Republicans Adaptations To Federalists
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The Republicans adaptations of the many Federalist principles they had once criticized can be categorized as hypocritical. On the other hand, we can view their adaptations as of underlying intelligence, rejecting propositions of the opposite party when the proposition isn't immediately necessary, and bringing the opposite fraction's ideas back when time call for them. Hamilton smartly foreshadowed the countries necessities and tried to establish them prior to desperate actions, although rejected his Federalist ideas were brought back, and set into action, especially towards the end of Jefferson's administration and the Madison administration. Thanks to the re-rising political, economical, social ideas of the federalists this country was able to prosper and grow into a patriotically united nation, despise all the controversy of the War of 1812. Madison was able to revive the country apply the American system, based on the past ideas of Hamilton, and lead the country into the "Era of Good Feelings."
Madison's American system consisted of and expanded navy, reorganization of the militia, enlargement of West Point, proposed National Bank, and a tariff protecting industry. All of which the Republicans opposed about a decade ago, when they criticized, and ignored Hamilton's Federalist's party for introducing these ideas to Congress. During Madison's administration, the nation united with interstate commerce, national jurisdiction, and national means. Also of which Hamilton proposed in his Judiciary Act, and remote Jurisdiction across the nation. The boldest, most obvious hypocritical establishment of the Republican administration was the Second Bank of the United Sates(1816), which at this stage of developing as a nation was deemed necessary to control national debt, funding, currency, market federal securities, and depository funds. Although the Secondary bank in Philadelphia brought in revenue, it was less,
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