...best, that the States are independent as to everything within themselves, and united as to every thing respecting foreign nations. Let the General Government...appearance of their returning to those principles which 1 had always imagined to be almost innate in them. In this State, a few persons were deluded by the...

...best, that the States are independent as to every thing within themselves, and united as to every thing respecting foreign nations. Let the General Government...government can never be secured, if the New England Status continue to support the contrary system. I rejoice, therefore, in every appearance of their...

...GoTernment be reduced to foreign concerns only, and let our affairs be disentangled from those of nlI other nations, except as to commerce, which the merchants...be performed by a few servants. But I repeat, that tbis simple and economical mode of government can never be secured. if the New England States continue...

...government." To the following rule of action in our civil affairs, most reflecting minds will yield assent. "Let the general government be reduced to foreign...few plain duties to be performed by a few servants." Mr. Jefferson, as the most efficient individual of the democratic party, the centre around which they...

...affairs be disentangled from those of all other nations, except as to commerce, which the meri chants will manage the better, the more they are left free...few plain duties to be performed by a few servants." Mr. Jefferson, as the most efficient individual of the democratic party, the centre around which they...

...though he may have had the talents of a Webster or a Clay. This is the Jeffersonian system, in brief: " Let the general government be reduced to foreign concerns...few plain duties to be performed by a few servants." This was the basis. He explained himself more in detail to Elbridge Gerry, in January, 1799. He said...

...our government will be a very uneasy one. It can never be harmonious and solid, while so espectable a portion of its citizens support principles which...plain duties to be performed by a few servants. But I rejieat, that this simple and economical mode of government can never be secured, if the New England...

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...though he may have had the talents of a Webster or a Clay. This is the Jeffersonian system in brief: "Let the general government be reduced to foreign...few plain duties to be performed by a few servants." This was the basis. He explained himself more in detail to Elbridge Gerry, in January, 1799. He said...

...theory " our general government may be reduced to a very simple organization and a very inexpensive one ; a few plain duties to be performed by a few servants." The doctrine of a simple league of independent powers, devised only for the specific purpose of foreign...