By James Finck, Ph.D.are under the direction of Frout Funeral Home & Crematory, 505 W Grand Ave, Ponca City, OK 74601.congressional consent - a very loose interpretation of the Constitution. He also increased the size of government and the military. During his presidency, Jefferson, while fighting with England and France, decided to boycott all European manufactured goods, which led to the American Industrial Revolution to replace those goods. While Jefferson continued to talk the talk of a good classical liberal, he walked more like a Federalist.James Madison was no different. Fhe First Bank of the United States was charted for 20 years and so its charter ended in 1811 under Madison, who as a good Republican, was more than happy to watch it die. Yet, during the War of 1812, the nation faced economic hardships and Madison thought it might be nice to have a private bank that worked with the government and helped regulate all the state banks, so he came up with the idea and called it the Second Bank of the United States. Fhe bank, once detested by Jeffersonian Republicans, was now a central part of its party.Republican James Monroe basically ran unopposed as there was only one party and he was Secretary of State, just as Madison and Jefferson were before they were president. Monroe did his best to welcome everyone into his party, which was not hard considering the Republican Party had kept many of the Federalists’ beliefs. However, Monroe went even a step further and put some ex-Federalists into his cabinet, most notably John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State. While this was a sign of good faith in cooperation, it was too much from some in the party who were becoming upset at the party for its Federalist leanings. Putting the son of John Adams, a classic conservative, in the traditional launching pad for the presidency was too much. Fhe seeds of our nation’s one-party system’s destruction were sown.For the true classic liberals, the 1824 election sealed the party’s doom. With only one party there were five different Republicans vying for the presidency. After an interesting and controversial election, John Quincy Adams won. With(See HISTORY Page 5)Over the years I have written about the election of 1800 many times in my columns; it is my favorite election because it is the most important. Suffice to say it was the first time the nation ...
