The republicans had a very strict interpretation of the constitution; they read the constitution literally in order to keep the government honest. Evidence of this is shown in Jefferson’s opinion written in the “Debate on the First National Bank.” While the Federalists were for the National Bank and Alexander Hamilton argued the constitutionality of the bank upon the basis of the …show more content…
The Republican Party adopted these views based on the evidence that presented itself in the way the federal government was operated. We saw this in the violations of the First and Tenth Amendments. Jefferson’s goal was to do the right thing for the individual states, along with its citizens and fought to do so as he witnessed the corruption that came along with a strong central