[Sopater]

how can you call a guy a big gov’t liberal when he predated government?

I was using the common vernacular to describe Hamilton. However, he certainly did not "predate government" because he was there under British rule, then under the articles of the confederation, and then under the constitutional republic. He argued in support of the Constitution as a replacement to the articles of the confederation because he argued for a stronger federal government. Then, once the Constitution was ratified, he then supported the federal government taking even more liberties with federal power than were specifically stated in the Constitution, and even went against some of his own writings in the Federalist papers.

You can give me an "F" in history if you like, but I don't recall asking you to grade my history in the first place. Coming from you, neither an "A" nor an "F" means a whit to me.

[JohnBrowdie]

using 21st century concepts and terminology to describe 18th century political alignments was (simply) your first mistake.

your next three mistakes involved not understanding that the founding didn’t end with the creation (or even the ratification) of the constitution.