...Governor Plumer communicated this message to Jefferson, who replied in his letter of July 21, 1816: "It is replete with sound principles, and truly republican....modified, even to make them answer their end, because of rightr gratuitously supposed in those employed to manage them in trust for the public, may perhaps...

...Governor Plumer communicated this message to Jefferson, who replied in his letter of July 21, 1816: "It is replete with sound principles, and truly republican....even to make them answer their end, because of rights 1 gratuitously supposed in those employed to manage them in trust for the public, may perhaps be a...

...too, are worthy of notice. The idea that institutions established for the use of the nation can not be touched nor modified, even to make them answer...manage them in trust for the public, may perhaps be a salutory provision against the nation itself. Yet our lawyers and priests generally inculcate this...

...characteristic answer in reply: "It is replete," said the Republican sage, "with sound principles. . . . The idea that institutions established for the use...touched nor modified, even to make them answer their end . . . is most absurd. . . . Yet our lawyers and priests generally inculcate this doctrine, and suppose...

...characteristic answer in reply : "It is replete," said the Republican sage, "with sound principles. . . . The idea that institutions established for the use...touched nor modified, even to make them answer their end ... is most absurd. . . . Yet our lawyers and priests generally inculcate this doctrine, and suppose...

...genius of a free government." (Barstow, 396.) This message Plumer sent to Jefferson, who replied that the idea "that institutions, established for the use...touched nor modified, even to make them answer their end . . is most absurd. . . Yet our lawyers and priests generally inculcate this doctrine; and suppose...

...characteristic answer in reply: "It is replete," said the Republican sage, "with sound principles. . . . The idea that institutions established for the use...touched nor modified, even to make them answer their end ... is most absurd. . . . Yet our lawyers and priests generally inculcate this doctrine, and suppose...

...wrote to William Plumer, the Democratic governor, congratulating him on the act. In Jefferson's view, "The idea that institutions established for the use...touched nor modified, even to make them answer their end . . . may perhaps be a salutary provision against the abuses of a monarch, but is most absurd against...

...the school. In 1816, Jefferson voiced his strong support in a letter to the governor, arguing against the idea that "institutions established for the use of the nation cannot be touched or modified" in any way. "Our lawyers and priests," Jefferson added, "suppose that preceding generations...

...21, 1816, shortly after the legislature had acted, he wrote a letter of support to Governor Plumer. "The idea that institutions established for the use of the Nation cannot be touched or modified, even to make them answer their end, because of rights gratuitously supposed in those who...