1) Jefferson was not technically a “founder” though conventional wisdom believes him one. Those who produced the Constitution were Founders and J was in France at the time, fortunately.
2) J’s view of the constitution was about as idiotic as there can be. It would have guaranteed constant legal conflict and utter chaos. But demagogues want that.
Yet, even he opposed secession. Certainly Lincoln’s election would not have been anything which he would have considered worth seceding over.
1) Jefferson was not technically a “founder” though conventional wisdom believes him one.
Conventional use of the term "founder" encompasses anyone involved in the effort to secure the independence of and organization of the United States between roughly 1775-1789. Jefferson definitely fits into that group. That, and he also provided many of the intellectual designs for the Constitution through the letters he wrote to Madison and others.
’s view of the constitution was about as idiotic as there can be. It would have guaranteed constant legal conflict and utter chaos.
So let me get this straight. You want a government that is highly functional, organized, efficiently autocratic, and above constant partisan rancor and conflict? Sounds awfully...Obamunistic. Not to mention at direct odds with the intended system of factionalization expressed in the Federalist Papers.
Yet, even he opposed secession.
Not according to the letters I posted.