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
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
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,
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
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-
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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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