Hamilton also understood that the MEANS of carrying out the ENDS specified in the Constitution were not specified but implied. Anything not specifically excluded by the document, or contrary to its spirit, and which is pursuant to the exercise of enumerated powers is constitutional.
Contrary to the commonly believed Jeffersonian lies Hamilton was a great patriot totally devoted to the Union from his teenage years. He was not a monarchist in any sense.
We have different definitions of a patriot. Supporting giving the central government the power to do anything not specifically prohibited by the Constitution is not patriotic in my opinion. This theory of implied powers is why we are in the mess we are in today.
I’d suggest you read Hamilton’s Curse by Thomas J Di Lorenzo which is the best work I’ve read on Hamilton and the contrast between his policies and Jefferson’s more enlightened policies.
“Anything not specifically excluded by the document, or contrary to its spirit, and which is pursuant to the exercise of enumerated powers is constitutional”
What’s this “spirit” mumbo-jumbo? It’s the letter that matters, as understood at the time. And no, it is not whatever’s “pursuant.” Nice Hamiltonian trick. It’s whatever’s necessary.
“He was not a monarchist in any sense”
Except in the sense he wanted the president to be a monarch.