Political convictions of Hamilton and Jefferson

Political convictions of Hamilton and Jefferson

When Jefferson left France it was with the intention of soon returning; but President Washington tendered him the secretaryship of state in the new federal government, and Jefferson reluctantly accepted. His only essential objection to the constitution -- the absence of a bill of rights -- was soon met, at least partially, by amendments. Alexander Hamilton was secretary of the treasury. These two men, antipodal in temperament and political belief, clashed in irreconcilable hostility, and in the conflict of public sentiment, first on the financial measures of Hamilton, and ...