Introduction
Federalist and Republican views of government
Passing laws against internal enemies
The Sedition Act first campaign: "The suppression of the Whig presses": Common law sedition prosecutions
Targeting opposition members of Congress
Keeping the North safe from sedition
Failed prosecutions
The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
The Sedition Act second campaign: The rebellion the army could not find
The Fries Rebellion and sedition
The army and the Sedition Act
The Sedition Act Third campaign: The "reign of witches" and the election of 1800
A new round of enforcement
New York prosecutions
New England prosecutions
Prowling the circuit stalking sedition
The Alien Act: "Worthy of the 8th. or 9th. Century"
French intriguers and hordes of wild Irishmen
At the mercy of one man
Epilogue.