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"ABRUTALASSAULT"

Thisillustrationfrom"Coin'sFinancialSchool,"themostimportant

populisteconomictractofthe1890s,showsthecontinuingJefferso-

nianuneaseaboutparticipationintheBritish-dominatedinternational

financialsystemofthetime.Asa sinisterJohnBull(thestandard

symbolforGreatBritain)throttlesthefairmaidProsperity,herhero,

Silver,ispreventedfromcomingtotherescue.Jeffersoniansbelieved

thatBritishcapitalanditsAmericanhirelingsrepresenteda permanent

dangertotheinterestsofAmericanfarmers.

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wasthatitforcedtheUnitedStatesseveralstepsalongthepathofeco-
nomicandpoliticaldevelopmentsupportedbyHamilton.Theendofthe
NapoleonicWarsandthenewrelationshipwithBritainopenedmany
doorstoAmericantrade,strengthening theseaboardcommercialinter-
estsagainsttheJeffersonianfarmersandartisans."Thespiritofmanufac-
turehastakendeeprootamongus,anditsfoundationsarelaidintoo
greatexpense to beabandoned,"Jefferson acknowledgedas early as