa
+ per attack This extreme advocate OF
popular rights proposed me appoipt-
mrut OF government .easors for tho
press and wrote 20 Washington
SO government ouah' 10 bee without
consors Wbor. IN. ur.s. b.. ,r.'
one ever will be
lie roconciled his personal feeling
with holding offirc ,I,,o., -.
nously FOR forty years. bur when bo
became Precedent ho was vehement
" IN favor OF rotation office and was
the author Of the doctrine that to
the 'ictors belong the spoils.
lie vas opposed 10 building mn
manufacturing establishments Len
our workshops remain in Europe
He wrote that ne was not a friend
TO very energetic government, II
was always oppressive" Elsewhere he
declared, "A free government ia of
All others the most energetic"
Ills hostility 20 the Constitution
was not concealed To John Adams
no sald. ! confess there are things
IN II which stagger all my dIsposl.
lions 10 subscribe TO what such an
assembly has proposed The Presi.
deh' seems a bad editor OF a Polish |
KING
Afterwards he became a stickler
Tor the exact terms Of the ConstitI- /
lion.
lie was the author Of the Keo.
ncEy resolutions, which supported
Re extreme do trine n, s,,,o bin
ma Justified Notification. and yet
De- wrote elsewhere that when any
me state in tho American Union re-
uses obedience % the Confeders
ION TO which they have bound them.
elves, the rest have the natural
tight to compel 1t TO obedience
Surely here are enough lnconsls.
nc'as oNtrayaFanccs and cxaegera.
ions 10 show the need for Mr. Mad.
sons plea that allowance be mad,
or them I'm most OF them ne vas
absolutely sincere. Hut no sketch OF
HIS career or estimate OF his cbarac.
cr would be honest without some
mention Of others for which such an
Ncrs" cannot be offered
Nr Jcfferson's expressions OF min
Ion concerning Enkland were so con.
letting al different periods as to
suggest that they were uncandid and
Tor a purpose
He was uujustly accused Of ire.
.iEion
One Of the most inc,cps,br, rs,
lures IN his political struggles was
nus use OF the olackmailers. Callen-
uer Fr'heau and others, in his vim
'','l'' warfare against Hamilton.
ne rarely lost q friend OF a fol-