Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Hamilton Said The Federalist Papers Was a Propaganda Piece For the Federalists, According to George Washington

Hamilton Said 'The Federalist Papers Was a Propaganda Piece For the Federalists,' According to George WashingtonAlexander Hamilton actually wrote a number of Federalist Papers, which is the materials written by the founding fathers to discuss the issues in Congress. This is where Hamilton discusses the different factions in congress and how each one could bring a change to the government. So it should come as no surprise that Hamilton is cited by Founding Father George Washington when he says, 'The federalist and anti-federalist, with whom we are concerned in this thing, have a right to their opinions and I have a right to mine'.It seems that while he was writing this, Washington must have been watching what Hamilton was doing in the National Paper. After all, they were both defending the same faction that was in control of congress at the time. If Hamilton was in control of the papers, then so is Washington in the actual National Paper.Since then, the Federalist Papers have been use d as a propaganda tool for the Federalists, who were opposed to the election of Thomas Jefferson, who was considered to be one of the most liberal members of congress. And Jefferson was an editor for the paper. Though not an original author of the Federalist Papers, he was at least very well-liked among the conservative members of congress for many of the reasons that I mentioned above.So when Washington wrote in his letter to Hamilton that he had a right to his opinion, it was clear that he had seen the National Paper and he was judging it based on that point alone. In fact, in one of his letters to Hamilton, Washington makes a pretty strong statement of what he thought about the paper. He wrote: 'If you can form any right conclusions from it (the National Paper) I should be glad to know them.' This clearly shows that he had an opinion about the paper and how he viewed it based on it.In fact, the American public also had an opinion about the paper. Even the Federalist Papers was cr iticized for being too left-leaning by many who thought that the Congress should be represented by people who were more conservative. Other members of congress thought the papers were only a propaganda tool for the Federalists, not allowing the average American citizen to see what they thought.There are even some of the same points in the papers that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson made. It seems that the Federalist Papers did change the way the federal government would work because of the way it was written and the way it got out into the media. And some of the comments that were made during these papers might still influence today's Congress.In this case, Hamilton was writing in the National Paper, just like the other founding fathers were. The 'other' fathers included James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington, along with other members of congress.It is worth noting that Hamilton did not get everything right, but at least he had the exact views that the founding fat hers had. He also helped write the federalist papers, which helped shape the country and how our political system works. The point I am trying to make is that just because you write something in a paper does not mean it represents your ideas exactly.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.