"In dress, conversation, and demeanor he studiously sought and displayed the arts of a low demagogue seeking the gratification of the democracy on whose voices and votes he laid the foundation of his power." (Quincy's Diary, Jan. 1806, Quincy, 93.)
[65] Ames to Gore, Dec. 13, 1802, Works of Fisher Ames: Ames, i, 309.
[66] Dodd in American Historical Review, xii, 776; and see next chapter.
[67] Jefferson to Dickinson, Dec. 19, 1801, Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Washington, iv, 424.
[68] "The only shield for our Republican citizens against the federalism of the courts is to have the attorneys & Marshals republicans." (Jefferson to Stuart, April 8, 1801, Works: Ford, ix, 248.)
[69] "The judge of course stands until the law [Judiciary Act of 1801] shall be repealed which we trust will be at the next Congress." (Jefferson to Stuart, April 8, 1801, Works: Ford, ix, 247.) For two weeks Jefferson appears to have been confused as to the possibility of repealing the Judiciary Act of 1801. A fortnight before he informed Stuart that this course would be taken, he wrote Giles that "the courts being so decidedly federal and irremovable," it was "indispensably necessary" to appoint "republican attorneys and marshals." (Jefferson to Giles, March 23, 1801, MSS. Lib. Cong. as quoted by Carpenter in American Political Science Review, ix, 522.)
But the repeal had been determined upon within six weeks after Jefferson's inauguration as his letter to Stuart shows.
[70] Giles to Jefferson, March 16, 1801, Anderson: William Branch Giles—A Study in the Politics of Virginia 1790-1830, 77.
[71] Same to same, June 1, 1801, ib. 80.
[72] Sedgwick to King, Dec. 14, 1801, King, iv, 36.