It can hardly be supposed that in appointing Burr attorney-general, Clinton did not have in mind the necessity of securing to the ranks of the anti-Federalists all talented and spirited young men; but it is none the less evident that Clinton was thinking more of himself than of his party.
Alexander critiques the motivations behind Clinton's political decisions, highlighting self-interest over party loyalty.
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Public sentiment generally sustained the Administration in such action, but many persons, including conservative Republicans, frequently questioned the right or justice of such procedure.
He set the custom of dictating bills in chancery to an amanuensis, doing it with such accuracy that a word had seldom to be changed.
This is the spirit in which I have determined for myself to come up to this great question, and to pass through it.
His lightest word, sent thrilling to the rim of a vast audience, swayed it with the magic of control.
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