...indulge my own theory, I should wish them to practice neither commerce nor navigation, but to stand with Europe precisely on the footing of China. We should...avoid wars, and all our citizens would be husbandmen" (1950-:8:633). If population and productivity should greatly increase so that other nations would seek...

...To Hogendorp, 1785, "Were I to indulge my own theory, I would wish them— Americans— to practice neither commerce nor navigation, but to stand, with...avoid wars, and all our citizens would be husbandmen." Notes on Virginia, Query 19, "Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God. . . . Generally...

...DC Heath, t988), p. 5a. 49. "Were I to indulge my own theory, I should [wish the states] to practice neither commerce nor navigation, but to stand with...avoid wars, and all our citizens would be husbandmen" (Van Alstyne, Genesis, p. 67), 50. Bradford Perkins, The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relorions,...

...good turn. They attempt, without disguise, to possess themselves of the carriage of our produce, and to prohibit our own vessels from participating of...overstock the markets of those nations who should come 552 to seek it, the farmers must either employ the surplus of their time in manufactures, or the surplus...

...in 1785, Jefferson said, "Were l to indulge in my own theory, l should wish (our states) to practice neither commerce nor navigation but to stand, with...Europe, precisely on the footing of China. We should avoid wars and all our citizens would be husbandmen." Not a wise choice of comparison given that China...

...Expences"), 175. 53. "Were I to indulge my own theory, I should wish them [the Americans] to practice neither commerce nor navigation, but to stand with...respect to Europe precisely on the footing of China. . . . But this is theory only, and a theory which the servants of America are not at liberty to follow"...

...of his temperament was in charge, that the choice was still open: America might still have elected "to stand, with respect to Europe, precisely on the footing of China." But this is no longer feasible. In 1816 the choice for America is continuing economic development or...

...letter lie postulates, "Were I to indulge my own theory. I would wish them [Americans] to practice neither commerce nor navigation, but to stand, with...avoid wars, and all our citizens would be husbandmen." In an 1814 letter, he renewed his concern, "1 fear nothing for our liberty from the assaults of force;...

...theory," he observed in 1785, Americans would "practice neither commerce nor navigation, but [would] stand with respect to Europe precisely on the footing...avoid wars, and all our citizens would be husbandmen." Yet he quickly confessed that "this is theory only, and a theory which the servants of America are...

...encouraging our states to be commercial? Were I to indulge my own theory, I should wish them to practice neither commerce nor navigation, but to stand, with...avoid wars, and all our citizens would be husbandmen. November 19,1785 (MCM I,344) The determination of the British cabinet to make no equal treaty with...