The American Revolution of 1800Knopf, 1974 - 468 páginas In this brilliant historical classic, Dan Sisson argues that Thomas Jefferson thought democratic revolutions would be necessary from time to time to break the grip of autocratic factions on the government. That is how Jefferson saw the election of 1800—and the lessons for today couldn’t be more obvious. Most historians celebrate Jefferson’s victory over Adams in 1800 as the beginning of the two-party system, but Jefferson would have been horrified by this interpretation. Drawing on the understanding of faction, revolution, and conspiracy reflected in the writings of the Founders, Sisson makes it clear that they, like Jefferson, envisioned essentially a nonparty state. Jefferson believed his election was a peaceful revolution by the American people overturning an elitist faction that was stamping out cherished constitutional rights and trying to transform our young democracy into an authoritarian state. It was a transfer of power back to the people, not a change of parties. Sisson maintains Jefferson would regard our current two-party system as a repudiation of his theory of revolution and his earnest desire that the people as a whole, not any faction or clique, would triumph in government. The ideals of the American Revolution were in danger until this “Revolution of 1800,” to which we owe the preservation of many of our key rights. |
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... measures and services . The party opposed to the constitu- tion disapproved of the government established by it ; and there are very few of the important measures of that government which have escaped their censure.38 Tom Paine was ...
... measures and services . The party opposed to the constitu- tion disapproved of the government established by it ; and there are very few of the important measures of that government which have escaped their censure.38 Tom Paine was ...
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Dan Sisson. These foreign measures , however , would be paled into insignifi- cance by the domestic bills passed in ... measure of internal defence and preparation . " And in order to pay for the prepara- tions , a land tax would be ...
Dan Sisson. These foreign measures , however , would be paled into insignifi- cance by the domestic bills passed in ... measure of internal defence and preparation . " And in order to pay for the prepara- tions , a land tax would be ...
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... measure which I shall now submit to your consideration , namely , the immediate calling to- gether of the existing ... measures ' ' to ob- struct the operation of the law ' is a contradiction in terms . " Hamilton to John Jay , 3 Sept ...
... measure which I shall now submit to your consideration , namely , the immediate calling to- gether of the existing ... measures ' ' to ob- struct the operation of the law ' is a contradiction in terms . " Hamilton to John Jay , 3 Sept ...
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A Note on the Historians | 3 |
The Idea of a NonParty State | 23 |
The Idea of Revolution | 71 |
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