 | Norman K. Risjord - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 228 pages
...significance of the peaceful transfer of power. "The changes in administration," she noted in her diary, "which in every government and in every age have most...place without any species of distraction or disorder." After taking the oath of office, the lanky Virginian, indistinguishable in dress or manner from the... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson, Noble E. Cunningham - History - 2001 - 132 pages
...among those crowded into the Senate chamber, penned a letter at the end of the day saying that she had "witnessed one of the most interesting scenes a free people can ever witness." She described Jefferson's address as "containing principles the most correct, sentiments the most liberal,... | |
 | Norman K. Risjord - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 460 pages
...significance of the peaceful transfer of power. "The changes in administration," she noted in her diary, "which in every government and in every age have most...place without any species of distraction or disorder." After taking the oath of office, the lanky Virginian, indistinguishable in dress or manner from the... | |
 | James J. Horn, Jan Ellen Lewis, Peter S. Onuf - History - 2002 - 460 pages
...contemporaries also remarked on the unrevolutionary nature of the process by which power changed hands in 18o1. "I have this morning witnessed one of the most interesting scenes, a free people can ever witness," wrote Margaret Bayard Smith on the day of Jefferson's inauguration. "The changes in administration,... | |
 | James F. Simon - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 356 pages
...reason: the Republicans had effected a dramatic, but entirely peaceful, transition of political power. "The changes of administration, which in every government...place without any species of distraction or disorder," wrote one exultant onlooker. "This day, has one of the most amiable and worthy men taken that seat... | |
 | Sean Wilentz - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 1114 pages
...Jefferson had overseen a peaceful transit of power, despite the turmoil of the previous two years. "The changes of administration, which in every government...without any species of distraction, or disorder," one spectator at the inauguration wrote. This cheerful result was due largely to the capacity for moderation... | |
 | Rosemarie Zagarri - History - 2007 - 258 pages
...Chronicling Jefferson's inauguration ceremony, Republican sympathizer Margaret Bayard Smith noted, "I have this morning witnessed one of the most interesting...age have most generally been epochs of confusion, villany, and bloodshed, in this our happy country taken place without any species of distraction, or... | |
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The changes of administration, which in every government and in every age have most generally been epochs of confusion, villainy and bloodshed, in this our happy country take place without any species of distraction, or disorder. 