Since the divisive domestic affairs of the 1790s, political parties have functioned within our democracy as bulwarks of liberty. When the Federalists in 1798 passed the Alien and Sedition Act through congress, stripping the nation of its cherished freedom of dissent, it was not the courts or the Constitution which defended the rights of the individual—it was the presence of a coherent and well defined party of opposition, it was the Democratic-Republicans.
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
The Emergence of Political Parties
I've posted my essay about the emergence of political parties in the 1790s.
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