The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-07


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great allied feet has been battering
son was chairman OF the committee.
and drew up the Declaration of indie
pendence, which, after few altera-
tons. was adopted by Congress, July
IT. IfI y In the autumn or this year.
ne was appointed one Of the commits
Y sion ers to the court Of France; but i'll
health, and iderations OF a pub
lie nature, prevented his acceptance
lie shortly after resigned his seat in
\ Congress, and being elected to the
+ tlrst legislature under the new con.
5stltufion Of Virginia, he introduced,
and with the aid of able co-adjusters,
carried through important laws.
founded on just and great principles
Of the social compact The first Of
these was bill preventing the inn
portation of slaves; this he followed
Up by destroying entails and abolish
Ing the. rights Of primogeniture, the
! overthrow q Of the church establish
ment, which had been introduced in
imitation OF that of England
Besides these. he reduced 20 a sys-
| TEN. the various irregular enactments
OF the colonial government and moth
err country 1t was a most severe Ia
no consisted Of 1876 bills, com
prls1ng and remodelling the whole
I statutory law: and though not all en-
1. acted as he ontemplated, they have
formed the admirable basis OF the iur-
lisprudence OF Virginia.
/ Elected Governor.
II June, 1119, ne was elected gov
isernor Of Virginia. and re- elected the
next year IT was session OF I'M
. . mil peril; the state was invaded
/, by. T,arleton and Arnold, and he bim-.
self made the obj Of the particular.
pursuit. the expiration Of his
term, the legislature passed a. u1an-
I 1fnous resolution expressive Of their
1 nigh opinion of his ability and .integ-
rity
n June, So, he was again elected
| 70 Congress and there prepared the
Il beautiful address, made BY Congress
to Washington. on taking leave of pub
| lie life. He was. also, the chairman
LOT committee appointed to form i
i plan for temporary government in the
vast and then unsettled western ter
Iltor H e. introduced clause for
| bidding slavery in it after the year
j#lsO0 ln#the summer of 1854. III was
Sent as minister plenipotentiary to-
Il France. He remained in Europe until
November. 1883. during which time he
visited England, and, in concert with
VT Adams, Intellectually endeayored
TO effect commercial treaty with
! Britain. While in France he was en-
gagged in many diplomatic negotiations
i{ofs considerable Importance ITO his
I country Among men Of letters. and
| high pol itical distinctio ion. he was re-
ceived with marked Kindness, and he
/ STaced the most brilliant social cir.
#e1es OF Pa ri:s;.88sgF
Secretary Of State. $
When he returned to the United
States, he occupied the Office OF sec
tsretary of state under Washinetp in
| st cad. OF resuming as he had intend
ed, the post Of minister to France.
or the great mass of the constitution
/ which l' had been formed during his adj
sence, he approved. though here we're
points in il. in which he Thought there
was nonIadequate security for politi-3
\ cal rights. In its practical interpret a.
tons, he adopted the more popular;
I view and he became the head OF the
party which sustained lit. While iii the
Edepartme nt of state. he laid down. iii
great, and ever since approved max
inns relative 10 our. foreign inter-
course. Among Other. negotiations. i1a3
became especially engaged in one
WITH the ministers from the French
republic, Wllich seriously involved tie
political rights of he United States
as a neutral nation, and led to the
adoption Of that policy 81 pres CRYING
peace, commerce, and friendship with
al nations. nnt entering into entang
ling alliances with none. His report
On a uniform system OF currency.
Welghfs and measures, was one OF the
measures OF domestic policy appro-
pirate TO his Office, and Is said to have
abounded with the most enlightened
views Y He also presented to. Con-;
s5Tess a l
Valuable Memoir.
on the subject or the cod and whole
1lsherles. His last act as secretary
soE state was report on the nature
and extent OF The privileges and re-
strictions OF the commercial inter
course OF the United states with otn~i
/ er5 les. and on the best means
/ Or counteractfng them. 1t attracted
much attention and was document
pr great ability It was the foun da-
4 ton Of q series or resolutions pro-
posed by AIR. Madison. sanctioning the!
views 1t embraced, and ii became. inI
fact, the estensib1e subject On which
the Federal and Republ ican@ parties
distinctly l: ~ lti'' arrayed themselves
against each 9th err
In December, 1875. jefferson resign
ed his Office and retired to Monticello
The Duke de- L.iancourt II Frencht traF-j
ellen has given in his work a
& Pleasing Narrative
suf manner. i'm ichS the life and
stilh ret ireds tatea passed: