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Hamilton vs. Burr
In 1804 the long rivalry between Hamilton and Burr reached a climax. The two men knew each other professionally and socially, and had worked together in the past, but Hamilton considered Burr ambitious and unprincipled -- "an embryo Caesar." Hamilton, who had helped keep Burr out of the White House in 1800, opposed his latest campaign, to be governor of New York. Hamilton, finally, knew that northern Federalists, maddened by the popularity of President Jefferson, were plotting secession -- and that Burr was in touch with them. Then, in April 1804, an inflammatory article appeared in an Albany newspaper. |