Cunningham includes an excerpt from papers written by Jefferson to demonstrate his opinions against the Bank. ... After the ratification of the Constitution, the anti-federalists and the federalists had not evolved into political parties and there were no clear party divisions. ... In Jefferson's letter to Washington he explained concern and fear for the Federalists "sought to use the new government as a stepping stone to monarchy" while he then "professed his alignment with the republican party, who wish to preserve the government in it's present form" (Cunningham, 2000, p. 78). ...

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