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Alien And Sedition Acts Essay

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Today, I am left with the ominous feeling that if prompt actions are not taken to resolve the issues between the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists, then our nation will be trapped in a cage of domestic strife. Therefore, I feel that it would be in the best interest of America to revoke the Alien and Sedition Acts, so that freedom of speech can be reinstated and that peaceful collaboration between the parties can be possible. For this reason, I am supporting and voting for Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Patrick Henry, Aaron Burr, and George Washington.
As a supporter of the Democratic-Republicans, I agree with Mr. Jefferson that all political parties need to have a say in our government if we want to preserve the democratic spirit …show more content…

Washington, I would like to agree with you that the “ineffective” Alien and Sedition Acts are threatening the security of our government by causing useless domestic squabbling. Our focus needs to be moved from our own inner conflict to preventing war with France; we need to work on making peace with Europe if we want our country to have a future and not to be destroyed in unnecessary conflict. Mr. Adams argued that Jeffersonian ideals prevent national unity by directly repudiating the Federalist government’s beliefs. Contrary to his belief, I think that he is the one preventing peace and unity between the two parties. How could one expect for there to be peace when he just passed laws that attempted to weaken the Democratic-Republican party? I leave you with some advice, Mr. Adams: if you truly want to do right by our nation, then revoke the acts.
Mr. Hamilton, how naive are you? How could you possibly claim that the Alien Acts are a positive change for our country since they provide the immigrants with more time to assimilate into our culture? The only thing that these acts do is limit the foreigners’ rights and eliminate any chance of total equality. Additionally, I disagree with your claim that the Alien and Sedition Acts protect the nation without limiting rights to free speech: they completely disallow any negative mention of the

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