jacksonsonians vs jeffersonians

The Washington administration was the first to bring together in the

cabinet of the United States, the Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and the

Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Jefferson and Hamilton began to

take different views when the government began to address the issue of the

old war debts and the worthless paper money left over from the days of the

Confederation. Hamilton suggested that the government should create the

Bank of the United States, which would be a public-private partnership with

both government and private investors. The Bank of the United States was to

handle the government’s banking needs. Jefferson protested because this was

not allowed by the Constitution. Hamilton opposed the view of Jefferson and

stated that the Constitution’s writers could not have predicted the need of

a bank for the United States. Hamilton said that the right to create the Bank

of the United States was stated in the “elastic” or the “necessary and

proper” clause in which the Constitution gave the government the power to

pass laws that were necessary for the welfare of the nation. “ This began the

argument between the “strict constructionists” (Jefferson) who believed in

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Jefferson’s ideals for the government were too strict as it pertains to

the interpretation of the Constitution. With no trade, farmers

would not be able to market their surplus and the surplus in the American

economy would cause prices to fall. Jeffersonians’

supported a country of farmers which in theory would end famine and the

spread of disease that was commonly found in cities. Jefferson’s belief that the decisions in government should be

made by the people is very unrealistic and perhaps even naive. Hamilton and Jefferson began to disagree more and more. The Constitution was written in

such a broad way that not the laws, but the interpretation of them would

change according to the times. Jeffersonians’

supported a country of farmers which in theory would end famine and the

spread of disease that was commonly found in cities.

Jefferson’s view would only would have worked in an perfect world. It is

sometimes human nature to change one’s views and beliefs in a wince and

citizens might follow the views of an irrational and incompetent person which

would lead the country to ruin. While in the

Report on Manufactures of 1791,Hamilton stated that the government should be

used to develop cities, industries, and trade Hamilton believed that

“government's function is to maintain order in a potentially chaotic society. Hamilton said that some of the power should

be kept out of the hand of the people in order to protect the people from

making a change in government that would cause possible disasters. The Hamiltonian belief is more

realistic. Jefferson’s belief that the decisions in government should be

made by the people is very unrealistic and perhaps even naive. Jefferson did not realize that the

Constitution was written in a broad manner. This would help keep the

economy stable and growing if the farming lands were not up to their

potential.

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