The Sedition Act of 1798

leadership of George Washington, there was a unity, commonly called

Federalism that even James Madison (the future architect of the Republican

Party) acknowledged in describing the Republican form of government-- "

And according to the degree of pleasure and pride we feel in being

republicans, ought to be our zeal in cherishing the spirit and supporting

the character of Federalists." Although legislators had serious

differences of opinions, political unity was considered absolutely

essential for the stability of the nation.Political parties or factions

were considered evil as "Complaints are everywhere heard from our most

considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and

private faith, and of public and personal liberty, that our governments are

too unstable, that the public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival

parties, and that measures are too often decided, not according to the

rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior

force of an interested and overbearing majority_" Public perception of

factions were related to British excesses and thought to be "the mor

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