Alexander Hamilton Quotes
Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me to become his apologist. Nor can I have any disposition to do it. I admit that his politics are tinctured with fanaticism, that he is too much in earnest in his democracy, that he has been a mischievous enemy to the principle measures of our past administration, that he is crafty & persevering in his objects, that he is not scrupulous about the means of success, nor very mindful of truth, and that he is a contemptible hypocrite.
Hamilton, Alexander. "Letter to Theodore Sedgwick, 10 July 1804." The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 26, edited by Harold C. Syrett, Columbia University Press, 1979, pp. 309-311.
Miscegenation means race mixing. Right wing extremists of the time were often fascist and racist as well as politically very conservative. Note that Pegler’s “denial of personal rights to individuals” did not include the laws against racial intermarriage and the right of two individuals to marry whom they pleased. At the time many of the Southern states had laws against racial intermarriage—laws that were subsequently declared unconstitutional by the lower courts and upheld by the Supreme Court.
Alexander Hamilton was an American statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, lawyer, banker, and economist. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the founder of the nation's financial system, the Federalist Party, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper. As the first secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was the main author of the economic policies of George Washington's administration. He took the lead in the federal government's funding of the states' debts, as well as establishing the nation's first two de facto central banks, the Bank of North America and the First Bank of the United States, a system of tariffs, and friendly trade relations with Britain. His vision included a strong central government led by a vigorous executive branch, a strong commercial economy, government-controlled banks, support for manufacturing, and a strong military.
