Date of Award
7-1933
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
M. E. Cochran
Keywords
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, United States, Politics and government, Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg, 1933
Abstract
Thomas Jefferson is a name to conjure with in the United States. Extreme individualists who desire to exploit the resources of the nation and reestablish feudalism in the world, make pious pilgrimages to Monticello, radical Democrats who feel that the principles of the Declaration of Independence are about to perish from the earth, regard the great Virginia leader as their patron saint ; and socialists appeal to the writings of Jefferson for grave opinions to justify the 'regime of the future.' Andrew Jackson overturned the old Jefferson party in the name of the founder and Abraham Lincoln based his arguments against slavery upon well-known passages from the famous, Notes on Virginia, while Jefferson Davis believed from the bottom of his heart that secession and civil war, even on behalf of slavery, was only an application of the doctrine of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. With this rather startling idea in mind let us look into the life of the 'man of the mountain' as John Randolph was accustomed to say. [Taken from Chapter 1]
Recommended Citation
Harvey, Ted, "Contributing factors to the political success of Thomas Jefferson" (1933). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 611.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/etd/611
