Broad Ax, The (Newspaper) - April 4, 1896, Salt Lake City, Utah OUR GOVERNMENT is ON THE CONSENT OF QUALITY OF LIBERTY WE POSSESS is EQUAL TO THE QUANTITY OF WE Pur UPON THE HEW TO THE VOL I. SALT LAKE 4, 1896. THOMAS SAINT OF Os 2, 1743, one hundred and three years in Jefferson was No mail country ever more to the planting and of free popular in nt tl an did Thomas Inheriting from a noble ancestor the of liberty and lie became a strong and leader of the little band of who at last 111 tins glorious land of are now first appeared in public lift at tlie age of being to the Virginia lat where he at once espoused the of when and an opportunity Here it was that he introduced a looking to the emancipation of the and was always found supporting anv measure which tended to better their He n mamed a member of the Vir giLia Legislature until the uf the Revolutionary when he became one of the leading spirits in forming and establishing tje immortal principles of our free During the eventful period preceding the Declaration of Independence from son was an earnest supporter and of and was a of the first Continental after which he served two as Governor of ing time he exhausted his fortune in personal butions to the regiments from and others then fighting the battles of the He was again returned to and as chairman of the committee on introduced the decimal now m use in this country At the of the war he was sent as minister to where he until called by ton to he Secretary of which portion he filled until 1794, when he his cabinet the time of his cabinet he and the secretary of the Alexander became much embittered on account ot their divergent Hamilton being an extreme and Jefferson an enthusiastic Demon their incompatible led them to differ on almost every question of being such an ardent porter of the republic that he de- dared That the republican is the form of government that is lot robbery and violence iie became astonished and to hear Knox and in the cabinet and express a distrust for the and favor the the republic as a temporary with an intent to gradually strengthen the ment by gliding into a tional Thus the of the expediency of the ple to govern became the political and the contest in 1796, Adams and was on these receiving 71 electoral Jefferson 68 the law at that made ferson In 1800 he chosen president by the Home of having defeated He received tie vote Aaron who became his No. 32. first His second election was almost he receiving over ninety-two per of the electoral votes After eight years of service as chief he retired a poor to his home at where he lived in spending the greater part of his declining years in building up a system of education for the benefit of all the children of the State of He died on the Fourth day of 1826, in his eighty-fourth and was buried in his own beneath a simple bearing an tion prepared by his own In an article like this it is sible to mention all the ments and public service that land the name of and endears him to the hearts of the American His authorship of the Declaration of places him on the highest pinnacle of and accords to him the honor of being the greatest defender of human rights and personal liberty that has everg graced the cutcheon of illustrious He had no admiration for kings and His efforts to prevent the permanency of a ed aristocracy were crowned with success when he accomplished the in of the law of primogeniture and so that all property was held in fee and could be sold for He was an earnest opponent of the union of church and and in the passage of a law en- Act for Establishing Religious This act has been regarded as one of the greatest triumphs of free government over the religious dices of the old and paved the way to the religious freedom we now One of his favorite expressions on this subject has nothing to do with Compulsion makes not cou through his tions with made the most valuable acquisition to the wealth and prosperity of the United States that has ever been made in our by the Louisiana not only by getting the ownership of the most fertile tract of land in the but thereby we obtained a free and ed use of the great Mississippi giving the Middle and ern States a commercial advantage which has made them populous and Jeffersom might well be called the he was plain and simple in bis and disliked all show of It said tnat wnen ne was inaugurated president the first he rode to the capital on horseback all by hitching his mare to a walked into the took the oath of and rode away to his own apartments without waiting for congratulations or ceremonies of any His great popularity and strength with his was his devotion and friendship for the common in whom he had the utmost While in France as minister from this he would frequently enter the of the convene with them and eat of their fare in order to know Thus we that nature and great naturally became the patron saint and father of the Democratic In his untiring opposition to aristocrats and he grew to be the champion of erty and human rights for all the and at that day as the head of that principle of local self- which distinguishes the Democratic party from all even down to the The opposition to the ciples of beginning with the bus assumed many political and but it still lingers as a den ready at a favorable ment to strive to give the people what they term stronger it would seem that this spirit has in some degree entered into the very body of the old Democratic and like a malarious poison is many with the disease of an and a financial Were Thomas Jefferson alive his logical voice and trenchant pen would speak in the strongest language against the usurpation of power by the wealthy in the robbing of the people of that money of the which he through years of struggle and toil did so much to establish and we have in our midst those claiming the mantle of the of who are ing to tear down the very principles promulgated by Jefferson and his it is not every one who saith shall enter into the Kingdom of This is an appropriate time to remember and cherish the example and precepts of this great tj pical American and founder of the Democratic His spirit should stir again the impulses of the that they zealously guard the ple of and allow no ious enemy to take from us by in- trigue what is so dear to every true freedom and The spirit of liberty and the bond of union was not or ated by but grew up as a tree under the fostering of such men as Thomas They transmitted the priceless boon to by a natural law we must send it down to a boon or a As an affectionate child watches by the bedside of a dying and never gives up hope while a spark of life so should we stand by the glorious principles of and devote our best even to save What is the worth of the bare walls and deserted chambers of a rained Let us hope that the dawn is near for the return of that prosperous period which marked the tration of the plain old farmer and lover of liberty and If we cauld have a revival of ism throughout then we need not fear disaster to the ship of and the motto of which was and proposed by would remain untarnished and un- broken for generations yet to Unity 28 Third South Services at 11 o'clock a. Rev. A. L. The Lesser and the Larger Special services of con- for the THE great consolidated circus and aggregation of reform law better known as the Re- publican reform Legislature of the State of will expire today from old age and The majority in both houses have run j the machine to suit the g o. we but when the people of the State get a chance at these every one of them will see stars before he gets on the Broad Ax will show up the frailties of the We are proud of the consistent and able course of the Democratic mi- they have a clean Sole agents for New York Leader We also carry Stetson's and other fine Mercantile Co. IBS CAPS cr Cul Office and Yard near RA Y VAN 507 McCornick SALT LAKE STRAUP AND Attorneys and EAGLE SALT LAKE Rooms 25-27 Hooper J. L B. fi. S. W. C. B. S IE WART STEWART at 317 McCornick Salt Lake at f 117 Commercial Salt Lake Real Estate Loans R. N. E. D. RASKIN 172 S. over Joslin Sidney W. John B Anderson Darke 63 4-7 Hooper Salt Lake JAMES A 404-405 PROGRESS Commercial Salt Lake Utah A. W. J. W. CHERRY Rooms 9 and 10, Walker Bros. Bank SALI LAKE A. J. 2406 Washington First National SAMUEL A. First National Bank ALL Thp I IIG J Office under Deseret Bank TELEPHONE NO. 142. CONHAIM CLOTHING CO. Constantly keeps TAILOR HUE on hand a full line of 205-207 Main Street and 9. 10 E. 2nd South St. S Wholesalers and Retailers of ETC. 213 SOUTH MAIN SALT ZANE ATTORNEYS Deseret National Bank Bldg. ELLIS Rooms 512 to 515 Progress Utah Mining 46 E Second South St Salt Lake MINES BOUGHT AND Careful examinations made of mining properties Reliable reports made Mercur property a TEA H C FOB CHASE SANBORN'S Spices Extracts I. TOT KEST H J Utah Poultry and Produce Commission Co. 108 W. FIRST SOUTH LAKE L Manager Henry Hober J F G B. F GRANT SOAP CO. 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