bripat9643
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That is why Jefferson fought the conservative Sedition Act and apparently that was the end of America's first conservative party, the Federalists. With the failure of that conservative party, America entered into "The Era of Good Feelings.""Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." -Thomas Jefferson
What was "conservative" about them? It appears they were the party of big government. They were the liberal party, in other words.