[mnehring]

Even fewer recall Jefferson's reaction to Shay's rebellion and the Whiskey rebellion.

My Friend, you always seem to come up with the Checkmate argument..

[wideawake]

My Friend, you always seem to come up with the Checkmate argument..

Thanks, but I will soon be deluged with cut-and-paste quotes about how Jefferson was sympathetic to the Shays and Whiskey rebellioneers.

Of course he was, that was his nature.

But he still approved of the plan to use state militias to put down the Whiskey Rebellion if it became violent.