greykit.essays — #early-republic

• 1801-03-04 [american-founding] First Inaugural Address

  Jefferson's conciliatory inaugural after a bitter election — "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.

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• 1798-12-24 [american-founding] The Virginia Resolutions of 1798

  Madison's companion to the Kentucky Resolutions — the states may "interpose" against unconstitutional federal acts like the Alien and Sedition laws.

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• 1798-11-10 [american-founding] The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798

  Jefferson's anonymous protest against the Alien and Sedition Acts, arguing the states may judge federal overreach — the compact theory of the Union.

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• 1791-02-23 [american-founding] Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank

  Hamilton's defense of implied powers and a loose reading of the Constitution — the founding argument for broad federal authority.

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• 1791-02-15 [american-founding] Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank

  Jefferson's strict-construction reply — the enumerated powers bind Congress, and a bank is nowhere among them.

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