Address at Meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa Society (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Address at Meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa Society It was more than two months before any inkling of the great transaction reached President Jefferson and his Secretary of State, Mr. Madison. The news arrived at the very moment when Mr. Jefferson was dispatching for exploration of the upper regions of the Louisiana country, and the Northwest beyond the Rocky mountain divide, two young Virginians whose achievements were destined to have a growing fame and appreciation - Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Imagine the excitement of these two intrepid and patriotic young explorers when they learned that they were to be pathfinders across our own virgin territory rather than that of European empires! And try to imagine the strength and breadth of mind of men who, under conditions so different from those of our own time, had the largeness of view to think in terms of continents rather than in those of mere provinces. When in the course of protracted negotiations, also at Paris, it was decided five or six years ago to retain the Philippines by cession from Spain, long cabled dispatches were sent every night to the State Department at Washington, after which the President and his advisers held a conference, followed the next morning by minute cabled instructions to the American commissioners at Paris. Mr. Monroe had to act without home advice; and he belonged, moreover, to the party of strict constitutional construction. But he recognized the hand of national destiny, and he had no doubt of Mr. Jefferson´s disposition and ability to carry the treaty to its consummation. At the end of this month there opens at St. Louis the great exposition whose object it is to exemplify the amazing progress that Mr. Jefferson foresaw as a result of our acquisition of the trans-Mississippi country. Next year there is to be a creditable exposition in Oregon to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of Jefferson´s expedition under command of Lewis and Clark. Still two years later is to come the celebration of the noteworthy completion of three hundred years of English-speaking men in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In these great events of the opening decade of our twentieth century, Mr. Jefferson stands forth as in many respects the most conspicuous figure. A multiplicity of speeches, brochures, biographical studies and historical reviews of the Jeffersonian period has within the last four or five years attested the very great revival of interest in the career of this eminent Virginian. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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