 | James F. Simon - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 356 pages
...Federalists "have retired into the judiciary as a stronghold," Jefferson angrily wrote John Dickinson, "and from that battery all the works of Republicanism are to be beaten down and erased." Two days later, he told Dr. Benjamin Rush that he expected the congressional Republicans to introduce... | |
 | H. L. Pohlman - Law - 2004 - 340 pages
...patronage. "They have retired into the Judiciary as a stronghold," Jefferson wrote to John Dickinson. "There the remains of federalism are to be preserved...the works of republicanism are to be beaten down and destroyed."2 Jefferson's fear of a politically inspired Federalist judiciary was not just paranoia.... | |
 | Bruce Ackerman - History - 2005 - 424 pages
...clear about the present danger: "[The Federalists] have retired into the judiciary as a stronghold. There the remains of federalism are to be preserved...multiplied useless judges merely to strengthen their phalanx."4 The stage had been set for a fierce struggle over the meaning of the revolution of 1800... | |
 | Lindsay G. Robertson - History - 2005 - 272 pages
..."They have retired into the judiciary as a stronghold," incoming President Jefferson bitterly observed. "There the remains of federalism are to be preserved...of republicanism are to be beaten down and erased." 62 From that battery might come as well, the Companies hoped, a salvo sufficient to force even a Republican... | |
 | Jefferson Powell - Law - 2005 - 261 pages
...instrument of the defeated Federalists: "[Tjhey have retreated into the judiciary as a stronghold. . . and from that battery all the works of republicanism are to be beaten down and erased." la Resentment at the Federalists' behavior and fear of the mischief the federal courts might work thus... | |
 | Sean Wilentz - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 1114 pages
...Federalists, he wrote on the day Marshall ruled, "have retired into the Judiciary as a stronghold . . . and from that battery all the works of republicanism are to be beaten down and erased."" He would now try to destrov the Federalists' domination of the courts, beginning with repeal of the... | |
 | Larry Kramer - History - 2004 - 380 pages
...stronghold," an incensed Jefferson wrote to John Dickinson the day after Marshall issued his order, "and from that battery all the works of Republicanism are to be beaten down and erased." Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Dickinson (Dec. 18, 1801), in 10 The Writings of Thomas Jefferson... | |
 | Christopher L. Tomlins - History - 2005 - 628 pages
...off the parasitical plant engrafted at the last session on the judicial body" was necessary because "from that battery all the works of Republicanism are to be beaten down and erased." In the congressional debates and in the partisan press, Federalists claimed that life tenure during... | |
 | H. Jefferson Powell - Law - 2005 - 262 pages
...instrument of the defeated Federalists: "[Tjhey have retreated into the judiciary as a stronghold. . . and from that battery all the works of republicanism are to be beaten down and erased."48 Resentment at the Federalists' behavior and fear of the mischief the federal courts might... | |
 | Albert Jeremiah Beveridge - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 701 pages
...often rigorous injustk*, (Terence.) The Federalists have retired into the Judiciary as a strongMd, and from that battery all the works of republicanism are to be battered down. (Jefferson.) There will be ne1ther justice nor stability in any system, if some material... | |
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On their part, they have retired into the judiciary as a stronghold. There the remains of federalism are to be preserved and fed from the treasury, and from that battery all the works of republicanism are to be beaten down and erased. 
