. The Jeffersonian Democracy Thomas Jefferson . extraordinary acts of boldness of which wehave seen so many from the faction of Washington, reluctantly yielding to strongpressure, included in his message an unfavorablereference to these organizations, Jefferson thoughtit wonderful, indeed, that the President shouldhave permitted himself to be the organ of such anattack on the freedom of discussion, the freedomof writing, printing, and publishing. He waswatching Washingtons course with profound anx-iety and some jealous distrust. For he thoughtthat the President was losing his ju
. The Jeffersonian Democracy Thomas Jefferson . extraordinary acts of boldness of which wehave seen so many from the faction of Washington, reluctantly yielding to strongpressure, included in his message an unfavorablereference to these organizations, Jefferson thoughtit wonderful, indeed, that the President shouldhave permitted himself to be the organ of such anattack on the freedom of discussion, the freedomof writing, printing, and publishing. He waswatching Washingtons course with profound anx-iety and some jealous distrust. For he thoughtthat the President was losing his judicial impar-tiality, and changing from the head of the nationto the head of a party. He lamented this pro-spect, and seriously feared that the time mightcome when Washingtons honesty and his politi-cal errors might give the people a second occasionto exclaim curse on his virtues! they have un-done his country. The whiskey insurrection in Western Penn-sylvania very nearly commanded actual sympathyfrom Jefferson. He writes to Madison, December.
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