 I discharged every person under punishment or prosecution under the sedition law, because I considered, and now consider, that law to be a nullity, as absolute and as palpable as if Congress had ordered us to fall down and worship a golden image...  The Life of James Madison - Page 278de Gaillard Hunt - 1902 - 402 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 594 pages
...libel against Mr. Adams.' I do not know who was the particular wretch alluded to ; but I discharged every person under punishment or prosecution under...ordered us to fall down and worship a golden image ; and that it was as much my duty to arrest its execution in every stage, as it would have been to... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...libel against Mr. Adams.' I do not know who was the particular wretch alluded to; but I discharged every person under punishment or prosecution under...ordered us to fall down and worship a golden image ; and that it was as rnmli my duty to arrest its execution in every stage, as it would have been to... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1830 - 550 pages
...libel against Mr. Adams.' I do not know who was the particular wretch alluded to ; but I discharged every person under punishment or prosecution under...because I considered, and now consider, that law to he a nullity, as absolute and as palpable as if Congress had ordered us to fall down and worship a... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 pages
...libel against Mr. Adams.' I do not know who was the particular wretch alluded to ; but I discharged every person under punishment or prosecution under...ordered us to fall down and worship a golden image ; and that it was as much my duty to arrest its execution in every stage, as it would have been to... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 820 pages
...alluded to ; but I discharged every person under punishment or prosecu* Winter in Washington. tion under the sedition law, because I considered, and...ordered us to fall down and worship a golden image ; and that it was as much my duty to arrest its execution in every stage, as it would fiace been to... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1839 - 384 pages
...a libel against Mr. Adams. I do not know who was the particular wretch alluded to; but I discharged every person under punishment or prosecution under...ordered us to fall down and worship a golden image ; and that it was as much my doty to arrest its execution in every stage, as it would have been to... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 618 pages
...libel against Mr. Adams." I do not know who was the particular wretch alluded to ; but I discharged every person under punishment or prosecution under...ordered us to fall down and worship a golden image ; and that it was as much my duty to arrest its execution in every stage, as it would have been to... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 620 pages
...was the particular wretch alluded to ; but I discharged every person under punishment or prosecutien under the sedition law, because I considered, and...ordered us to fall down and worship a golden image ; and that it was as much my duty to arrest its execution in every stage, as it would have been to... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1855 - 256 pages
...— who yet never favored them — from his seat; his successor, Mr. Jefferson, says, " / discharged every person under punishment, or prosecution, under...ordered us to fall down and worship a golden image." J Judge Chase was impeached by the House of Representatives, tried by the Senate, and only escaped... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1855 - 262 pages
...— who yet never favored them — from his seat; his successor, Mr. Jefferson, says, " J discharged every person under punishment, or prosecution, under...ordered us to fall down and worship a golden image." l Judge Chase was impeached by the House of Representatives, tried by the Senate, and only escaped... | |
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