He was fitting out privateers in American ports. There was an incident right now involving such a situation situationĭS: 00:29 and I'm wondering if there was any time during your time as president of something like that occurred.ĬSJ as TJ: 00:36 Not during my time as president, but I do remember that during the French revolution, the French sent an envoy to the United States by the name of Edmond Genet and Genet thought that the American people were 100 percent behind the French revolution and that we would side with the French who had been our ally during the war, essentially no matter what, and he landed in South Carolina where he was given a hero's welcome and he made his way almost like a foreign prince up to Philadelphia to meet President Washington and he made a nuisance of himself and he actually then violated American law. Good day to you, Mr Jefferson.ĬSJ as TJ: 00:15 Good day to you, citizen.ĭS: 00:17 Mr Jefferson, I wanted to speak to you about foreign nationals who may have committed crimes against the United States.
DS: 00:00 Good day, citizens, and welcome to What Would Jefferson Do?, our weekly opportunity to discuss current American events with President Thomas Jefferson, who's seated across from me now.