Surely Jefferson would not visit his wrath on one whose only crime was the gathering of men to strike at Spain with which power, up to that very moment, everybody supposed war to be impending and, indeed, almost begun.
Beveridge reflects on the political climate and the perception of Jefferson's actions during a time of potential conflict.
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In the development of John Marshall as well as of his great ultimate antagonist, Thomas Jefferson, during the formative decade which we are now to consider, the influence of the French Revolution must never be forgotten.
Any nation, however, may by statute declare an act to be piratical which is not so by the law of nations; and such an act is punishable only by that particular state and not by other governments.
I do not think the greatest things have been done for the world by its bookmen.
Heart-breaking and pitiful was the aspect of these soldiers of liberty.
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