6417. PARTIES, Amalgamation of.—[further continued].
You will be told that
parties are now all amalgamated; the wolf now
dwells with the lamb, and the leopard lies down
with the kid. It is true that federalism has
changed its name and hidden itself among us.
Since the Hartford convention it is deemed
even by themselves a name of reproach. In
some degree, too, they have varied their object.
To monarchize this nation they see is impossible;
the next best thing in their view is to
consolidate it into one government as a premier
pas to monarchy. The party is now as strong
as it ever has been since 1800; and though
mixed with us are to be known by their rallying
together on every question of power in a
general government. The judges, as before,
are at their head, and are their entering wedge.
Young men are more easily seduced into this
principle than the old one of monarchy.—
To Albert Gallatin.
Ford ed., x, 262.
(M.
Aug. 1823)
