[justshutupandtakeit]

Of course he was. His whole political life was devoted to the implementation of federalism. During that era that only meant you wanted to ensure the survival of the Nation and were willing to fight the small-minded simpletons trying to destroy it. He called himself and his followers federal-republicans so you could say that he considered himself a republican.

Unfortunately for you, YOU don't get to chose the terminology.

[AdamSelene235]

federalism

n : the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units

Better make that less.

They should have called themselves Nationalists.