Fisher Ames, always a shrewd observer of the scene, mused that a spirit of faction . . . must soon come to a crisis. He foresaw that congressional Republicans would discard their comparatively decorous criticism of Washington’s first term:
Ron Chernow
Fisher Ames, always a shrewd observer of the scene, mused that a spirit of faction . . . must soon come to a crisis. He foresaw that congressional Republicans would discard their comparatively decorous criticism of Washington’s first term: