the spirit of God for every thing. When our agents go out, they go to effect this union and let God provide the means. He is too much of a democrat to submit to tangling alliances; this is what we want and what we are striving to get from under God has means enough in the hills and mountains, and he is in favor of letting the and the British governments alone, we are better without them.
Coun. said he could see now and then a leaning towards the powers of this world, and notwithstanding what has said, backed up by it dont meet his mind. He feels averse to asking favors of any government on earth. He expects it will be by wisdom by cunning—by deceit that we are to overcome this world. Any assistance that we [p. [302]]
In his 1801 inaugural address as president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, head of the Democratic-Republican Party, endorsed “peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.” (Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1801, Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 33:150.)
Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Vol. 33, 17 February to 30 April 1801. Edited by Barbara B. Oberg, James P. McClure, Elaine Weber Pascu, Martha J. King, Tom Downey, Amy Speckart, Linda Monaco, and John E. Little. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006. The contents of this publication are also available at founders.archives.gov.