1792

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During the years between 1789 and 1792, political parties were beginning to develop. The Republicans, or Anti-Federalists, championed by Thomas Jefferson, Washington's Secretary of State, favored states' rights and individual liberties and opposed the extension of federal power. Alexander Hamilton, the Secretary of the Treasury, headed the Federalists, or Monocrats as they were called by the Republicans, who favored the use of federal power in the interests of business and financial groups. Despite their differences, they all agreed that Washington should be elected for a second term. Nevertheless, anti-Republican sentiment was recorded in cartoons such as this (2A-1066484). Jefferson is shown standing on a bench, gesticulating wildly while the devil sits by. The Republicans responded to this cartoon with one of David Humphrey, a close friend of Washington, leading a donkey on which Washington is seated, containing the caption, "The glorious time has come to pass / when David shall conduct an ass." No copies of this cartoon are known to have survived.