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Show I ' PASSING OF TWO GREAT AMERICANS ' p K ( 4$"T EFFERSON STILL LIVES." C f C, ,-. '5 kf II John Adama amlled aerencly, closed his tired ayea, and ended hta active career. Noee at Jl '' ''vrgiM r bedside watchers told him that Joffaraon, hla bitter opponent and dear frieod, bad 5f lpv &$f&j'?:pA died two houra bflore. - 4 J& ', ,;;,(,; ' X 4lh Ju'r 4, it was, fifty arare after tha two patriots had affiaad their alfAaturea to the Declara- JhZ(, ' ' V.'v - tlon: "That these United Colonics are. and of right ought to be. Free and Independent a U teat fT 1 ftfc-yS ' tSSt 'at ar absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political conaectioa v yr'f.:i''-'& between them and tlie state of Cteat Britain ia, and ought to be, totally dlseolved 1 i'y '''''' ' ' I Stranio that July 4, which stands for the birth of America aa a nation, should alee mark vAi ' tha ,eotl lwo n wno much toward her creation. "All men are created equaL" ya iV.-4 y"t'"vi bad been JcrTcrson'a words whan he was thirty-five year old. It was be who framed Is? 5 t'k DecUratloo of Independence. It waa Adame wbo bad taken 1 agTru ' ' ,ht n,t et,r Prl ,n debolea that preceded the signing " lJ(!J!ysi,wii 1 ""V 5 f 'l -V if' "The colossus of that debste," Jefferson called Adams. And f J aA I fej . ifz A nfty years later, both men died within two hours of each other, i &g f 3 W T '''l- 1 r'J''J Those aesalona before the Declaration waa read to tha ff ' 5 K'fo.fStf J American people were bitter and stormy. Not all the dolagatca v ' ' ' fls T KWrslrf- J3 believed In breaking away from the mother country. 1 - " ' Opposing political views caused tha two men to drift apart. !' , jfy ' Adama. Ilka Washington, waa a Federalist, who believed la a , strong central government Jefferson led the Ant I-Federalist party. He believed that the gov- - ernment waa an agent for the states, not their maoter. f dJ la later years when both men had retired from potitica the old friendship waa renewed with J-yj mare warmth. July 4, 1828, waa tha fiftieth anniversary of tha signing uf the Declaration of Independence, Jk&3 e gala day for the United Stales, The people wanted Adama and Jefferson te partake of the fee-. f?$?J i'' Uvltiea, but Adnma waa nuiety-one and Jefferson eighty-three. They were too worn by their long' rj jfjf'1 2 iT battle for freedom to leave home. While the gaycty waa at Ita height Jeffersoa passed away. A Ifcfyf lfff few hours later Adams followed, with bla friend'e name on hb Ilpe. . Sr Sr4J |