[lentulusgracchus]

Conservatism has always been defined by the base principles of our constitutuion.. -- Hamiltons dedication to those basics is questionable.

Good point. Today's conservatives are the liberals, the Jeffersonians, of the 19th century. Hamiltonian was much more "conservative" in the sense of "prerevolutionary" or even "Tory" than Jefferson......after the war was won, his proposals for the Constitution were basically counterrevolutionary and intended IMHO to restore the status quo ante less the Crown of England, by erecting an essentially British "government of inherent authority" on these shores, that would stand over the People and own them for the benefit of people like Hamilton, rather than serve them as Jefferson thought.

[tpaine]

Well said.. Thanks..

[justshutupandtakeit]

Nonsense, Hamilton consistently maintained that the consent of the people was of vital importance in establishing the government and never resembled the caricature so hideously and falsely drawn by you. Many of his "proposals" were incorporated into the Constitution and were in no way "counterrevolutionary."

Jefferson was the one "served" by others not Hamilton. In fact, H was a founder of the New York Society for the Manumission of Slaves which, if successful, would have freed those serving the petty tyrants Jefferson's class was composed of.

Who was the real Aristocrat here?