. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . noise andjubilee. Well, how did that horseback storyget into history then ? inquired Jack. From a later occurrence, I imagine,Uncle Tom replied. When Madison,his successor, was inaugurated, Jeffer-son and his sixteen-year old grandsonrode on horseback to the capitol,hitched their horses to the palings, andwent in to see the show. The two occa-sions have simply got mixed, you s so. Now, what were thebiggest things he did as President ? asked Roger. The biggest things, as you wouldcall
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . noise andjubilee. Well, how did that horseback storyget into history then ? inquired Jack. From a later occurrence, I imagine,Uncle Tom replied. When Madison,his successor, was inaugurated, Jeffer-son and his sixteen-year old grandsonrode on horseback to the capitol,hitched their horses to the palings, andwent in to see the show. The two occa-sions have simply got mixed, you s so. Now, what were thebiggest things he did as President ? asked Roger. The biggest things, as you wouldcall them, said Uncle Tom, were, Isuppose, when he sent Decatur andhis sailors to say to the Dey of Algiers, No, sir! we wont pay tribute;the purchase of Louisiana from Napoleon Bonaparte, who was then risingto great power in France; and the embargo of 1807, which Jefferson alwaysheld, if strictly kept, would have prevented the war of 1812. Would it? asked Bert. That s an open question, Uncle Tom replied. If all men had beenJeffersons it might have served his purposes ; but men are not alike, and de-. LAFAYETTE. The statue by Bartholdi in Union Square, New York. WITH THE SAGE OF MONTICELLO 131
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