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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Considering that Jefferson did not feel the New England states' beef concerning excise taxes during his Presidency qualifies as a reason to secede I doubt he would have thought either of these issues to rise to that level.

And on that you would be incorrect. Jefferson's letter to William Branch Giles, from which that quote came, was in reference to a resolution he was seeking to present to the Virginia legislature that would nullify John Quincy Adams' proposed tariff and navigation subsidy bills. He did so in language that was almost identical to the Kentucky Resolution of 1798 against the Alien and Sedition Acts, and went so far as to use the terms "null and void." Madison (who by that point of his life had come to support protectionism) convinced Jefferson to hold off until Congress passed the bills into law, but that didn't happen until after he died. The next year Governor Giles resurrected Jefferson's resolutions against the tariff and the Virginia legislature passed them, much to Madison's chagrin.

421 posted on 08/08/2010 8:48:01 PM PDT by conimbricenses (Red means run son, numbers add up to nothing.)
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To: conimbricenses
"And on that you would be incorrect."

You talked of Jefferson being against the tarriffs. That has nothing to do with whether he thought the New England States should be able to secede over this. He did not believe they should be able to secede over this. These are plain facts and you choose to ignore them. Again, when presented with plain facts you ignore them. What can I do with this? You can continue to believe that Jefferson thought it was okay for the New England states to secede during his presidency if you want. It's a free country (for now).
451 posted on 08/10/2010 4:14:23 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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