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To: justshutupandtakeit
Just for laughs what do YOU think a "nationalist" was?

The term "nationalist" as I have used it, has consistently been used to describe those who were also referred to as "consolidationists". You already knew that, I made that clear hundreds of posts ago. Your use of the word has varied from one end of the spectrum to the other and has even stretched so far as to include abolitionism.

Washington was Hamilton's greatest advocate in EVERY area, including economics and finance. He treated Hamilton with all the indulgence he would have shown his son. What lamebrained idea did you stumble over that claims anything else?

Actually, I found it in the same place most of your information seems to come from, a monkey's butt. I just posted it to aggravate you, because I don't believe for a second you believe half of what you've posted. No one is that schizo/stupid. As I said a long time ago, I think you post crap just to try and get a rise out of people. As to your main point above, Washington did agree with Hamilton to a degree on very many issues, but not always, as Hamiltonian zealots would have us think.

760 posted on 09/03/2003 7:26:31 PM PDT by thatdewd
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To: thatdewd
1) Nationalist is NOT a "consolidationist" no matter what YOU think. Consolidationist was merely a term of opprobrium thrown around by lunatics it meant nothing.

2) I never claimed nationalism was abolitionism. Though it is perhaps too subtle for you, I mentioned how far Jefferson was willing to go to cement the Nation over the "rights" of states to protect slavery during his nationalist phase in the 1780s.

Like most things this last point requires a degree of thought which is beyond your capacity to do more than respond in a knee-jerk fashion.

Hamilton was practically Washington's second brain. He was respected and loved by Washington as no other man, much to the dismay and disgust of Jeffersonians. While Washington's chief aide during the Revolution Hamilton was trusted to decide weighty matters on the spot without consultation with the Commander because of the great trust in his judgment. During the administrations no man's opinion stood higher with Washington than Hamilton's and the number of instances where W didn't follow it are extremely small, perhaps you would like to provide some evidence refuting that statement. Hamilton even wrote "Washington's Farewell Address", a dire warning of the evils of secession.

Washington even put up with antics from Hamilton he would take from no other man. Only Lafayette compared with Hamilton in Washington's love, esteem and respect. Anyone who knows anything of either man knows that.
761 posted on 09/04/2003 6:40:43 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (America's Enemies foreign and domestic agree. Bush must be destroyed.)
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