El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

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w Hidden away in the arehiye.
Of the congressional library al
Washington are some Of the most in
tresting, unpublished stories OF Ameri-
can history. The government is buying
new manuscripts every week, and new
Eight is being thrown on the greatest
Y events in the making OF the hat Az,
and also upon the characters OF llle
great men who made 1t. The unpuD-
Hshed letters OF the presidents are
numbered by hundreds of thousands
and the individual documents VIII run
into the millions
lions is that relating to James Madl-
son. which for the first time has now
been made perfectly accessible to the
historians of the country The cOIec-
ton of Madison letters numbers 4V'uvg
or $4,000 They cover every phase OF
his career and with them are love let
tiers by Dolly Madison to her husband
and most interesting letters from
This collection is now with the
other Madison papers in the manuscript
division OF the National library II
numbers more than 100 volumes OF
autograph letters and papers OF James
president MadisOn's novelette,.
Among the most remarkable OF the
documents is a novelette, IN the mana
writing Of president Madison II was
written while the Missouri comprO Inlse
and its effect upon slavery were stun
agitating the country, and II IS eVl-
IDENTIFY an allegory intended TO snow
the situation then existing and to quiet
the troubIe between the north and the
south. Madison died away back IN
1895, while Andrew Jackson was presl-
dent and the indications are that the
story was penned along late IN the
tweEties and probably beIore JaCksOIi
T. Of -I0nn
made his threat Of hanging John =
Calhoun. The story gives vivid PIC
ture Of rhe fCeEng then eXlsJlnB- II
treats of the history of the country IN
its origin and its breaking away from
England, and directly shows how the
south had ALREADY .SOped Of support
from Greet Britain in case It should
hold on TO its slaves and break away
A good title for the story. although
not the one given by Madison, would
be The SnOW-White Girl with the
Jet-Black Arm, and the Troubles OF
Her Inflated Match He uses Jona-
than Bull to represent the north ana
Mary Bull "the south while Old John
Bull" who also figures, persOnltles
England, from whom The two others
have broken away and married
But let me give you the Lale IN lne
words of president Madison, changing
j. only to clarity the characters or 10
bring out their historical meaning The
story begins describing the condition
of the colonies before they declared
their independence. It reads as follow:
Jonathan Bull and Mary Bull VINO
Y ere the descendants Of Old John Bull,
had inherited contiguous estates IN
large tracts of land. As they SreW up
and became well acquainted, partla-
lily was incidentally felt, and advances
on several occasions were made toward
a matrimonial connection This was
particularly recommended by the ad-
Vantages of putting the two estates
under common superintendent Old
John Bull (England), as guardian OF
both, and having long been allowed
certain Taluable privileges within the
estates, had always found means OF
breaking off the match, which he re-
garded as a fatal obstacle to his sweet
design Of getting the whole property
into his hands
AT a moment favorah bic, as ne
thought, for the attempt ne brought
suit against both, but with the view
Of carrying it on in a way that
would make the process bear on the
parties in such different modes, times
and degrees as might create jealous
" and discOrd between them.
Jonathan and Mary had TOO much
sagacity to be duped. They understood
well Old Bulls character and situation
They knew that ne was deeply versed
in All the sUbtilities Of the law. They
knew that he had a stubborn and per
severinE temper and had moreover a
very long purse They were sensible,
therefore, that the more he endeavOred
10 divide their interests, the more
they ought to make a common cause
and proceed in g concert of measures"
Old Bun Withdraws Suit.
The next paragraph relates to the
union OF the norIhern ana southern
colonies against England and their
fight for independence, concentrating
The Union. It reads:
LAS this fighting Old Bull could best
be done by giving effect to the feelings
long entertained for each other. an IN
termarriage was determined on be-
tween Jonathan and Mary. It was
duly SOlemnized with a deed OF settle
ment as is usual in such Opulent
matches and duly executed. No event,
certainly of the sort was celebrated
by a greater fervOr Of variety Of re-
Jonathan than, sometimes of Mary, and
Of the parties They had a great hor-
Tor of falling ito the hands of Old Bull,
and regarded the marriage OF their
proprletorS, under whom they held
1reehOldSs as the SureSt mode of ward
ing off the danger They were not
disappointed. United purses and good
advocates compelled Old Bull, after
hard struggle (the war of the revOlu-
tom, TO withdraw the suit and relin-
qulsh forever not only the new pre-
tensions set up, but the old privileges
he had not allowed.
The marriage of Jonathan and Mary
was not barren one. On the con-
trary every year or two added a new
member of the family, the management
occasions the practice was set off
portion Of land sufficient for a good
farm to be put under the authority
Of the child Cor state of the union) on
its attaining the age of manhood: and
these lands were settled very rapidly
by tenants going, as the case might
be, from the estates, sometimes OF
Jonathan, sometimes of mary. and
sometimes parity from one and partly
from the other"
1T happened that at the expiration
Of homage of the tenth or eleventh
fruit Of the marriage some difficulties
we're started concerning the rules and