[Colonel Kangaroo]

Hamilton favored a strong centralized fedgov/centralized bank; Lincoln’s regime increased the strength of the fedgov. As oppposed to the limited government principles of the Southern states, Jefferson, Calhoun, etc.

I would not call a government that supports a system that enslaves a large number of its residents limited. Right after the Civil War we can see how much the Confederates really loved limited government with the governmental intrusion into private economic relationships found in the infamous Black Codes.

[stainlessbanner]

The mess following the war called Reconstruction belongs to the Republicans, not Confederates.