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Continental Congress came from, | Pages, The, of Virginia, 89
11; worse thing than primo-geniture Paine, Thomas, Jefferson kept promise
in, 90; electoral vote of, for Jeffer-
son, 181; Hamilton's scheme to
reverse, 181

Newcastle, Duke of, and corruption,
160

Newspaper reporters given desks in
Congress, 305

Nicholas, George, 21; opposed entail

Bill, 91; opposed Clergy Bill, 252
Night schools suggested by Jefferson,
289

North, Lord, "Conciliatory Pro-
posal" of, 21; Jefferson's reply to,
21-22, 23, 26, 42
Northwest Territory, Bill of 1784 for
government of, 69, 223; slavery
excluded from the, 76-77

made to, 259-60

Parliament, had no right to interfere
in the colonies, 21-22; people of
England in accord with, 41
Parmelee, Mary P., on Jefferson, 105
Parton, James, on Jefferson in France,
64-65; on the model treaty, 109,
110; on the change of sentiment,
142, 143; on Jefferson's "family
soup," 225; on liberty of belief,
263

Patronage, Hamilton's salutary, 178-
79; executive, abolished, 237; re-
duced, 242

Peace, My passion is, 196, 199; our
reasons for, 197-98
Peace-at-almost-any-price policy, 196;
wisdom of, 199, 243

"Notes on Virginia," Jefferson's, 28-
29;
liberal sentiments in, 57; Penalties, brutal, Amelioration of, 69
opposition to slavery in, 74; Pendleton, Edmund, member of Law
freedom of religion, 244, 246;
Bill for religious freedom in, 248,
264; pirated edition of, in Paris,
265; on study of language, 284
Nurselings of luxury, 89

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revision committee, 70; opposed
abolishing entails, 91; and primo-
geniture, 92

Pendletons, The, of Virginia, 89
Pendulum, standard of measure, 239
Penn, Richard, and A. Lee, reported
the King's reply, 28–29

Penn, William, Definition of free
government, 95

Pennsylvania, First constitution of,
48; division of, advised by Hamil-
ton, 176; troops mobilized in, 176;
vote of, to be thrown out, 182;
would protect a convention, 187,
188

People, Jefferson on love for and

distrust of the, 50-51; Woodrow
Wilson on the, 50; Hamilton dis-
trusted the, 51; not Americans, 125;
John Adams on the, 143-44;
"your, is a great beast," 153, 158;
will of, must be done, 191; faith
in common sense of the, 193
Petition, The right of, 46
Philippines, World-powering in the,
3, 220; status of, 211, 212; of
people of, under the treaty, 218;
no constitutional protection for, 219
Physical culture and national defense,
293-94

Pickering, Timothy, published Adams'

criticism on the Declaration, 41,
42; letters of, 155, 174

France, 62; abolished by the
National Assembly, 64

Pilgrim Fathers, The, and the Puri- Profusion and servitude, 103
tans, 95

Pitt, the Elder, see Chatham

Property, Unequal division of, 86-87
Protective system, The, in France, 108

Plagiarism, No, by Adams or Jeffer- Prussia denies expatriation, 15
son, 43

Pure Republic, Definition of a, 95, 98

Planter, The rich, and the University, Puritans, early, Government of the,

295-96

Plumer, W., Letters of, 155
Political theory, Jefferson's, Parties
founded on, 54; the Soul-Politic, 54;
salient points of, 55; source of, 55
Politicians, conscious hypocrites, 159,
193

theocratic, 94-95; distinction be-
tween and the Pilgrim Fathers, 95

Quakers, Political ideas of the, 95
Quincy, Josiah, on dissolution of the
Union, 209

Politics, big, Divorce of big business Rabble, The, and the aristocracy,
from, 159

Porto Rico did not become a part of

the United States on acquisition,
212; status of people of, under
treaty, 218; no constitutional pro-
tection for, 219
Possessions, distant, with alien popu-
lations, What to do with, 213;
annexed by McKinley, 217
Post office, under a negro postmistress,
closed, 18

Powell, E. P., on A suppressed
chapter of American history, 143;
on Michigan University, 273; on
Jefferson, 274

Powers, not delegated reserved, 34,
45-46, 163; doctrine of delegated,
48-49; grades of, conferred upon
government, 55, 97; state and
national, 55; all, with regard to
foreign affairs, delegated, 209–10
Preamble to Virginia Constitution,
Jefferson's, 44, 57, 69; to Bill for
better diffusion of knowledge, 280
President, Rights of the, respecting
treaties, 132; term of office of, 165-
68, 243
Primogeniture, Abolition of, 67, 68,
74; result of, 85; bill for, 88, 90;
fight for, 90-91; Pendleton opposed,
92

Princeton University, 277
Principles of the Revolution, Reaction
against the, 2

Prisoners of war, Treatment of, 109-10
Privileges, special, Beneficiaries of, 60;
Jefferson urged withdrawal of, in

286-87

Race problem, The, 80; Jefferson on
the, 83; Lincoln on the, 84; the
South's drawback, 89

