New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-19
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
From Ins Horl

Cen. Grant will do well, in forming his Cab
met 10 initiate tho wise example OF masingVn, Mno
in the country putting jefferson aud Hamilton at the
head Of the two most important % ag G , e
small jealousy Of being collapsed In his own Admnistra
ton by ADLER and more eSperlehood ihon'
TIE TRIBUNE calls Hamilton an lllnstrious victim OF
Democratic envy and hatred Mr Greeley mas poleSseu
10 write history and that history lust aS true az Inc
above sentence and both are false Hamilton %1s man
of wonderful intellect lie was DraVo solIIe Fl, anu
thcrefore frank His political opinions are IA wen known
"a those Of Mir Jefferson He did not believe In Union
or in limited Government lie -u 80 III to ColTen
ton. II his speech and plan repor'.u W ''o" anu ie
v.ed by himself. are 10 oe trusted 49,, ,r,.,,, g., -,
No Democrat ever enyiod or hated Hamilton lor an
oniniou of human less favOraDe IMAM MS OVID OF
for n theory OF government differing from ms own.
Tho Democratic estimate oi Han,Qn er' Vn ' I io
that he sought TO make the Constitution OF the uutel
states what he thought it ought to nave Deeh thiOusl
the agency Of an Administrations that, ater ag1 ts ~
and nd yocatng a ~ stem which contained methOd OI
amendment he undertook 10 change II Dy process oter
than that provided In word hG SQugne on,ousn p@l
Ia istrU pOwcr whether such pOuca actlon - HOncoI
or dishonest. TIM TRIBUNE can answer for Itself.
.Tha, Of GEORGE woHSGroN lfd ITo
Comments by The Tribune.
Il is not our fault that the above paragraphs
onpcar As editorial in the same issue of The
World. Hamilton, the brave soldier, and
therefore frank" is represented as seeking dis
honestly and by usurpation to subyert sys-
fem of government which the People had
odonted. and substitute therefor one which
thew detcstcd and loathed Manifcstly, the
man who could do that, so far from beng
"frank.r was not even brave lie was ut
once a jugglcr and a knaye
The Federal Constitution was not all that
Hamilton could have wished 1t. lie would
have preferred a stronger central authOrity-a
Constitution which no one could misIead so as
TO Justify thcrefrom Notification or Secession.
II. ~ a
of the Convention saw fit TO shape it-receiyed
his loyal and most effective support. Ills col
league deserted the Convention In disgust OF
DESPAIR: but Hamilton stood by to the last His
luminous and fOrcible commendatoIy essays IN
The Federalist VIGOROUSLY did much to over
come the formidable opposition of the Demo
Gratis of that day and secure triumphant ratl-
Gcation. When our State Convention met at
Poughkccpsie to act on the matter with Demo
cratic or anti-Fcderal majority of ten, liamii-
ton was on hand cxcrting himself to the ut
most 10 overcome that majority; and his
efforts were crowned with success. History has
failed 10 record any efforts of George Clinton,
Robert Yates, Aaron Burr, or any other OF
the original founders and leaders of the Demo
cratic party, in New York, TO achieve that
end Can The World supply the deficiency
The World must realize, though its readers
NAV not, that its arrows aimed at Hamilton
pierce the breast of Washington IA we'll For
Washington was deeply interested observer
Of all that Hamilton said and did in the Federal
Convention and Washington, directly there
after, called this monarchst, this corruptlonist.
this enemy Of popular rights, (see Worid) to fill
the most responsible and difficult post in his
Administration maintained with him more init
mate aud confidential relations than with any
other Of his advisers, submitted to his revision
alone the first draft of his Farewell Address,
and emnently relied on and trusted HIN to the
last. NO intelligent man can really love and
honor Washington who dislikcs and dciames
his most esteemed counselor.