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To: wideawake

Well, he did propose that the President serve for life, which could be seen as monarchical.


28 posted on 11/19/2010 1:31:48 PM PST by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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To: Pyro7480

Nobody had any idea at the time exactly how to set up a stable republic. Hadn’t been done for almost 2000 years. The closest was the Dutch Republic, and it had a lifetime executive.

Hamilton thought a stronger executive was needed than Jefferson or Madison did. Turned out they were right and Hamilton was wrong. But that didn’t make him a monarchist. He just thought the strong executive was necessary to preserve the Republic against its enemies, foreign and domestic.

BTW, the President’s present position in the national government is a hell of a lot closer to what Hamilton thought was needed than to anything Jefferson or Madison would recognize.


91 posted on 11/19/2010 2:19:31 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: Pyro7480

He was only speaking of the functional role of the Executive.
He never proposed a nobility or inherited Executive and repeatedly said that a monarchy was foreign to the spirit of the American people. Jeffersonian slanders made the ridiculous claim that H. was a monarchist. His press liars ran with it.


146 posted on 11/19/2010 9:27:34 PM PST by arrogantsob
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