[Gutenberg 53603] • The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 4 (of 9) / Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private

Excerpt from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 4

Notwithstanding this suggestion of acquiescence inthe will of the Convention, Jefferson, 'while admit ting the great mass of good'in it, did not hesitate to denounce certain features of the Constitution. As early as November, 1787, in a letter to John' Adams, he asked, How do you like our new con stitution? I confess there are things in it which stagger all my dispositions to subscribe to what such an assembly has proposed. The House of Federal.

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