[1622] McMaster (II, 435) makes the statement that ‘Republicans were fully determined that the direct tax should not be gathered.’ There is abundant evidence, including the letter from Jefferson, previously quoted, that the Republicans thought an insurrection against the collection the worse possible thing for the party.
[1623] March 22, 1799. This refers to Hamilton’s efforts to involve Gallatin in the Whiskey Rebellion.
[1624] Aurora, April 14 and April 27, 1799; McMaster, II, 438-39.
[1625] Ibid., May 16, 1799; Hudson, 214; McMaster, II, 439.
[1626] Gazette of the United States, May 16, 1799.
[1627] Aurora, June 25, August 5, 1799.
[1628] Ibid., September 24, 1799.
[1629] Adams, Works, X, 116-19.
[1630] Ibid.
[1631] Aurora, January 10, 1800.