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To: jla
Unless you were a farmer in a southern state, or advocated resistance to British heavy-handed tactics against your merchant ships, or you were against a federal bank.

Is it any wonder Thomas Jefferson mistrusted and despised this guy?

Jefferson? Great guy, except if you were Black, or a slave, or a Revolutionary soldier who wondered where his governor had run off to, or a Frenchman who got his head cut off by the revolutionaries he loved, or a merchant or sailor who wanted to make a living during the embargo, or if you were in favor of a national bank.

Is it any wonder that Hamilton and Adams mistrusted and dispised this guy?

Not that Jefferson was as bad as his opponents said, but it cuts both ways.

57 posted on 07/02/2009 3:40:41 PM PDT by x
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To: x
Jefferson? Great guy, except if you were Black, or a slave,

His slaves actually liked him very much. And I'll remind you that Washington, Madison, and many others also had slaves.

or a Revolutionary soldier who wondered where his governor had run off to

Nonsensical.

or a Frenchman who got his head cut off by the revolutionaries he loved,

How could he have prevented this? Jefferson was an American citizen not one of France. So he should have held up his hand and shouted, "Stop! I demand this révolution cease immediately!"

or a merchant or sailor who wanted to make a living during the embargo,

"embargo", oh, you mean resistance to Great Britain who sunk our ships and impressed our sailors.

or if you were in favor of a national bank.

Events have proved Thomas J, not Hamilton, correct on this.

Is it any wonder that Hamilton and Adams mistrusted and dispised [sic] this guy?

No wonder about Hamilton at all. Jefferson was a pure American. Hamilton always had a soft spot for the Crown. As to Adams, he and Jefferson had a contentious relationship at times but both reconciled and admittedly liked and respected each other very much.

60 posted on 07/02/2009 3:53:37 PM PDT by jla
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