CHAPTER ONE FUNDAMENTALS OF RIGHTFUL GOVERNMENT 3
Ⅰ．THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 3
Ⅱ．JEFFERSON＇S DRAFT CONSTITUTION FOR VIRGINIA 10
Ⅲ．A SUMMARY VIEW OF THE RIGHTS OF BRITISH AMERICA 16
Ⅳ．FREEDOM OF RELIGION 33
1．Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom as Drafted by Jefferson 33
2．Jefferson＇s Views on Freedom of Religion 36
Ⅴ．ORDINANCE OF 1784 AS REPORTED BY JEFFERSON 39
Ⅵ．FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS 41
Ⅶ．FOUR SIGNIFICANT LETTERS 46
CHAPTER TWO THE BLESSINGS OF A FREE GOVERNMENT 54
Ⅰ．OBJECT OF GOVERNMENT：TO PROTECT NATURAL RIGHTS AND PROMOTE HAPPINESS OF THE PEOPLE 54
1．Natural Rights in General 54
2．Slavery a Violation of Natural Rights 60
Ⅱ．EFFECT OF THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT ON THE HAPPINESS OF THE PEOPLE 62
1．The Evils of Hereditary Government and the Advantages of Republican Government 62
2．On the Evils of Monarchies 69
Ⅲ．AN AMERICAN SYSTEM 71
CHAPTER THREE GOVERNMENT FOUNDED ON THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE 79
Ⅰ．THE PEOPLE AS SOURCE OF ALL AUTHORITY 79
Ⅱ．THE RIGHT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT 83
Ⅲ．PARTICIPATION BY THE PEOPLE IN EVERY BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT 88
Ⅳ．ON PUBLIC EDUCATION AND A FREE PRESS 93
Ⅴ．THE JEFFERSONIAN SYSTEM：AGRADATION OF REPUBLICS 95
CHAPTER FOUR THE VALUE OF CONSTITUTIONS 102
Ⅰ．WHAT IS A CONSTITUTION？ 102
1．Defects of Virginia Constitution 102
2．Jefferson＇s Draft of a Constitution for Virginia (1783) 109
3．What State Constitutions Should Contain 112
4．Jefferson on the French Constitution 120
Ⅱ．CONSTITUTION MUST KEEP PACE WITH PROGRESS AND CANNOT BE PERPETUAL 123
1．Amendments 123
2．The Right to Amend 125
Ⅲ．VALUE OF A BILL OF RIGHTS 126
CHAPTER FIVE THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION 129
Ⅰ．DEFECTS OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION 129
Ⅱ．JEFFERSON＇S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE NEW CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 135
1．During the Constitutional Convention 135
2．During Ratification 137
3．In General 139
Ⅲ．CONSTRUING THE CONSTITUTION 143
1．Constitutionality of Their Actions Determined by the Respective Branches 143
2．State＇s Interpretation of Constitutionality 155
3．Jefferson＇s Draft of the Kentucky Resolutions 156
4．Congressional Immunity 162
5．Protest Against the Federal Government＇s Encroachments 167
Ⅳ．CONSTITUTIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND USAGE 171
CHAPTER SIX THE GREAT FAMILY OF MANKIND 181
Ⅰ．FREE GOVERNMENT AND PEACE 181
Ⅱ．PEACEABLE COERCION 182
1．Justice by Negotiation 182
2．Justice Maintained by International Naval Force 185
Ⅲ．ONE CODE OF MORALITY FOR MEN AND NATIONS 187
Ⅳ．THE LAW OF NATIONS 188
APPENDIX NOTES 191
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX 199