Raleigh Tavern at Williamsburg, 10,
11

Randall, H. S., on committees of
safety, 20-21; on class hatred of
Jefferson, 70; on the Revolution,
146; the original Bill for religious
freedom, 249-50

Randolph, John, Letters of Jefferson
to, 27-28; emancipated his slaves,
76; on the American reign of
terror, 175; venom of, 221
Randolph, John, of Roanoke, 27, 89,
201

Randolph, Peyton, presented Jeffer-

son's resolutions to the Convention,
14; asked Jefferson to reply to
North's "Conciliatory Proposal,"
21

Randolphs, The, of Virginia, 89
Reactionaries, Utterances of the,
143-45

Reciprocity, Stimulus to, 107
Recodification, Brevity and succinct-
ness of the, 71
Reconstruction, a fool's errand, 3;
the mad saturnalia of, 83, 177
Reform, political, A B C of, 159
Regulating Act, Impossible to execute
the, in Massachusetts, 12
Religion, Difference of opinion in,
244, 245; punishment under Virginia
Act for denial of, 247

Religious freedom, Jefferson's statute

of, 57, 67, 68, 70; results of, 85; | Roman Digest, The, expressed the
first in the world, 245, 246, 247, natural rights of man, 38
248, 251; excerpt from, 249-50;
passed, 253-54; amendments to,
254-56; 263-64

Roosevelt, Theodore, on Jefferson, 17,
20, 23, 54, 104; rebuked by both
parties, 166; wanted third term,
167; spirit of sedition laws under,
172; on 'infamous conduct," 196,
199
legis-Rousseau, Jefferson opposed to central

"Reply to Lord North's Conciliatory
Proposal," 21–22, 23, 26, 42
Representation, Equal, in the
lature, 103

Republican government radically de-
fective, 152

Republican party, The, founded on
Jefferson's theory, 54
Republicanism, Catholic principle of,
in recognition of governments, 115-
16

Republics, The lesser, 97, 99-100,
102-3

Resolutions for Committee of inter-
colonial correspondence, 8; offered
in the Assembly, 10

Revenues, Increase of annual, 215
Revision work in Virginia, 68-70, 85;
Bill for revision of the laws, 88
Revolution, The American, a cause
of the French, 56-57
Revolutionary intimidation, 12
Revolutionary period, Political theory
of the, 47-49
Revolutionist, The, 7-66

Rhode Island, Religious freedom in,
except for Catholics, 251

Right of revolution, 47-48

principle of, 38; Jefferson no disciple
of, 45; difference between Jefferson
and school of, 49-50; not quoted
as authority on rights, 56
Rousseau's "Contrat social," 5
Rowe, John, at Boston tea-party, 9
Russia, Treaty with, abrogated, 15-16
Rutledge, Edward, Letter to, 131
Rutledge, John, on Jefferson's elec-
tion, 185

Sabine, Lorenzo, "American Loyal-
ists," 145

Salt beef, in France, 108
Schools, Common and Grammar, Bill
to establish, 268; provision for
common, and overseers, 269-70;
for grammar or central, 270-71;
districts and Boards of overseers,
270; duties of visitors, 271; co-
education in, 271; primaries, 281
Schools, Grammar or central, Land
and buildings for, 270; promotion
to, from common, 270-71; from,
to University, 271

Right to a thing, The, gives right to Schouler, James, on Jefferson and
means for use, 112

Rights of man, The, 13; Van Capellen
on, 31; declared in the Roman
Digest, 38; the object lesson of,
in America, 39; De Witt on, 45;
business of government to make,
more secure, 50; letter to Weight-
man on, 51-52; the political sci-
entists and, 53–54; natural, inalien-
able, God-given, 55; authorities
for, 55-56; Jefferson a forerunner
of, 57; unviolated, 85; the Puritans
not enthusiastic for, 95; in Bill for
religious freedom, 250, 256-57; the
citizen should know his, 267
Roman Catholics refused religious
liberty in Rhode Island, 251;
established it in Maryland, 251

the University, 299

Scientists, The political, and the
rights of man, 53-54

Search and arrest, Freedom from
unreasonable, 46

Secession, Right of peaceful, denied,
47

Secretary of State, Jefferson appoint-
ed, 112; handicapped by Senate's
right to amend a treaty, 138
Sedgwick, Theodore, reactionary, Let-
ters of, 155

Sedition laws passed, 145; a blunder,

170; result of, 171; failure of, 242
Self-extinguishment, The right of, 53
Self-government, Capacity of Ameri-
can people for, 12; inherent rights
of, 13

Self-government, Local, 55; an apostle

of, 96-106; Jefferson on, 98-99

public, 97, 99, 102-3; true barrier
of liberty, 105

Self-preservation, first duty of a State Department, Forms and eti-

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Smith, Adam, 224

Smith, Samuel, denied claims of
Bayard, 189

Social contract, A, at the base of
government, 5

Social order, Hamilton's view of, 181
Social structure, The, aristocratic, 88
Soul-Politic, The, within our Body-
Politic, 4, 54; making over the
American, 281

