All very true, my friend. I, too, enjoy discussing this with you. Difficult to find anyone that knows anything more about the Founders than that which they get through the television or partisan radio.
I must agree, Washington was a "conservative" in the classical sense (read: Hobbesian). I consider myself a "Madisonian Liberal."
Mind you, the notion of a powerful central government endorsed by Washington, Hamilton, et al is incomparable to the monstrosity presently squatting on the banks of the Potomac!
Too true, although I suspect Hamilton might actually approve of what we have now, at least in an economic sense.