{"id":37,"date":"2012-10-09T11:56:30","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T15:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/?p=37"},"modified":"2012-11-23T14:33:48","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T19:33:48","slug":"for-jefferson-and-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/1800\/for-jefferson-and-liberty\/","title":{"rendered":"For Jefferson and Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"For Jefferson and Liberty\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YzvZSUvfn8E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Adrian Castro<\/p>\n<div>\n<p align=\"center\">For Jefferson and Liberty<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this video, I began with a quote from Jefferson (\u201cThe tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.\u201d) to symbolize the message of this platform: the People should be in control, not the government.\u00a0 <!--more-->The picture of the Liberty Tree shadows back to the American Revolution, more specifically, to the problems with the taxation occurring throughout the colonies.\u00a0 The depiction of the colonists attacking the tax collector (with the aforementioned quote attached) is used to show that the power still lies with the People and not any form of government. It is neither condoning nor reprimanding their actions but merely showing that Jefferson believed in the power of the People and not in a centralized government.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The song chosen is titled, \u201cFor Jefferson and Liberty,\u201d and was written and used in 1800 as part of his campaign.\u00a0 The song specifically targets Adams, his presidency, and, more specifically, the concerns Jefferson had to the Alien and Sedition Acts.\u00a0 The first image with the song is the actual bill detailing the \u201cAct concerning aliens.\u201d\u00a0 As we know, Jefferson was completely against this because of the major invasion of privacy.\u00a0 The song progresses to talk about inquisitors and spies and the abolition of this type of system (should Jefferson be elected).\u00a0 The image looks very hazy and hard to see, signaling the disappearance of this act (to the point where people don\u2019t even remember these \u201cspies\u201d anymore).\u00a0 It is supposed to signal a distant past.\u00a0 The last image attacking Adams is a picture of himself over the lyrics, \u201cIts hordes of harpies are no more.\u201d\u00a0 When I looked up what this line meant, I realized that the entire first paragraph was signaling a potential change away from a system of spies and inquisitors who steal one\u2019s privacy, hence the phrase \u201chordes of harpies.\u201d\u00a0 I put Adam\u2019s picture here to show that his policies infringed on one\u2019s personal rights and is completely against Jefferson\u2019s stance on this issue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the chorus, I begin with a zoomed in Declaration of Independence to show that the document he drafted received unanimous support.\u00a0 \u201cColumbia\u2019s sons\u201d can rejoice knowing that they are free and not under the reign of a tyrant or \u201charpy.\u201d\u00a0 The next image is one of Jefferson as the song says, \u201cTo tyrants never bend the knee.\u201d\u00a0 This is supposed to imply that Jefferson never gave up, despite the number of people whom he believed to be tyrants.\u00a0 Instead, he continued fighting and pushing back to better the nation (by fighting the tyrants), and as a grand symbol of this, he is running for the presidency.\u00a0 The two newspaper clippings were added to show that Jefferson was seen as a strong supporter of a republican government and the general interests of the United States.\u00a0 Again, Adams was seen as a tyrant president and someone who acted against what the general public wanted.\u00a0 Jefferson, however, was all about the people.\u00a0 The last image in this sequence is another image of him and the fade into him (and transition to the next photo) was used as a way to go back in time to when the nation was headed by King George III.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The video progresses to show the flag flown during Washington\u2019s inauguration, signaling the united colonies under a \u201chappier home.\u201d\u00a0 Unlike British America, the United States was in essence a much happier place and better place to live in (according to a majority at least).\u00a0 Therefore, this ad is trying to convey the message that America will be a happy place without a leader like Adams, who infringed on one\u2019s rights, or King George III, who epitomizes tyranny, but instead, a leader like Jefferson would lead the nation in a positive direction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the chorus repeats, I repeated some of the images to show, again, his influence on national liberty and the importance of a republic to him.\u00a0 I changed the image of Jefferson to give another depiction of him and his qualifications as a leader.\u00a0 It ends with yet another quote (\u201cI have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.\u201d) to end with him telling the public why he should be elected.\u00a0 Since Adam\u2019s and others attacked Jefferson for being too secular, I felt that it would go with the spirit of the time to cater towards the religious by ending with something that would appeal to them as well.\u00a0 By combining God (and therefore, religion) with the lack of tyranny and his allegiance towards abolishing any tyranny that may result, he is able to rest some fears of a non-religious leader.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the message was supposed to be one of liberty from tyranny and the polciies of the past.