State Growth Quotes
He was chairman of a committee studying the West. Even though a Virginian he supported the exclusion of slaves in the Ohio Territory.
The newly independent South American nations all had terrible problems and although leaders like O’Higgins were democratic by instinct and desire, they had to use non democratic means to survive and keep the governments even functioning. The factions were more than just different political parties but private armies controlled by warlords. See {584187}.