The Measures in Congress to which it gave rise. The Chief Jus- tice sent as Minister to England. Each party accuses the other of foreign attachments. Arrangement of each under different classes Insurrection in Pennsylvania. Mr. Jefferson refuses a seat in the Cabi- net. Democratic Societies. The President's Speech-Mr. Jeffer- son's strictures on it. The fitness of large States for Republican Government considered. Gouverneur Morris recalled-his charac- ter. James Monroe. Discontent of Kentucky. Direct and Indi- rect Taxes. Alexander Hamilton resigns-his character. Mr. Jefferson refuses to become a Candidate for the Presidency. Treaty with Great Britain-ratified by the Senate-made public by one of the Senators-violent opposition to it. Mr. Jefferson's views of it- its provisions-its want of reciprocity detailed and explained The British Treaty ratified by the President and Senate. Proceedings in Congress. The right of Congress to refuse appropriations for executing a treaty discussed. Considerations on this subject drawn from the character of the Federal Government. Letter to Mr. Giles. The duty to take sides between conflicting parties considered. Construction of the Constitution as to the power in Congress to establish Post Roads. Letter to Mazzei. Mr. Jefferson's defence of that letter-the objections to it considered. General Washing- ton's Farewell Address. Mr. Adams and Mr. Jefferson rival can- didates for the Presidency. Mr. Jefferson chosen Vice-President— *** It is necessary to state, that the edition now offered to the English 1, for how the government could have, read for the govern ment to have. 11, for improved, read increased. 27, insert In, before The. - 29, before never, insert we. 27, 29 16, for their, read its. 34, " 45, 49, 60, " 82, 95, 14, dele it. 1, dele have. 3, dele were. 4, dele not. 21, for has been, read had been, ,, 20, for it, read he. ,, note, for Appendix C., read Appendix B. 99, " 107, 112. 118, 1, read which was made an object of their earnest wishes, as a child. 6 of note, read more than one parody was written. 2 from bottom, for usages, read usage. 7, dele number of. 9, after proposes, insert to add. last, for learnt of the, read learnt the. 10, read others offered by Mr. Breckenridge of Kentucky, and authorizing the President, &c. 14, for merely, read really. " 17, dele and. 30, dele then. 19, read urges on them. 20, for of, read by. 5 from bottom, dele the. 8, for literal, read liberal. 7, for convential, read conventional. 18, for were read was. 10, read was not however received until Monday the 26th by the House, where it met with a very different fate. THE LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. CHAPTER I. The life of Thomas Jefferson peculiarly instructive-illustrated by the history of his native state. First settlement of Virginia. Difficulties of the first settlers. Introduction of slaves, and the cultivation of tobacco-their influence on the character and condition of the inhabitants. Towns small and few. Habits and manners of the people. Religion. Government. Aristocracy. Jealous of their civil rights. Collisions with the crown. Subsequent harmony until the stamp act. BIOGRAPHY can present no occasion of more interest and intruction to Americans than the life of Thomas Jefferson, whether we regard the high place he held in the affections of his countrymen, the influence he exercised in their public councils and over their political sentiments, or the means by which he attained this extraordinary elevation. It never could be more truly said of any man, that he was the artificer of his own fortune. We behold in him the rare example of one who, possessing no peculiar claims to distinction from wealth, family, or station, and without having either gained a battle, made a speech, or founded a sect, raised himself from the ranks of private life to the highest civil honours of his country, after he had contributed by his counsels to give that country independence; and whose opinions, both when he was living and since his death, have acquired a weight and currency with his countrymen, on all questions of governVOL. I. B ment and civil policy, which those of no other individual have ever attained. Although the principal events of Mr. Jefferson's life are already familiar to his countrymen, yet they cannot but be gratified to see those events placed in immediate connexion with their less obvious causes and effects, and receive illustrations from his modes of thinking and personal traits of character. Nor ought we to disregard the claims of posterity. The numerous millions of the Anglo-Saxon race, who will hereafter inhabit this continent, will assuredly, whether they continue united in one mighty confederacy, or, by a less happy destiny, be broken up into distinct sovereignties, look back on the separation of the thirteen provinces from Great Britain, which first gave them a place among nations, as the most important era in their common history. They will naturally regard with veneration and interest all which relates to that great drama, and more especially the fortunes and characters of its principal actors. It seems, then, to be a duty of the present generation to profit by their position, and to transmit to their descendants those details to which they will so anxiously turn, whether their purpose be to gratify a liberal curiosity, or to indulge in sentiments of patriotic pride. But the life of Mr. Jefferson is so intimately connected with the history of his country, that a brief notice of the polity and institutions of Virginia, while a colony, as well as of the manners and pursuits of its inhabitants, will not only shed light on his character, but also make us better acquainted with the sources and tendencies of some of his principal acts. Virginia, the first colony which the English planted in North America, had been settled at the period of Mr. Jefferson's birth, in 1743, just one hundred and thirty-six years. The charters granted by the English sovereigns to its first |