[jeffersondem]

“That is “domestic faction and insurrection.” You can find “domestic insurrection in papers 25 and 26.”

You are correct. Thank you for your reply.

If I have ever read Federalist Papers 25 and 26, I didn't remember the reference to domestic insurrection.

I am glad I asked for clarification from you rather than making a knee-jerk statement that was wrong and provably wrong.

When a person is wrong they have to admit it - or double-down on wrong.

When I'm wrong I prefer to recognize it as soon as possible. Fortunately for me, in this case, I was able to avoid being wrong by politely asking for more information.

Again, thank you for the information.

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Your argument is pretty bizarre. You're saying, if I understand you, that Jefferson would have referred to Tory activities as "treasonable insurrections," rather than "domestic insurrections."

But Jefferson took out the phrase "treasonable insurrections." It doesn't appear in the final draft. No more than the long, strange passage on slavery.

It stands to reason that "domestic insurrections" replaces both those passages. Otherwise, where did his opposition to the "treasonable insurrections of our fellow citizens" go?

See Stephen Lucas's article in American Rhetoric: Context and Criticism, edited by Thomas W. Benson, available on Google Books, and search for "domestic insurrections".