...revolution." — Jefferson regarded his election (§ 274) as a "political revolution." It was, he said, " as real a revolution in the principles of our Government as that of 1776 was in its form."811 The Federalists had held control for twelve years; for the next forty years the opposite...

...DEAR SIR, — I had read in the Enquirer, and with great approbation, the pieces signed Hampden, and have read them again with redoubled approbation, in...revolution in the principles of our government as that'6fi776 was in its form; not effected indeed by the sword, as that, but by the rational and peaceable...

...concerning it: "I have read in the Enquirer, and with great approbation the pieces signed 'Hampden,' and have read them again with redoubled approbation, in...principles of our government as that of 1776 was in form; not effected indeed by the sword as that, but by the rational and peaceful instrument of reform,...

...concerning it : "I have read in the Enquirer, and with great approbation the pieces signed 'Hampden,' and have read them again with redoubled approbation, in...principles of our government as that of 1776 was in form ; not effected indeed by the sword as that, but by the rational and peaceful instrument of reform,...

...America, IV; Gannon's Building of a Nation. CALIFORNIA REDWOODS. CHAPTER XL "THE REVOLUTION OF 1800" As real a revolution in the principles of our government, as that of 1776 was in its form. — THOMAS JEFFERSON. A Republic, you tell me, is a government in which the People hate an essential...

...sincere. His conviction was undying that the " revolution " toward democracy which he brought off in 1800 "was as real a revolution in the principles of our government as that of 1776 was in its form." In other men, much that he did might be stigmatised in terms too harsh to be here set down. In him...

...turning point in American political history. It witnesses the introduction of Jeffersonian Republicanism, "as real a revolution in the principles of our government, as that of 1776 was in its form." The Federalist party remained in power from 1793 to 1801, but it was decidedly weak by 1800 because...

...1819, referring lo certain articles recently published in tie " Enquirer" ; }Yorks, vol. xv, p. 212) : They contain the true principles of the Revolution...indeed by the sword, as that, but by the rational and peaceful instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people. William II. Heu'fird on Revolution (in a...

...1819, referring to certain articles recently published in the " Enquirer" ; Works, vol. xv, p. 212) : They contain the true principles of the Revolution...indeed by the sword, as that, but by the rational and peaceful instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people. William H. Seward on Revolution '(in a speech...

...Federalists." If this was true, what, pray, became of the revolution of 1800, which Jefferson had declared "as real a revolution in the principles of our government as that of 1776 was in its form?" Even Jefferson's own followers shook their heads dubiously over this passage as they read and reread...