Elections of 1828 and 1800
George Washington, the New Nation's first president, wanted unification in his country. Unfortunately, as we have seen, it does not turn out to be the way he wants. There were many causes for this separation but two elections, the Election of 1800 and the Election of 1828, stand out and help this separation and put forth in the minds of the American people the question of "liberty, fraternity, and equality"? These "revolutionary" elections are different but they have also changed society. These elections are "revolutionary" in many ways. From looking at revolutions such as the French Revolution, we see that people are pleased and have gotten what they want. The Americans from choosing the presidents show that they got what they want. Another way is that the lead up to the result was intense. The campaigns and the elections themselves created increase in tensions and havoc. People were arguing and disputing and therefore people were not uniting to solve the problem but breaking apart like the French Revolution. The people did their best to win in the political field by manipulating the American people into voting for them and also hoping the best for American democracy. The French also did their best to win on the battle field by
As we know that many of Founding Fathers did not want parties because it was selfish and divided the country up but as we also see that it was inexorable. In this Hamilton's program caused havoc in the Congress and therefore we see the first division of parties. Foreign affairs also caused more separation such as the French Revolution, which was sided by the Republicans but the Federalists sided with the British cause of monarchy. Then the Republicans started blaming the Federalists as Monarchists and the Federalists blamed the Republicans as Jacobins. After a hard campaign by both presidents (Jefferson and Adams), which showed many of their key ideals, Jefferson emerged the victor with Burr, who was supposed to be elected for the Vice-Presidency. After thirty-six ballots in the House of Representatives, which mainly consisted of the Federalists, Jefferson was victorious with some help from Hamilton, who thought Burr was a corrupt man. "Powerful political currents were loose in American, and the two men were in the middle of the turbulence" (The Deadlock of Democracy, 27). Burns says here that the two political parties have created problems in the American society and therefore this is not good for the New Nation. As we see from the tensions, the nation is divided and is doing anything for their party to win. The whole point of unification that even Jefferson supported has been ruined because of the political parties that were created. getting more and more people so eventually they would get their fre
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