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As for the thing about Hamilton, that was in reference to an incident that occurred prior to the congressional resolution, when American naval vessels captured a Barbary vessel, then released it on Jefferson's orders, citing the lack of official hostilities. Hamilton castigated him for that, saying that the immediate situation called for keeping the vessel in captivity.
I spent a lot of time on this once, disputing this very point with Texasforever on a different, but simular, situation. I'll use the short method, and just state that in my expert opinion, my opinion is the correct one. :))