(09-18-2024, 02:06 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(09-18-2024, 12:42 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: No, I really don't think it had anything to do with states' rights.  After all, Hamilton worked to get Jefferson elected, even though Jefferson was the ultimate states' rights guy and Hamilton was the strong-central-government guy.  It was purely personal between Burr and Hamilton.  Hamilton was extremely brilliant, but very abrasive, which is the reason that out of all the founding fathers, he never became President.  He had strong support and strong enemies, and it was not because of his political philosophy, it was because of his personality.  And the way he went after Burr personally is what led Burr to challenge him to the duel.

Yep.
And the "states rights" the Jeffersonians wanted had little to do with what we think of as state powers today.
And the "central banking" that Hamilton wanted was nothing like central banking as we understand it today.