Up till well after the civil war, the basic political struggle in America was between those who wanted to expand those who had full civil rights, and those who resisted expansion. Both sides fully supported the constitution, they just had different ideas about who it applied to.
Hooey.
I think you need to go back and read the REAL history books instead of the politically correct ones.
Okey-dokey.
Please explain to me who the liberals (in today’s terms) desirous of overthrowing constitutional rule of law were in 1780, in 1800, in 1830.
I find it interesting that the author approvingly quotes both Hamilton and Jefferson, who were, of course, the leaders of the two contending parties in the first decades of this country.
So obviously the bad guys, in the author’s perception, present from the nations’ founding were some third group. Who were they?