The collapse of the Federalists left Monroe with no organized opposition at the end of his first term, and he ran for reelection unopposed, the only president other than Washington to do so.

Democratic-Republicans denounced them, though they did use them after the 1800 election against Federalists.

Their proceedings are copied into the English papers, read before Parliament, and circulated through their country, and what do they say of them ... they call them ( Federalists ) cowards, a base set, say they are traitors to their country and ought to be hanged like traitors.

The followers of Alexander Hamilton, were called " Federalists "; they favored a strong central government that would support the interests of national defense, commerce and industry.

Republicans were deeply committed to the principles of republicanism, which they feared were threatened by the supposed monarchical tendencies of the Hamiltonians / Federalists.

They strongly distrusted the elitism of Hamilton's circle, denouncing it as " aristocratic "; and they called for states ' rights lest the Federalists centralize ever more power in the national governments.

: The supporters of the Constitution took the name " Federalists " and charged that its opponents were " Antifederalist ," and so they are known today.

In 1789 when James Madison proposed to insert the word " national " in the part of the Bill of Rights providing that " no religion shall be established by law ," Elbridge Gerry told Congress that the Antifederalists had objected to the injustice of that name because they favored a federal government, while the Federalists favored " a national one.

Meanwhile, the Republicans accused Federalists of destroying republican values, not to mention political support from immigrants, with the Alien and Sedition Acts, some of which were later declared unconstitutional after their expiration by the Supreme Court ; they also accused Federalists of favoring Britain in order to promote aristocratic, anti-republican values.

During the contest, Hamilton recommended to Federalists that they support Jefferson because he was " by far not so dangerous a man " as Burr ; in short, he would much rather have someone with wrong principles than someone devoid of any.

Hamilton and the Federalists favored Britain over France, and they sought to normalize relations with Britain.

Hamilton's Federalists ( of which Ames was one ), although they too agreed with a Republic, advocated a stronger federal government with similar powers to the British example.

In 1795, Floyd ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York with Robert Yates on the Democratic-Republican ticket, but they were defeated by Federalists John Jay and Stephen Van Rensselaer.

As the Federalists moved to amend the Articles, eventually leading to the Constitutional Convention, they applied the term anti-federalist to their opposition.

The Anti-Federalists rejected the term, arguing that they were the true Federalists.

In the end they stopped short of calls for secession, but when their report appeared at the same time as news of the great American victory at the Battle of New Orleans, the Federalists were politically ruined permanently.

Never tainted by the secessionist activities of the New England Federalists and adaptive enough to institute modern electioneering practices, they held the loyalty of the majority Anglican / Methodist downstate population against the seemingly more radical Presbyterians and Irish immigrants in New Castle County.

Politically they were successively Federalists, Whigs, and Republicans.

A capacity for hard work and his innate good humor made him invaluable to the Federalists as they worked out the many political compromises necessary for consensus on the new instrument of government.

He opposed the policies of the Federalists under Alexander Hamilton because he believed they had sacrificed the interests of westerners and had sought to force their policies on the opposition.

Federalists seized on the divisions in the opposition, claiming that Sullivan was a pawn, and that he would soon be replaced by the " Jacobin Lincoln — a man so little known, and so unpopular where known, that they dare not risk as a candidate for the office he aspires to.

The Co-operative Federalists have argued that Consumers ' Co-operatives should form Co-operative Wholesale Societies and that, through such arrangements, they should undertake purchasing farms or factories.

At the time, the political climate in Philadelphia was quite different than Virginia, with a strong division between the Federalists and Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans, along with anti-French sentiment, thus the city was not entirely welcoming for Latrobe.

The Federalists made a strong, systematic appeal to public opinion, which rallied their own supporters and shifted the debate.

Debate over the federal constitution in 1787 led to formation of the groups known as Federalists — mainly " downstaters " ( those who lived in or near New York City ) who supported a strong national government — and Antifederalists — mainly upstaters ( those who lived to the City's north and west ) who opposed large national institutions.

They argued that the strong national government proposed by the Federalists was a threat to the rights of individuals and that the President would become a king.

While the Federalists advocated for a strong central government, Jeffersonians argued for strong state and local governments and a weak federal government.

The struggle between the Federalists ( who favored a loose confederation of provinces based on rural conservatism ) and the Unitarians ( pro-liberalism and advocates of a strong central government that would encourage European immigration ), set the tone for Argentine literature of the time.

He was supported both by the Federalists, who were strong in Halifax Town, and also by the Democratic-Republican Party.

Under Washington and Adams the Federalists had established a strong government, but sometimes it followed policies that alienated the citizenry.

