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New Yankee Doodle. A band of brothers, let us be, While Adams guides the nation; And still our dear-bought freedom guard, In ev’ry situation . Yankee Doodle, guard your coast, Yankee Doodle Dandy. Fear not then or threat or boast, Yankee Doodle Dandy. Jefferson and Liberty.
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New Yankee Doodle A band of brothers, let us be, While Adams guides the nation; And still our dear-bought freedom guard, In ev’ry situation. Yankee Doodle, guard your coast, Yankee Doodle Dandy. Fear not then or threat or boast, Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Jefferson and Liberty The gloomy night before us flies, The reign of terror now is o’er; Its gags, inquisitors and spies Its hordes of harpies are no more. Rejoice Columbia’s sons rejoice To tyrants never bend the knee, But join with heart and soul and voice For Jefferson and Liberty.
Justification for Alien & Sedition Acts “The United States . . . were threatened with actual invasion . . . and had then, within the bosom of the country, thousands of aliens, who, we doubt not, were ready to cooperate in any external attack.”
Connections • War and fear of dissent commonly linked • What is the role of political dissent in the United States? In what ways is it protected? (Do you have a right to criticize the government? Are there limits to this right?) • States’ rights and federal power—Who is responsible for protecting our civil liberties?