The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . : WHITE HOUSE. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 225 It was thouafht desirable that the national capital The District of ^ ^ Columbia. should not be within the jurisdiction of any State. Atract ten miles square was given by Virginia and Mary-land to form the District of Columbia. But the portiontaken from Virginia was afterward ceded back to thatState. The District of Columbia is governed wholly bylaws made in Congress, in which its inhabitants have norepresentative. CHAPTER ELECTION OF JEFFERSON.—WAR WITH TRIPO
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . : WHITE HOUSE. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 225 It was thouafht desirable that the national capital The District of ^ ^ Columbia. should not be within the jurisdiction of any State. Atract ten miles square was given by Virginia and Mary-land to form the District of Columbia. But the portiontaken from Virginia was afterward ceded back to thatState. The District of Columbia is governed wholly bylaws made in Congress, in which its inhabitants have norepresentative. CHAPTER ELECTION OF JEFFERSON.—WAR WITH TRIPOLI. The Federalists favored a strong gov-ernment, as we have said, and, like everyparty, they were inclined to carry theirprinciples to an extreme. In the excite-ment caused by the troubles between theUnited States and France they were led topass laws more stringent than was neces-sary, and certainly more severe than pub-lic opinion justified. Foreigners were required to livein America fourteen years before they could be natu- Theralized. By what was called the Alien Law, thePresident was given authority to send out of thecountry, without trial, any alien or unnaturalizedforeigner. By the Sedition Law, speakers and news-paper writers were to be severely punished for libel-ing the officers of the government. Many of the peo-ple thought the alien law took away the right of trialby jury, and that the sedition law attacked free speech
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