With Washington and Greene he opposed the Conway cabal; with Jay and Livingston he drafted the Constitution of the State; with Hamilton and Madison he stood for the Federal Constitution, the revision of its style being committed to his pen.
This passage highlights Alexander's acknowledgment of key figures in the drafting of the U.S. Constitution and their collaborative efforts.
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People were getting tired of bold action without achievement in the field, and every opponent of the Administration became a threnodist.
Why should we now make any concessions to them?
Thoughtful men who reverenced the safeguard known to civil judicial proceedings were appalled.
The act and the veto amounted to an appeal to the people, and in an instant the country was on fire.
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