The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-11-03
By EDGAR lLlFF.

General Andrew jackson haO great
dislike for both Madison and Jenerson.
He looked upon them as cowardly
men, afraid to meet their enemies
face to face, afraid to conduct their |
great offices with independence and
fortitude. He said their habit was to
smile in your face and do something
mean behind your back.
Jefferson had put forth An idea that
disgusted Jackson. When the country
was demanding coast defenses and q
navy, Jefferson calculated that a doz- !
en- gunboats could be built for a hun !
dred thousand dollars, or about $4,000
apiece, and that they should be kept
in sheds out of the rain and sun, and
when the enemy appeared near the
shore, they could be oarted down to
the water and manned by the neigh |
bors. Jefferson seemed to have for !
gotten that the English ships were
filled with the veterans and heroes Of
Trafalgar, the Nile and Copenhagen.
Professors Out Of Place.
"I have" said Jackson, the highest
regard for professors and school teach |
ers in their own sphere, but when
they come out of their shells and talk
politics and government, they always
remind me Of old maids who lecture on
how to raise children"
Dolly Madison was Quakeress by
birth. and when she sat for her por-
trait to Peale, the artist, she wore her
Quaker cap. No more sweet and love-
ly character can be found in all Ameri-
can history. A widow at %, she was
sought in marriage by the first man in
the land. James Madison, who was
twice her age, induced Aaron Burr to
present him to the charming young
widow. When they met "she was
dressed In a mulberry satin gown.
and a silk tulle handkerchief on her
neck, and on her head an exquisitely |
dainty little cap from which an I'M |
cropped curl would escape"
Mr. Madison was more successful !
in the court OF love than In foreign
courts. He was more lover than
statesman. He was smitten, and
through the help of Martha Washing
tons match making. he gained her for
wife. George Washington pronounc-
ed the BLESS you, my children" Thorn
as jefferson threw some Carolina rice,
the usual old shoes were hurled at the
happy couple, and everything went as
merry as a marriage bell.
Madison Reciuse.
But alas for human affinities! Mrs.
Madison was much happier in the So
cial life OF the capital than her hus-
band could possibly be. James Madi-
son was student and a recluse. In
early life he went to rash and peril
Gus excess in study. He fell a victim
TO the false idea than an accumula OF
knowledge makes up for all other
shortcomings. He nearly killed him
Sc with study and impaired his health
for life He was the very best of Am
erican citizens and of value to his
country, but he was never quite the
man he might have been had he
studied less and played and romped
more when a youth. Jefferson said OF
him that he lacked the power to stand
firm against vehement opposition
he had a certain lack or Staunch, IN
domitable manhood.
There is a coarse grain of falSehOod
in the time-honored phrases that
knowledge is power" and "the pen is
mightier than the sword for as the
world appears to the man in the
street, ignorance rides and knowledge
walks; ignorance lives in palaces and
knowledge sputters out its brief candle
in the attic: ignorance hires and
knowledge hires out; ignorance has
the money and buys, while penniless
knowledge sell itself for bread. AS
TO the pen being mightier than the
sword. it's refutatiOn is seen today in
the European sword dripping with
blood.
Stunned Society.
Madison hated and Stunned society.
He would run away from dinners and
parties. Social functions are the thief
OF time to bOOkish men. All time not
devoted to study is so much lost time.
They are like the saints who pray
without ceaSing and let others do the
work. They live in the abstract and
forget that there can be no history, no
books. no literature. no philosophy. no
dramas or poems. without the deeds,
the acts, the loves, the hates, the
passions the ambitions the wars, the
adventures, the conflicts and struggles
OF men and women first. Books are
but pictures. films, reflex visualiza-
ton Of the real. Daredevils defy the
ice Of the ArctiCs. face the hot blasts
of the desert, and brave the dangers of
land and sea and air. We sit in the
cozy-corner and read about 1t and be-
come "intellectual" Warp and bias
are too often the fruits of education.
In its truest sense, education is empty
Ing the mind of traditional misCOnceD-
lions instead of filling it with ancient
rubbish
A strong mind with no education is
better than weak one overburdened
with antique Cobweb learning. Two of
Americas greatest men, Abraham Lin
coin and Bcnito JuareZ, had scarcely
any education at all.
Dolly Madison loved sparkling wit,
good cheer beaux esprites. She al
ALWAYS reigned supreme as Queen of