Founding Brothers (46 page)
Authors: Joseph J. Ellis
politics, distaste for
presidency after
Washington, perspective on
presidency of
presidential
election of 1796
presidential election of 1800
presidential form of address
press criticism of
reclusive period in mid-1790s
residency issue
reticent nature
retirement in 1793
romanticized
versions of history, beneficiary of
secession issue
self-deception, capacity for
slavery debate
“sovereignty of each generation” idea
treasonable
action, defense of
treasonable activities
on
treaty-making powers
vice presidency of
vision for
American nation
on Washington’s physical decline
Washington’s relationship with
Whiskey Rebellion
see also
Adams-Jefferson correspondence; Adams-Jefferson
relationship Jefferson-Madison collaboration
Jefferson-Madison
collaboration
Adams-Jefferson relationship, comparison with
bipartisan effort regarding Adams presidency and
character
of
Compromise of 1790 and
constitutional questions
and
correspondence
Kentucky and Virginia
Resolutions
partisan campaign against Adams presidency
presidential election of 1796
Republican triumph over
Federalists
Virginian perspective
Johnson, Samuel
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Lafayette, Marquis de
Laurance, John
Laurens,
Henry
Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory
(Adams)
Lee, Henry
Lee, Robert E.
Lewis and Clark
expedition
libel law
Liberia
Life of
George Washington, The
(Marshall)
Lincoln, Abraham
Louisiana Purchase
Madison, James
Adams, attitude
toward
Alien and Sedition Acts
assumption issue
constitutional government, efforts on behalf of
economic
philosophy
Federalist orientation prior to 1790
Federalists’ attitude toward
Franklin’s memorial
service
funding of the domestic debt
Hamilton
and
Jay’s Treaty
peace delegations to
France
personal qualities
political skills
Republican conversion
residency issue
Sectional
Compromise
slavery debate
on treaty-making
powers
Washington’s Farewell Address
see
also
Jefferson-Madison collaboration
Marshall, John
Supreme Court appointment
Martin, Luther
Mason,
George
Massachusetts Constitution
Mather, Cotton
Mazzei, Phillip
Mecklenburg Declaration
Mifflin,
Warner
Missouri Compromise
monarchical principle
Monroe, James
extreme Republican mentality
Monroe
Doctrine
Moore, Benjamin
Morris, Gouverneur
Napoleon I of France
national capital,
permanent residence for,
see
residency issue
national
university, proposal for
Native Americans
Washington’s policy toward
natural rights
navy
Necker, Jacques
neutrality policy
New
Army
New York Manumission Society
Northwest Ordinance of
1787
Notes on the State of Virginia
(Jefferson)
nullification issue
Page, John
Paine,
Tom
Peale, Charles Willson
Pemberton, John
Pendleton, Nathaniel
Pennsylvania Abolition Society
Pennsylvania Avenue
People v. Croswell
Pickering, Timothy
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
Pinckney, Thomas
Pinckney’s Treaty
political
parties
see also
Federalists; Republicans
Porcupine’
s Gazette
Postlethwayt,
Malachai
Potomac Magazine
Potomac mythology
presidential election of 1796
Adams’s candidacy
electoral vote
Jefferson’s candidacy
Jefferson’s congratulatory letter to Adams
prospective
candidates
qualifications for presidency
uncertainty
about
presidential election of 1800
Jefferson’s
“dishonorable” behavior
presidential form of
address
press, the
Priestley, Joseph
Proclamation
of Neutrality (1793)
property rights
Prospect Before
Us, The
(Callender)
Quakers
Randolph, Edmund
Randolph, John
Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
recovery of public debt,
see
assumption of state debts by the federal government; funding of the domestic
debt
Report on the Public Credit
(Hamilton)
republican paradigm
Republicans
Alien and Sedition
Acts and
ideological warfare
interpretation of
revolutionary era and the early republic
Jefferson’s
leadership role
partisan campaign against Adams presidency
political elitism and
presidential election of 1796
rise to political domination
Washington, rejection of
residency issue
congressional debate
diffusion’s victory over consolidation
as executive
concern following congressional passage
federal government’s
transition to permanent location
Philadelphia’s status as
likely permanent capital
Potomac site, case for
Virginia-writ-large myth and
Washington’s site
selection
see also
Compromise of 1790
revolutionary era and the early republic
American nationhood,
origins of
assets of the new nation
common themes
regarding revolutionary generation
constitutional settlement,
importance of
dissolution of American nation, potential for
historical perspective for understanding
ideological debate
over
institutionalization of ongoing national debate
liabilities of the new nation
as most crucial period in
American history
nonviolent conflict within revolutionary
generation
paradox of
political cacophony of
political leaders’ central role
see also
American Revolution
Reynolds, Maria
Rights of Man,
The
(Paine)
Roman Republic
Roosevelt, Franklin
Delano
Rumbold, Col. Richard
Rush, Benjamin
Adams-Jefferson reconciliation
Adams’s correspondence
with
funding of the domestic debt
Rutledge, John
Schuyler, Philip
Scott, Thomas
Scott,
William
