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To: jonestown

just had to quickly comment on this line from the original article:
"Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 [...] which authorized the president to deport resident aliens who had "treasonable" leanings, was a source of concern to Jefferson and other Republicans..."

Boy, the modern equivalent of this act certainly doesn't seem to be much of a problem for our MODERN "Republicans", does it? Don't portions of the Patriot Act seem kinda familiar?


33 posted on 01/13/2005 10:45:53 AM PST by neoconjob ("...deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: neoconjob

neoconjob wrote:

just had to quickly comment on this line from the original article:

"The alien legislation, which authorized the president to deport resident aliens who had "treasonable" leanings, was a source of concern to Jefferson and other Republicans; Jefferson believed the legislation was aimed at Albert Gallatin, the important Pennsylvania Republican, who had been born in Geneva. (He later became Jefferson's own treasury secretary.)"






I too wondered about that comment, as it seems to imply that Gallatin was not a naturalized citizen at the time of the Act..


36 posted on 01/13/2005 11:13:02 AM PST by jonestown ( Tolerance for intolerance is not tolerance at all.)
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