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Federalists
and Jeffersonians
Reading 1:
Those who labor in the earth
are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen people,
whose breasts He has made His peculiar deposit for substantial
and genuine virtue.
Thomas Jefferson, Notes
on the State of Virginia
Reading 2:
While we have land to labor
then, let us never wish to see our citizens occupied at a work-bench,
or twirling a distaff....For the general operations of manufacture,
let our workshops remain in Europe....The mobs of great cities
add just so much to the support of pure government, as sores
do to the strength of the human body.
Thomas Jefferson
Reading 3:
If I could not go to Heaven
but with a party I would not go there at all.
Thomas Jefferson
Reading 4:
All communities divide themselves
into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born,
the other the mass of the people.... The people are turbulent
and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore
to the first class a distinct, permanent share in the government.
They will check the unsteadiness of the second, and as they cannot
receive any advantage by change, they therefore will ever maintain
good government.
Alexander Hamilton
Reading 5:
Yesterday Expired,
Deeply regretted by Millions of grateful Americans,
And by all good men,
The Federal Administration
of the
Government of the United States....
It found the United States
bankrupt in estate and reputation; it hath left them unbounded
in credit; and respected throughout the world. It found the treasuries
of the United States and individual states empty; it hath left
them full and overflowing....
It found the United States
at war with the Indian Nations;--it hath concluded peace with
them all....It found Great Britain in possession of all the frontier
posts; it hath demanded their surrender, and it leaves them in
the possession of the United States. It found the American sea
coast utterly defenseless; it hath left it fortified. It found
our arsenals empty; and magazines decaying; it hath left them
full of ammunition and warlike implements. It found our country
dependent on foreign nations for engines of defense; it hath
left manufactories of cannon and muskets in full work....
It found our mechanics and
manufacturers idle in the streets for want of employ; it hath
left them full of business, prosperous, contented, and happy.
It found the yeomanry of the country oppressed with unequal taxes;--their
farms, houses and barns decaying; their cattle selling at the
sign-posts; and they driven to desperation and rebellion; it
hath left their coffers in cash; their houses in repair; their
barns full; their farms overstocked; and their produce commanding
ready money, and a high price....
It found the United States
deeply in debt to France and Holland; it hath paid all the demands
of the former and the principal part of the latter....It found
the United States without a swivel on float for their defense;
it hath left a navy--composed of thirty-four ships of war....
It found the exports of our country, a mere song, in value; it
hath left them worth above seventy millions of dollars per annum.
Boston Columbian Centinel, 1801
Reading 6:
The Bible would be cast into
a bonfire, our holy worship changed into a dance of Jacobin phrensy,
our wives and daughters dishonored, and our sons converted into
the disciples of Voltaire and the dragoons of Marat.
Yale College President Timothy
Dwight, on the possibility of Jefferson's election
Reading 7:
Thomas Jefferson is a firm
Republican,--John Adams is an avowed Monarchist....Thomas Jefferson
first drew the declaration of American independence;--he first
framed the sacred political sentence that all men are born equal.
John Adams says this is all a false and a falsehood; that some
men should be born Kings, and some should be born Nobles....Will
you, by your votes, contribute to make the avowed friend of monarchy
President?--or will you, by neglectfully staying at home, permit
others to saddle you with Political Slavery?
1796 Jeffersonian election
statement
1. Describe
the differences between the Federalists and the Republicans in
their attitudes toward democracy, the role of government, and
cities and manufacturing.
2. Do you
consider the Federalists or the Republicans to be more realistic?
more idealistic?
3. What
was the purpose of Hamilton's program--to create a wealthy class
and bind their loyalties to the national government or to build
a strong and prosperous nation?
4. Why do
you think the Federalists went down to defeat in 1800?
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Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798 |
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Naturalization Act |
Required an immigrant to live
in the U.S. for l4 years before becoming a citizen |
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Alien Act |
Allowed the President to expel
foreigners from the U.S. if the President believes they are dangerous
to the nation's peace and safety |
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Alien Enemies Act |
Allowed the President to imprison
or expel foreigners considered dangerous in time of war or invasion |
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Sedition Act |
Barred American citizens from
saying, writing, or publishing any false, scandalous, or malicious
statements about the U.S. government, Congress, or the President |
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