seal for the United States
secession
assumption issue and
Federalist conspiracy
Jefferson’s advocacy of
slavery debate and
Sectional Compromise
Sedgwick, Theodore
Senate
oratory in
president pro tem position
slavery
debate
Shays’s Rebellion
Short, William
Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim
slavery debate
abolition in
northern states
abolitionist position
in
Adams-Jefferson correspondence
J. Q. Adams’s leadership of
abolitionist movement
American Revolution and
Compromise of 1790 and
congressional debate
consolidation issue
constitutionality issue
Declaration of Independence and
demographic dimension
expansion of slavery into the West
Franklin’s
involvement in abolitionist movement
gradual emancipation
plans
historical perspective on
“inevitable
extinction” viewpoint
insurrections, fears about
intractability of slavery problem
Islam’s enslavement
of Christians and
Jefferson’s views
Madison’s views
national leadership’s attitude
toward
“original intentions” issue
owner
compensation plans
petitions for abolition presented to
Congress
proslavery argument
racial dimension
relocation of freed slaves
secession issue
Sectional Compromise
silence about slavery
in
state legislatures
total emancipation, southern concerns
about
viability of a national emancipation policy in 1790
Virginia’s paradoxical position
Washington’s
Farewell Address and
Smith, Abigail Adams
Smith,
Adam
Smith, John
Smith, Venture
Smith, William
Loughton
social equality and the role of elites
“Statement on the Impending Duel” (Hamilton)
Stuart,
Gilbert
Supreme Court
Talleyrand,
Charles
Taylor, John
“Thesis on Discretion”
(Hamilton)
Thoughts on Government
(Adams)
Tolstoy,
Leo
treaty-making powers
Treaty of Mortefontaine
(1800)
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Trumbull, John
Tucker, St. George
Tudor, William
Twenty-second
Amendment
Van Ness, William
vice
presidency
Virgil
Virginia-writ-large myth
Voltaire
War and Peace
(Tolstoy)
War of 1812
Warren, Mercy Otis
Washington, D.C.
see also
residency issue
Washington, George
Adams and
“Address to the Cherokee Nation”
American Revolution military command
blacks, attitude
toward
childlessness of
Circular Letter of 1783
courage under fire
decision-making process
enlarged federal power, program for
final message to
Congress
final years at Mount Vernon
Franklin
and
illness of 1790
Jay’s Treaty
Jefferson’s relationship with
last will and
testament
monarchical tendencies
mythology
surrounding
Native American policy
neutrality
policy
physical appearance
realist outlook in political
and military matters
Republican opposition
residency
issue
slavery debate
surrendering power, flair
for
vice presidency, views on
vision for American
nation
Whiskey Rebellion
see also
Washington’s Farewell Address; Washington’s retirement
Washington’s Farewell Address
authentic meaning, means
for understanding
composition of
foreign policy
message
historical commentary on
as justification for
strong executive leadership
misnaming of
national unity
message
national university proposal, omission of
as
prophecy accompanied by advice
publication of
reactions
to
slavery, silence about
target audience
transcendental status
Washington’s intentions
Washington’s retirement
age and health reasons
as confirmation of republican government
consitutional
significance
departure from office
“disposable
president” principle and
first indications of
press attacks and
tradition of retirement and
voluntary nature
see also
Washington’s
Farewell Address
Webster, Daniel
Whiskey Rebellion
Whitehead, Alfred North
Wilson, James
Wythe,
George
XYZ Affair
JOSEPH J. ELLIS
Founding Brothers
Joseph J. Ellis is the author of several books of American history, among them
Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams
and
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson,
which won the 1997 National Book Award. He was educated at the College of William and Mary and Yale University and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with his wife, Ellen, and three sons.
ALSO BY
JOSEPH J.
ELLIS
American Sphinx:
The Character of Thomas
Jefferson
Passionate Sage:
The Character and Legacy of
John Adams
After the Revolution:
Profiles of Early
American Culture
School for Soldiers:
West Point and
the Profession of Arms
(with Robert Moore)
The New
England Mind in Transition
FIRST VINTAGE BOOKS EDITION
,
FEBRUARY
2002
Copyright ©
2000
by Joseph J. Ellis
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in the United States by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New
York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a
division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2000.
Vintage and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the Knopf edition
as follows:
Ellis, Joseph J.
Founding
brothers : the revolutionary generation / by Joseph J.
Ellis.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Statesmen—United
States—Biography—Anecdotes.
2. Presidents—United
States—Biography—Anecdotes.
3. United
States—History—1783–1815—Anecdotes.
4. United
States—Politics and
government—1783–1809—Anecdotes.
I. Title.
E302.5.E45 2000
973.4'092'2—dc21 99-059304
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