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XIV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN CONNECTICUT
ОглавлениеGovernment according to the charter of 1662.—Party tilt over town representation.—Anti-Federal grievances against the Council or Senate, the Judiciary, and other defective parts of the machinery of government.—Constitutional questions.—Rise of the Democratic-Republican party.—Influence of the French Revolution.—The Federal members of the Establishment or "Standing Order," the champions of religious and political stability.—President Dwight, the leader of the Standing Order.—Leaders of the Democratic-Republicans.—Political campaigns of 1804–1806.—Sympathy for the defeated Republicans.—Politics at the close of the War of 1812.