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The hamiltonians believed there needed to be a strong Federal Government that should have a larger role. Hamilton believed that a perfect union was one with no states at all, but he realized that was impossible. He felt that after the Articles of Confederation crumbled and the government was unable to pay war debt or control the masses, there needed to be a sense of unity in a stronger centralized government.

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Thought strong state governments were more imperative than a national government. Because the national government was represented by the richest 5% of people, Jeffersonians thought that the 95% needed to be represented more accurately. Only the individual states knew the different issues of its people and therefore should be able to have different laws and policies to represent the needs of its people and its own government.

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The Hamiltonians were hostile towards the idea of extending democracy. They thought voting should be left in the hands of white male property owners and that representation should be held by the "best people," the top richest and most educated percentile.

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The Hamiltonians thought that the states should have limited rights. Hamilton himself didn't want to give them any but he knew there must be a compromise because of the amount of Jeffersonians. This compromise was exhibited in the U.S. Constitution with James Madison composing the bill of Rights, more specifically, the 10th Amendment (Reserved powers: All powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states)

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Domestic issues including marriage, gay rights, abortion, rest room designation, and education are States' Rights' Issues that the Federal Government has no Constitutional Authority to be involved in.

"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take the care of religion into their own hands; they may appoint teachers in every State, county and parish and pay them out of their public treasury; they may take into their own hands the education of children, establishing in like manner schools throughout the Union; they may assume the provision of the poor; they may undertake the regulation of all roads other than post-roads; in short, everything, from the highest object of state legislation down to the most minute object of police, would be thrown under the power of Congress.... Were the power of Congress to be established in the latitude contended for, it would subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very nature of the limited Government established by the people of America." - James Madison-father of the U.S. Constitution

"The Constitution has admitted the jurisdiction of the United States (Federal Government) within the limits of the several States only so far as the delegated powers authorize; beyond that they are intruders, and may rightfully be expelled."- John C. Calhoun-U.S. Senator and Vice President

Abe Lincoln taught Americans to fear the government and destroyed "government of the people, by the people, and for the people". He laid waste to the South as an object lesson: Washington's authority is unassailable and eternal. "The United States (federal government) has the right, and the power, to penetrate to every part of the national domain. We will remove and destroy every obstacle - if need be, take every life, every acre of land, every particle of property, everything that to us seems proper." - Union General William T. Sherman.

The Union, at bayonet-point, forever. Like a bad marriage from which there can be no escape except death. Prior to the unconstitutional, immoral, illegal, and criminal War of Northern Aggression of 1861-1865, most Americans still held to the notion that "government exists by the consent of the governed". The federal government was their agent, charged with a few specific tasks and no more. When this representative exceeded its constitutional authority, it became immediately illegitimate -a tyranny.

The Southern states took this literally, attempting to withdraw on the principle that legitimate government exists by consent only - and what was being done to them by the rapidly growing Leviathan in Washington DC was being done manifestly without their consent and very much against their will. Hence, they exercised their right as sovereign states to withhold consent and to sever the relationship-to depart-to secede.

Abe educated them. The principle of unlimited federal supremacy was established at Appomattox Virginia on April 9, 1865. The formerly sovereign states (plural) became little more than glorified administrative districts submissive and answerable to a central imperial power in Washington DC. The formerly free people of the several states became citizen-subjects of the United States (singular) - subject to its universal authority. Millions of Americans, though beaten on the battlefield, still denied the right of Washington's rule in their hearts - where they remained free in spirit, at least. They resented the new Massa in Washington - regarding him (rightly) as a usurper, a tyrant, a despot, and a dictator. It was understood that they were ruled by force - and very much without their consent.

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James W. King Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) Camp 141 Albany Georgia jkingantiquearms@bellsouth.net 9/20/2016 Domestic issues including marriage, gay rights, abortion, rest room designation, and education are States' Rights' Issues that the Federal Government has no Constitutional Authority to be involved in. "If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the...

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Hamiltonians elt that the US should stay independent from national affairs and worry about our own problems. They thought that because our agreement with France was signed with Louis XVI and he was no longer on the throne, it was not valid and therefore we were not obligated to help the French.

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Hamiltonians did not like the idea of growing parties as much as the Jeffersonians did. Washington felt that one parties rise could create a power struggle that would lead to vengeful laws being made to undermine the party not in power and an overall dysfunctional system.

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Hamiltonians wanted a national bank with a strong centralized economy. Hamilton (secretary of the Treasury) was responsible for establishing the national debt in taking the individual war debt burden off of states and removing conflict over the individual state taxes. They thought the national debt was a blessing, if properly funded.

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The Jeffersonians believed that democracy should be extended. The 95% of average people not represented should be represented more accurately. There should be more people eligible to vet and more people eligible to represent to accurately depict the population.

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When the Constitution was written, it was a document that supported federalist views. The Jeffersonians needed a compromise in order to ratify it. Thus the Bill of Rights was made. These amendments protected individual rights and supported the States' Rights. They were necessary to actually reach a compromise between the two parties so some form of government could become valid in our nation.

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Jeffersonians believed that the US should get involved with foreign affairs. This was instigated by the fact that Jefferson himself was Secretary of State and had been in France for a time. He thought that since France helped the US during our Revolutionary War, the US should help France during their Revolution.

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The Jeffersonians supported the formation of parties. He thought they were necessary to prevent a dictatorship or anarchy. While one party was in power, the other would make sure that the needs of the minority are still being considered. He and James Madison created the Democratic-Republican party.

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Jeffersonians believed that each state should be able to charter their own banks to be able to issue money themselves. They thought that the Constitution did not have the power to establish a national bank. What it did not permit it forbode. They also thought a national debt was a burden and there needed to be rigid state-based economy.