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Show WWW WWW WW W W VHP WWWWWWWWWWWW i ' PASSING OF TWO GREAT AMERICANS j TTEFFERSON STILL LIVES." 3 " C'oj I John Adam smiled serenely, closed hi tired eyes, and ended his actlrt career. Nona of T- VV- I - bedside watchers told bus that Jefferson, his bitter opponent and dear friend, had SV' I rwo bours before. 5 fp? " , ' ttS"1 July 4, It was, fifty years after the two patriots had affixed their signatures to the Declare- - tIoii: "T United Colonies are, and of rig-ht oueht te be. Free and Independent states jN"v that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection J 21 S $Tj between them and the otate of Great Britain Is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." li sTl Strange that July 4, which stands for the birth of America as a nation, should also mark 5 ts fejr- 1 tb of the two sons who did so much toward her creation. "All men are created equal.' 'ffi J--. rrn - ..J Those had been Jefferson's words when he was thirty-five years old. It was be who framed f A i Declaration of Independence. It was Adams who had taken Xfofe-. -J the most active part in the debates that preceded the signing, f'.' "Mr' ' f ' ? i; : "5 "The colossus of that debate," Jefferson called Aiams. And f , C w v Jj fift' Tear biter, both men died within two hours of each other, h X 1 eL V" Those sessions before the Declaration was read to the f( v" V '(Oi NS-"': Aneic,, P001- wer" bitter and stormy. Not all the delegates p JP U fc A." 'nTf believed in breaking away from the mother country. f- j Opposing politic views caused the two men to drift apart. : ' Adams, like Washington, waa a Federalist, who believed In a & strong central government. Jefferson led the Anti-Federalist party. He believed that the gov- 1. tT"" V i IP eminent was an agent for the states, not their master. ' j In later years when both men bad retired from politics the old friendship was renewed with f ; more warmth. is..yr-: juJ- 4 1820, was the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, -j&r - JT .: v a gala day for the United States. The people wanted Adams and Jefferson to partake of the fes- K . ' ' ' Uvlties, but Adams waa ninety-one and Jefferson eighty-three. They were too worn by their long I& . IF. - - . i f -j battle for freedom to leave home. While the gayety was at its height Jefferson passed away. A 8 : j ' r J y ij 1 few hours later Adams followed, with his friend's name on his Upa. S&W - wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww |