Opposition growing out of his famous treaty had entirely subsided, salutary changes in laws comforted the people, and with Hamilton's financial system, then thoroughly understood and appreciated, came unprecedented good times.
This passage highlights the positive impact of Hamilton's financial system during Jay's governorship.
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He represented Republican principles and aims more fully than any man in the country, but Thurlow Weed, looking into the future through the eyes of a practical politician, disbelieved in Republican success.
Gross and unfounded charges of fraud are made by them against those high in authority.
He used to get angry with men simply because they voted against him on questions in which he took an interest.
This reckless claim amazed his friends as much as it aroused his enemies, and he at once became the object of most cutting reproaches.
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