\u00a0 While not directly focused on one aspect of society (i.e. Federalists or just the monarchy of Britain), I tried to tap into different platforms against Jefferson (since he was accused of favoring France) in order to dispel reservations that citizens may have had.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:ThomasJeffersonByRobertField.jpg<\/p>\n<p>Picture of Washington in 1800<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/item\/00649557\/<\/p>\n<p>Leaders of the Continental Congress,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/infoweb.newsbank.com\/iw-search\/we\/HistArchive\/?p_product=EANX&#038;p_theme=ahnp&#038;p_nbid=P4BP53TIMTM0OTE2NzE0OS42Mjc0MzU6MToxNDoxMzcuMTY1LjI3LjE1Ng&#038;p_action=doc&#038;p_docid=109EEE92B564CED8&#038;f_mode=printerFriendly&#038;f_article=109EEE9172290C98<\/p>\n<p>Lyrics to \u201cJefferson and Liberty\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/g3300.np000058\/<\/p>\n<p>Map of North America, 1732<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/crescentok.com\/staff\/jaskew\/TAH\/US\/uschapter2.htm<\/p>\n<p>Picture of Presidential Election (Washington)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/item\/2003675475\/<\/p>\n<p>King George III, 1782<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/item\/2008661719\/<\/p>\n<p>Congressional Pugilists, 1798<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Adams<\/p>\n<p>For background information<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/query\/r?ammem\/AMALL:@field%28NUMBER+@band%28cph+3c26308%29%29<\/p>\n<p>Picture of John Adams, 1797<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.founding.com\/the_declaration_of_i\/<\/p>\n<p>Picture of Declaration of Independence<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/?option=com_staticxt&#038;staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=1384&#038;chapter=107484&#038;layout=html&#038;Itemid=27<\/p>\n<p>Liberty Fund (The Public Conduct and Character of John Adams), \u201cungovernable temper\u201d, 1800<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.musicanet.org\/robokopp\/usa\/thegloom.htm<\/p>\n<p>Lyrics to \u201cJefferson and Liberty\u201d, 1800<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recent circumstances give us\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/phw01.newsbank.com\/cache\/ean\/fullsize\/pl_010012012_2154_22568_737.pdf\">http:\/\/phw01.newsbank.com\/cache\/ean\/fullsize\/pl_010012012_2154_22568_737.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His excellency\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/phw02.newsbank.com\/cache\/ean\/fullsize\/pl_010012012_2200_59942_578.pdf\">http:\/\/phw02.newsbank.com\/cache\/ean\/fullsize\/pl_010012012_2200_59942_578.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/phw02.newsbank.com\/cache\/ean\/fullsize\/pl_010012012_2357_57505_392.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/phw02.newsbank.com\/cache\/ean\/fullsize\/pl_010012012_2357_57505_392.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Columbia\u2019s sons (lyrics again) <a href=\"http:\/\/phw01.newsbank.com\/cache\/ean\/fullsize\/pl_010022012_0016_21497_118.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/phw01.newsbank.com\/cache\/ean\/fullsize\/pl_010022012_0016_21497_118.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The testimony of esteem <a href=\"http:\/\/phw01.newsbank.com\/cache\/ean\/fullsize\/pl_010022012_0018_05802_916.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/phw01.newsbank.com\/cache\/ean\/fullsize\/pl_010022012_0018_05802_916.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>image of jefferson 1791 <a href=\"http:\/\/americanhistory.about.com\/od\/elections\/p\/election1800.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/americanhistory.about.com\/od\/elections\/p\/election1800.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>image of tree <a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/64\/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts_%281798%29.png\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/64\/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts_%281798%29.png<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonofthesouth.net\/revolutionary-war\/political\/liberty-tree.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.sonofthesouth.net\/revolutionary-war\/political\/liberty-tree.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Duty of the Chief Magistrate is to unite in himself the confidence of the whole people&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;produce a union of the powers of the whole, and point them in a single direction, as if all constitued but one body and one mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>-page 283<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rotunda.upress.virginia.edu\/founders\/default.xqy?keys=TSJN-print-01-12-02-0348\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/rotunda.upress.virginia.edu\/founders\/default.xqy?keys=TSJN-print-01-12-02-0348<\/a> (Quote)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.founding.com\/repository\/imgLib\/20071026_thomasJefferson.jpg\">http:\/\/www.founding.com\/repository\/imgLib\/20071026_thomasJefferson.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image of younger Jefferson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adrian Castro For Jefferson and Liberty &nbsp; &nbsp; In this video, I began with a quote from Jefferson (\u201cThe tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.\u201d) to symbolize the message &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/hist359f2012\/1800\/for-jefferson-and-liberty\/\">Continue reading <span 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