One correction: Although the author states that "The day Adams signed the Acts, Thomas Jefferson left town in protest. Even though Jefferson was Vice President, and could theoretically benefit from using the Acts against his own political enemies, he and James Madison continued to protest and work against them....." in fact (at least according to the American Heritage Encylcopedia of Am Hist, which I had occasion to check recently) the Alien and Sedition acts rather pointedly DID NOT protect the Vice President. Jon Kukla Douglas Day wrote: > How do you scholars of Jefferson and Adams read this? Are there indeed > contemporary parallels? > > http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0616-03.htm > > -- > Dr. Douglas Day > Executive Director > Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society > The McIntire Building > 200 Second Street, NE > Charlottesville, Va. 22902-5245 > 434.296.1492 > fax 434.296-4576 > <albemarlehistory.org> > <charlottesvillehistory.org> > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html