. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . tatesman he was, says John T. Morse,Jr., the editor of the American Statesmen, inhis Introduction to Thomas Jefferson, aman of broad views, powerful and original intel-lect, and by his nature sincerely in sympathy withthe most advanced political doctrines of the he was more than this; he was a skillful, far-seeing politician, one who, having organized hisparty and led it to victory, could hold it in the hol-low of his hand, and, unlike his rival, Hamilton,could exact from his followers an allegiance asblind as it
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . tatesman he was, says John T. Morse,Jr., the editor of the American Statesmen, inhis Introduction to Thomas Jefferson, aman of broad views, powerful and original intel-lect, and by his nature sincerely in sympathy withthe most advanced political doctrines of the he was more than this; he was a skillful, far-seeing politician, one who, having organized hisparty and led it to victory, could hold it in the hol-low of his hand, and, unlike his rival, Hamilton,could exact from his followers an allegiance asblind as it was unquestioning. The personal popularity of Jefferson, his de-nunciation of the centralizing tendency of Feder-alism, his peace by isolation theory, his democ-ratizing of the lines of government, have markedhis administration as an interesting rather than agreat epoch in American history. It was thetime of the play of social forces, it was a periodof unrest, the natural outgrowth of conditionsover which neither party leaders nor political in- 152 NEW JERSEY AS A COL. stitutions had control. It was a new parting ofthe roads, a new casting away of part of the colo-nial garment, a new embarking upon the sea ofsocial conditions. The retention of the Federal-ists in power would have delayed but not stoppedthe movement—it would have rested but a littlewhile ere reforms would have been institutedwhich would have left an impress forever upon thesocial life of America. Yet Jefferson was quite as much an aristocratas he was a man whose sympathies went out tothe people. While he believed the great heart ofthe masses beat true he also believed that thepeople should always select for places of powermen like himself, who to natural ability shouldalso add that aptitude for administering the gov-ernment which might be supposed to spring froma broad education in historical and political di-rections, and a career of steadily widening expe-rience in public affairs. If he found them usingtheir
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