Note 87 — Chapter VIII · OVERTHROW OF THE FEDERALISTS 1798-1800
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"Let us not establish a tyranny," Hamilton wrote Oliver Wolcott.—Works of, Vol. 8, p. 491. "Let us not be cruel or violent."—Ibid., 490. He thought the Alien Law deficient in guarantees of personal liberty.—Ibid., 5, 26.