Megan's Last Discussion Question
For this last blog, I would like you to think about the connection between Jefferson's vision of the United States and sentimentality. Look over Jefferson's First Inaugural Address, how does Jefferson envision the republic will function? How does emotion play into his perspective? Does his experiment succeed? How does this tie to the coming of the Civil War and Lincoln?
Remember that papers are due on Thursday in class. The writing lab is a great resource to help polish your papers. The website is: http://learningcenter.missouri.edu/writinglab/writinglab.shtml
Remember that papers are due on Thursday in class. The writing lab is a great resource to help polish your papers. The website is: http://learningcenter.missouri.edu/writinglab/writinglab.shtml
posted by Megan Boccardi at 10:22 PM
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just testing cause it says nickname now instead of "other"
excuse this
When Thomas Jefferson gives his speech, he brings it to the people with a feeling of unity in mind. He understands that the political parties are distraught over Anti/Federalist views, the minorities aren't respected, the people don't believe in the republican system succeeding, and they're in constant fear of monarchy re-conquering their country. Through all this, Jefferson stands against billion to one odds, he stands to do the impossible, this man, our third president, conquers this beast of a foe. He tells the people that he is aware of the assignment in front of him, and in order to succeed, he needs their unity. In theory, he wanted them to scream "UNITY, IT IS NOT I, IT IS WE THE PROUD!!" He also told them that the republic was strong enough, and it would be ignorant to revert back to a monarchy. When this man, one of our beloved founding forefathers, explained all of the backing and favor that was helping our country, it brought a tear to the people's eyes and showed Jefferson's undying emotional love for his country and its cause; liberty and equality. His experiment does not succeed during his term in office, but as Lincoln comes along, following in his footsteps, well you know what Lincoln does. (If you don't: liberty and equality)
A firm believer in the republic as it was, Jefferson adressed the public with that as a primary intenton. Although a great deal of the population was lacking confidence in the system Jefferson so firmly believed in, Jefferson had managed to win the presidency and resolved to stick to his beliefs. Jefferson also was a propent for the individual rights of the citizen, especially farmers, who he believed were the backbone and of great importance to the counrty.
Thomas Jefferson’s vision for America’s government was to stay away from the European style of authority. He encouraged the citizens to become engaged in its government. Jefferson wanted people to have love and affection for their country. It was an era for sentimentality which made the people become more emotional and have more feelings towards others. Jefferson thought if they had these strong feelings for others and themselves why not for their country. Jefferson wanted to prove that he did not need to use force and cruel power for the government to work. He wanted to use the people’s best interest when dealing with the governments policies. Jefferson struggled to keep this idea alive but his experiment did not succeed. His ideas are then tried again by later presidents and wins.
When Thomas Jefferson gave his speech, he was hoping that the repubic would unite as a whole. He wanted everyone to believe in their country and believe in him. He knew that difficulties were ahead in trying to build a perfect nation, so he asked for everyone to stand by him and be passionate about their country. Jefferson wanted the people to have a say in government issues because if they did, then the nation was more likely to unite as one and be strong.
Jefferson envisions the republic to have equal rights by honoring all citizens not by their sex or race but by what they have done. He also says that justice shall be served for all religion, beliefs and thoughts in a safe environment. He expects that people will be fair and honest citizens who will follow the rules set before them such as freedom of religion, freedom of press and the freedom of the person under habeas corpus. So overall he expects that the republic will function well.
-corey mueller
When Thomas Jefferson ran for president, he had one thing in mind, to keep America from a European style of government. He wanted the people to all have their own rights, as well as be unified under his control. He wanted the people to be with him, and he was willing to let the people have a say and help mold the government the way he wanted it. Jefferson had a tall task ahead of him, but with his perserverance and dedication, was able to build a successful unit of a nation.
Jefferson uses his words to try to bring unity among the country. He wanted to have everyone be equal and that monarchy will not prevail against their republic. He envisions that the republic will succeed even though it is an experiment as this sort of style of government has never been doing before. He uses the emotion of the people to unify them to one country, one heart to spear them on into a future of oppressiveness. He wanted them to unite under the flag and declare that the people are the rulers and that the country will not fail. His experiment succeeded. People stayed with his words for a while even thought the North and South were still having difficulties. The experiment seemed like a success until the Civil War when the division came. Lincoln then did the same thing as Jefferson. Used his words to convince them that they were all one people united and they should be proud of that fact whether you are from the North or South. It is life and liberty at its finest.
