Was Thomas Jefferson a Political Compromiser?

The "revolution of 1800" made many Federalists wary, when Thomas Jefferson finally cut a deal to break the election tie, many Federalists questioned the future welfare of the country. After all, with Thomas Jefferson as president, wouldn't everything they had worked so hard for in the previous decade, be destroyed? Surprise and pleasure rippled through the country when Jefferson stated in his inaugural address "We are all republicans, we are all democrats." This well-known statement would later show its truth when Jefferson allowed his beliefs to become "federalized." Thomas Jefferson…