CHAPTER V.

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Doctrines of Jefferson’s inaugural--Serious conflict in the Gideon Olmstead case--Jefferson signed an act authorizing the use of the army and navy against a State--The United States jurisdiction enforced against Pennsylvania--Unanimous objection of legislature of Virginia to taking from the Supreme Court its exclusive jurisdiction in cases where States were concerned--Purchase of Louisiana by Jefferson--Josiah Quincy’s speech a threat of rebellion, not a claim of right of secession--Sayings and acts of Jefferson opposed to nullification and secession--Jefferson’s direction that the _Federalist_ should be the permanent text-book of the University of Virginia--The submission of New England to the embargo--The Hartford convention passed no resolves asserting State rights; it proposed amendments to the Constitution--Supremacy of the government always maintained.