French+Revolution+Hamilton+p7

The French Revolution paved the way for the worldly system of governance that we now see governing most of the countries of the world. From the perspective of freeing the people from unjust monarchist regimes that committed all sorts of crimes under the banner of religion it can be seen as a successful and valiant effort on the part of the people. But the fact that the whole movement was tainted with a hatred for religion and a will to succeed the will of God has made the revolution a stepping stone towards the moral collapse of the people. What the radicals failed to notice was that by abandoning the idea of God altogether they would actually only be moving in circles only to end up as a system in which man rules over man.  The radicals had failed to establish an orderly and workable system of government. The answers to the radicals’ problems were completely opposite governments, such as monarch and democracy, but they came to an agreement on a representative government, equality among men, and religious and cultural freedoms.
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Disapproved of the events in France. Hamilton was in favor of a neutrality for the United States. Any support of France during its current war would drag the United States into a conflict that it could not manage. Hamilton's argument was that treaties are made with certain countries on the basis of the country's character, energy, and trustworthiness. Nations have the right to change their government, but if those changes, "render treaties that before subsisted between it and another nation useless or dangerous or hurtful to that other nation, it is a plain dictate of reason, that the //latter// will have a right to renounce those treaties . . . to take care of its own happiness". In other words, nations in turmoil have no right to drag other nations into there war. Hamilton also advised that an act of response does not indicate an alliance. He also said that the consequences of supporting France would be devastating. After the dethroning of the King, Hamilton suspended the payments on the debt to France saying that if the monarchy were restored, any payments made to the government would not be credited as much.
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- Getting involved into a foreign affair would increase our nations debt and increase our conflicts with Great Britain. What, if any, are the benefits of supporting the French? - America does have an alliance with the French, but do you think it is fair to drag other nations into war, especialy nations in serious debt that just got out of war?