The Federalists argued for a strong national government with a national bank and a strong economic and industry system.

In the 1780s after the American Revolutionary War, debate over the adoption of a new Constitution resulted in a division between Federalists, such as Alexander Hamilton who favored a strong federal government, and Anti-Federalists, such as Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry who favored a weaker federal government.

War with Britain was imminent, and Massachusetts Federalists sought a strong candidate to oppose Elbridge Gerry, who had been victorious against Christopher Gore in the previous two elections.

The idea of an American Navy was the subject of much debate between the Federalists who favored a strong navy and the anti-federalists who felt the money required for a navy would be better spent elsewhere.

The " Old Republicans ," led by John Randolph of Roanoke, refused to form a coalition with the Federalists and instead set up a separate opposition, since the main Republican leaders ( notably James Madison, Albert Gallatin, James Monroe, John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay ) had in effect adopted Federalist principles by chartering the Second Bank of the United States, promoting internal improvements for transportation, raising tariffs to protect factories, and promoting a strong army and navy after the failures of the War of 1812.

Like the Federalists, the Whigs were especially strong in Kent and Sussex County, but were nearly matched by the new Democratic Party majority in New Castle.

Opposition to Federalists among Democratic-Republicans reached new heights at this time since the Democratic-Republicans had supported France.

He so vigorously supported Alexander Hamilton's reports on public credit, including the assumption of state debts, and supported Hamilton's new Bank of the United States, that he was considered a leading champion by the Federalists.

Disowned by the Federalists and not fully accepted by the Republicans, Adams used his Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard as a new base.

The Federalists also feared that the political power of the Atlantic seaboard states would be threatened by the new citizens of the west, bringing about a clash of western farmers with the merchants and bankers of New England.

With the Quasi-War underway, the Federalists under John Adams started rebuilding the military, levied new taxes, and enacted the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Though the Federalists wanted neither Jefferson nor Burr to be president, Hamilton convinced his party that Jefferson would be a lesser political evil than Burr and that such scandal within the electoral process would undermine the new constitution.

One of the arguments the Federalists gave against the addition of a Bill of Rights, during the debates about ratification of the Constitution, was that a listing of rights could problematically enlarge the powers specified in Article One, Section 8 of the new Constitution by implication.

The chief political issues included opposition to the tax imposed by Congress to pay for the mobilization of the new army and the navy in the Quasi-War against France in 1798, and the Alien and Sedition Acts, by which Federalists were trying to stifle dissent, especially by Republican newspaper editors.

The Federalists, who had advocated the Constitution, enjoyed the opportunity to put the new government into operation, while after the adoption of the Constitution, the Anti-federalists, never as well-organized, effectively ceased to exist.

However, the ideals of states ' rights and a weaker federal government were in many ways absorbed by the growth of a new party, the Republican or Democratic-Republican Party, which eventually assumed the role of loyal opposition to the Federalists.

The Federalists are attempting to base a new civilization in interstellar space, kidnapping and enslaving a quarter of a million women as breeding stock from the anti-libertarian timeline from which the viewpoint character of The Probability Broach had escaped, with a plan to someday return in force to take over both of the alternate versions of Earth discovered by way of the P ' wheet / Thorens probability broach.

Federalists opposed the expansion, but Jeffersonians hailed the opportunity to create millions of new farms to expand the domain of land-owning yeomen ; the ownership would strengthen the ideal republican society, based on agriculture ( not commerce ), governed lightly, and promoting self-reliance and virtue, as well as form the political base for Jeffersonian Democracy.

Federalists proposed a number of new institutions such as a commission on sustainable development, an international development authority, a standing peacekeeping corps and an international criminal court.

Federalists used the " XYZ Affair " to create a new American army, strengthen the fledgling United States Navy, impose the Alien and Sedition Acts to stop pro-French activities ( which had severe repercussions for American civil liberties ), and enact new taxes to pay for it.

For example, in 1798, to pay for the rapidly expanding army and navy, the Federalists had enacted a new tax on houses, land and slaves, affecting every property owner in the country.

On June 17, 1917, Musavat merged with the Party of Turkic Federalists, another national-democratic right-wing organization founded by Nasibbey Usubbekov and Hasan bey Agayev, taking on a new name of Musavat Party of Turkic Federalists.

The Whigs evolved from the National Republican Party, who attempted to change their image and reach out to new groups, including conservative Democrats, anti-Masons, and former Federalists.

Despite this, a variety of controversial new laws passed by Congress in the summer of 1798, including the Naturalization Act of 1798 and the Alien and Sedition Acts eventually hurt Adams and the Federalists.