Sovereignty of the people, 47

Spain, Diplomatic correspondence
with, 129; Holy Alliance and South
American colonies of, 135; would
need to sell Florida, 203
Spanish, Study of, neglected, 284
Sparks, Jared, battled for removal
of tariff on books, 306
Spanish milled dollar, basis of value,

239

Speech, Freedom of, 46

quette in the, 137, 139
Stephens, Alexander, 24

Suffrage General, 103; educational
qualification for, 286-88

"Summary View," Jefferson's, printed
by the Virginia Convention, 14-15;
a mine for ideas and phrases, 15;
basis of argument in the, 15-16;
forerunner of the Declaration, 16–
17, 42, 57; justified execution of
Charles I, 17; protest against
closing port of Boston, 18-19;
appeal to George III, 19-20;
opposition to slavery in the, 74
Supreme Court, Contradictory de-
cisions of the, 212

Sweden and Norway, Separation of,
47

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Taxes, Some old, abolished, no new
created, 238; reduced, 242

Tea, thrown overboard in Boston, 9;
House of Burgesses on purchase of,
10; the punishment for, 18
Teachers, free and untrammelled;
294-95

Tennyson and Jefferson, 288
Territory, acquisition of, Early doc-
trine of, 210-11; new doctrine, with
regard to the Philippines and
Porto Rico, 211, 212-14; a means,
not an end to Jefferson, 216
Texas, Public lands of, 303
Theological Seminaries, to be estab-

lished by the churches, 274
Ticknor, George, Visit of, to Jefferson,
300

Tiers État, Leaders of the, consulted
Jefferson, 56

Titles, Adulatory, proposed, 226-27
Speeches from the throne, No, for Titles, Honorary, 137, 139, 226

Jefferson, nor since, 229
Spooner Amendment, The, 219
State, The, the safeguard of republi-
can institutions, 96; a lesser re-

Tories, Position of Revolutionary

time, 48

Tourgée, Albion W., 3

Town-meeting methods opposed, 142

Township system in New England, | United States, A legal government of,

93; Jefferson enamored with, 96;
elementary republics, 97-98; power
of, 98; vital principle of govern-
ment, 98

Trade preferences voluntary, 19-20
Trade regulations, Unbearable, 16
Transylvania University, Causes of
failure of, 282

35; credit of, in Amsterdam, 162
United States Bank, Stock of, sold,
236

University, A national, favored by
Washington and Jefferson, 276-77;
arguments against, 277
University of Geneva, Scheme to
transfer the, to Richmond, 303-4

Treason, Jefferson's act defining, 68, University of Virginia, Father of the,
72; instructions on, 113

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67; laws for establishment of, 69;
cardinal features of, 272; founded,
275; organization of, 282-83; no
school for science of government at,
285; agriculture, etc. at, 289, 290-
91; a gymnasium for, 293; the
Library and the teaching force,
294-95; success of the, 295; Jeffer-
son on, 295-97; treated niggardly
by Virginia, 297; influence of, 297–
98; freedom at, 298-99; Schouler
on, 299; Mabie on, 299-300
University, Purpose of a, 274; each
State should have a, 276-77

Value, Unit of, scheme, 239

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Treaty of 1782-83, 112

Treaty, The Model, 108-11

Van Capellen, Johan Derk, Reply of,
to George III, 31-32

Treaty, Right of the Senate to amend Vanity of authorship, Jefferson had
a, 138
Tucker, George, on desperate meas- Vest, Senator, on Jefferson, 129
ures, 192

Tuition and board, Free, in grammar
schools, 270

Tyranny, submission to, or resistance

by force, Jefferson on, 25-26
Tyler, Governor, Letters to, 96-97

no, 24

Virginia convention, called to elect
delegates to Congress, 11; instruc-
tions to members of Congress pre-
sented to the, 14-15; the first of
its kind, 15; Dr. Grigsby on, 104
Virginia Dynasty, Jealousy of the, 261
Virginia Resolutions, The, 145, 175

Umpirage of reason, The, for col- Virginia, Sole tie binding, to England,

lisions of interest, 198

Union for the colonies, A, effected
by the correspondence committees,

8

Union, The, acknowledged and em-
phasized by Virginia, 22; right of a
state to withdraw from, not
doubted, 120; must be strengthened,
152-53; Hamilton's devotion to,
164; dismemberment of, 182, 208–9;
Josiah Quincy on dissolution of,
209

Unit of value scheme, 239
Unitarianism of Jefferson, 257

19; would not desert her sister
colonies, 22; reply of, to Lord
North, 20-23, 26; a written consti-
tution for, 32, 43-44; instructions
to representatives to move inde-
pendence, 32, 35, 43; efforts to stop
slave trade in, 41; Bill of Rights
and Constitution of, adopted, 43-
44, 100; Jefferson's work of recon-
struction in, 68-70, 85; recodifi-
cation in, 69, 71; emancipation and
non-importation of slaves in, 76, 80;
what held, back, 89; a State made
over, 92-93; followed Jefferson, 93;

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