I’ve long held that the Louisiana Purchase was the beginning of the end of “Strict Construction,” and so whatever good Jefferson did, the author of the Declaration of Independence ultimately destroyed the brilliancy of Madison. Macon’s Bill number 2 was also idiotic, but that was later.
What was Jefferson up to under Washington that was treacherous?
Three cheers for Patrick Henry.
Hamilton & Jefferson hated each other so much that they both engaged in near seditious communications with potentially hostile foreign powers (UK & France) trying to undermine the other.