eat on his right with easy grace. On Mr. Jefferson's left
sat Chief Justice John Marshall, a "tall, lax, lounging Virginian," with
black eyes peering out from his swarthy countenance. There is a dramatic
quality in this scene of the President-to-be seated between two men who
are to cause him more vexation of spirit than any others in public
life. Burr, brilliant, gifted, ambitious, and profligate; Marshall,
temperamentally and by conviction opposed to the principles which seemed
to have triumphed in the election of this radical Virginian, to whom
indeed he had a deep-seated aversion. After a short pause, Mr. Jefferson
rose and read his Inaugural Address in a tone so low that it could be
heard by only a few in the crowded chamber.

Those who expected to hear revolutionary doctrines must have been
surprised by the studied moderation of this address. There was not
a Federalist within hearing of Jefferson's voice who could not have
subscribed to all the articles in this profession of political faith.
"Equal and exact justice to all men"--"a jealous care of the right of
election by the people"--"absolute acquiescence in the decisions of
the majority"--"the supremacy of the civil over the military
authority"--"the honest payments of our debts"--"freedom of
religion"--"freedom of the press"-"freedom of person under the
protection of the habeas corpus"--what were these principles but the
bright constellation, as Jefferson said, "which has guided our steps
through an age of revolution and reformation?" John Adams himself might
have enunciated all these principles, though he would have distributed
the emphasis somewhat differently.

But what did Jefferson mean when he said, "We have called by different
names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans--we are all
Federalists." If this was true, what, pray, became of the revolution
of 1800, which Jefferson had declared "as real a revolution in the
principles of our government as that of 1776 was in its form?" Even
Jefferson's own followers shook their heads dubiously over this passage
as they read and reread it in the news-sheets. It sounded a false note
while the echoes of the campaign of 1800 were still reverberating. If
Hamilton and his followers were monarchists at heart in 1800, bent
upon overthrowing the Government, how could they and the triumphant
Republicans be brethren of the same principle in 1801? The truth of
the matter is that Jefferson was holding out an