The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-04
copyrighted, 1918, by Frank G. Car
penter.)


penter.)
WASHINGTON, d. G.
Hidden away in the archives of the
Congressional Library at Washington
are some of the most interesting. un-
published stories Of American history.
The government is buying new manu-
scripts every week, and new light is
being thrown on the greatest events in
the making Of the nation also
upon the characters Of the great men
who made it. The unpublished letters
of the Presidents are numbered by
hundreds of thousands, and the indi-
vidual documents will run into the
millions.
one Of the most remarkable collec-
tons is that relating to James Madi-
son. which for the first time has now
been made perfectly accessible to the
historians of the country. The col
lection Of Madison letters numbers
40, 900 or $4,000. They cover every
phase Of his career, and with them
are love letters by Dolly Madison to
her husband and most interesting let
tiers from James to Dolly.
Some Of the most remarkable Of
these letters and papers were, for a
long time, In the possession of the
Chicago Historical Society. After
Madison's death they were sold by one
of his heirs, and thus came into the
hands of the late J. c.. Mcclure of
Washington. ID. G. Mr.. Mcclure sold
them to the Chicago society, and Mr..
Gaillard Hunt, the head of the man
script division Of the library, persuad-
ell that society to give them to the
National library upon the repayment
of the amount which they had giver
Mr.. Mcclure. If / remember correct.
~, the exact sum was $500.
This collection is now with the othel
Madison papers in the manuscript di
vision Of the National library. ]
numbers more than 100 volumes o
autograph letters and papers Of Jane
Madison. Each volume is big as
court ledger and as thick as an oil
family Bible. In order to show tn
size | stood one upon a desk and ha
1t photographed with myself standin
beside it. The book is fully two fec
long, eighteen iches wide and eigh
or ten inches in thickness, and ever
page Of it contains q letter or pap
OF Mr.. Madison so carefully paste
and treated that it cannot be los
Some of the pages are covered wit
manuscript, the text of which he
never been published. and in mar
Of them are facts of unwritten hi
tory as yet unknown to the public.
Among the most remarkable OF TT
documents is u novelette, in the han'
writing Of President Madison. 1t w;
written while the Missouri cOmpr
mise and its effect upon slavery we
still a~gitating the country, and it
evidently an allegory intended
show the situation then existing al
quiet the troubles between the 0
and the south. Madison died aw;
back in 1886. while Andrew Jacks
was President, and the indications a
hat the story was penned along la
In the twenties and probably befO
Jackson issued his notification me
sage and made his threat OF hangi
John G. Calhoun. The story gives
vivid picture of the feeling hen e
listing. 1t treats Of the history
the country in it's origin and its brea
ing away from England, and indirec
shows how the South had alrea
hoped of support from Great Brits
In case it should hold on to its sla,
n break away from the North.
\ good title for the story, althou
not the given by Madison, Wol
he THE Snow-White Girl With I
Jet-Black Arm, and the Troubles
Her Inflated Match" He uses Jol
than Bull to Represent the North a
Mary Bull the South" while &c
John Bull" who also figures. perso
ieS England. from whom the {
others have broken away and m
ried.
But let me give you the tale in
words of President Madison. chang
1t only to clarity the characters
to bring out their historical meant
The story begins describing the COZ
tons Of the colonies before they
clared their independence. 1t re
as follows:
Jonathan Bull and Mary Bull. y
were the descendants of Old j
Bull. had inherited contiguous est.
In large tracts Of land. AS they &
up and became we'll acquainted
partiality was incidentally felt.
advances on several occasions v
made toward a matrimonial con-
ton. This was particularly rec
mended by the advantages Of put
the two estates under
erintendence. Old John Bull tF
land.) as guardian OF both, and
L.. hnnn nllonroA oSrfOin