smithers599 said:
Here is a fellow who makes the case that we are not on the verge of civil war:
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/country-not-on-brink-of-civil-war-alexander-hamilton/
To everybody else, I would say simply: Keep calm and trust Alexander Hamilton.
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Well, I have a opinion on trusting Alexander Hamilton.
He was heavily invested in New York politics,... I believe his father in law was thwarted for power grabbing, or, maybe it was Hamilton himself, or both,... been awhile, so, don't quote me.
What I know without a shadow of a doubt is, Hamilton was a political propagandist using his New York news paper to publish attacks on the reputation and honor of President Jefferson and Vice President Burr with facetious lies and innuendos. SOUND FAMILIAR?
Until my great, great, great, great, great grandfather got tired of warning him, and one day he just had enough of his shit and shot his ass,... well, he actually shot him in the liver

and he died a few days later, I think, but its been awhile, memory isn't what it used to be!
It was probably the last legal and most historic duel occurring in the United States of America,... it did take a row boat ride to New Jersey, where dueling was still legal,... but, this was typical of Aaron Burr, he was quite the rogue of his time. He laid low in Europe for some time afterward, came back and tried to buy up enough of the Louisiana Purchase to break away from the USofA and start another country,... but failed. Maybe not in that order, my memory isn't what it used to be, at least, that is how I remember it was passed down in my family,...I guess I could go and look it up. I'm sure that without a doubt there are quite a few different opinions and recollections from those days!
Bottom line, I believe during those times, anything Hamilton published and said was for his, his friends and his family, gain,... not for the well being of the nation.
But, you could say I am just a little bias!!!
