[Publius]

I'm not sure Hamilton would have welcomed Wickard. What Hamilton wanted was a vigorous Executive running a vigorous federal government that aided the commercial and speculative classes in their all-important goal of making money. If a vigorous federal government could help them make money, fine. However, he would not have wanted a vigorous federal government getting in the way of making money, and he would never have wanted a vigorous federal government nationalizing and running entire industries, especially the banking industry, which was near and dear to his heart.

[Bigun]

Perhaps you are right. My personal distaste for Hamilton gets in the way of my objectivity sometimes I’m afraid.