I sent my paper to the only writing lab and I never got it back. Must be the busy paper season?
I believe Thomas Jefferson uses sentimentality as a means to unite the American people into the republic he, himself, so strongly supports and thinks will work. He envisions the republic to work in a way that the people's wants and needs are satified and in a way that there is no punishment for not agreeing with the choices and decisions of the government. Like I said before, I think Jefferson used emotion to his advantage. He acted passionate about the republic working and the nation uniting as a whole and ultimately the people could do nothing but feel touched and moved by the address also. I don't know that I necessary believe that his experiment succeeded because if it had, would we have had a Civil War? Probably not. In the end it is Lincoln who saves the day and unites us all with equality and freedom.
Jefferson had a strong dislike of the idea of a strong national government, which he argued intimately. Using sentimentality, by using talk of the freedom of the people and love for the republic, he pulled people towards his system of beliefs in order to unite them under himself. By announcing everyone apart of a working system of government, Jefferson strengthened the peoples resolve to the fact that his way was best regardless of anything else. The project's success was limited. Though the system itself seemed to work, it eventually caused full-scale war.
Jefferson used many techniques when talking to get his points across.Jefferson speaks with gratitude and sentimental value to grab the attention of the listener. He was trying to have certain things happen by using the sentimental appeal. He speaks of his love for the republic and what he wants to see happen. Jefferson uses these tactics and is trying to persuade people based on his opinion but he makes it seem as though maybe it was not just his idea, but the idea of others as well. I think that by adding this emotional level he successfully succeeds with what he was trying to do.
Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address is very unique he is in street clothes and very informal. As a non-authoritarian government and laid out the principles of the new administration. His principles he promoted was to use the rights we already had but they were not used that much such as freedom of speech and other freedoms that were not being expressed as planned. He also called for the country to unite for the common good. He said, "Unite with one heart an one mind." He says this because he knows and believes that if we unite we would be much stronger and be a better country than we were now. the stronger the country the better. There was a lot of emotion in this speech it was very sentimental. he wanted to show the people he cared for them and wanted to change the country good and make it better he showed that that it was important to change the people for the country. Yes this experiment does succeed because he expanded the country and people began to use their rights more so he did exactly what he said out to do. It caused in some aspect the Civil War because the people believed that they had a lot of rights and they tried to use them so it lead to the civil War when they try to expand these rights.
Thomas Jefferson wanted the american people to exercise their rights and unify together. We would be a stronger country if we come together as one. He expanded the country under his control and successful united the country. He wanted to make sure the people knew he cared for them and was a president for the people. When Jefferson would make speeches, he was sincere and emotional so the people knew he was there for them.
Kyle Whitehead
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Thomas Jefferson on his First Inaugural Address, promised people of equality - same right for all the citizens, praised the Republic government, as he told it's the strongest Government on earth and this government can maintain the law in this country. but law will not take charge over mens free will.
But i don't believe his emotion was real, at least for that equality part. he didn't talk about women, just tried to persuade men. and we know Jefferson had slaves though we talked about equal rights, that doesn't make any sense to me.
Thomas Jefferson expressed his feelings about everyone expressing his/her rights freely and as they so choose. Jefferson understood the great task he was taking on and he would be able to do that by uniting the republic. His speech was very sentimental and went along with the sentimental time period. Honestly, I believe this was a good tactic to use because many people were searching for emotional experiences to relate to and by Jefferson giving a sentimental speech, he probably won over many people. Jefferson wanted to show his people how much he cared about them and the good of their country. This somewhat led to the civil war because during the civil war, many people tried to exerise their rights in the wrong way which eventually led to the Civil War.
In Jefferson's speech it was apparent he wanted the nation to come together and unite. He also believed in people being able to express their rights and what they believed in. Jefferson wanted the people to have a say in government issues so they would believe in their country. Jefferson used emotion to bring the people closer to him and to make them think that he cared for them. With everyone uniting he believes things will function better.
-Brandon Wiest
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