When he arrived in New York to join Washington's administration, he was shocked at the implications of Hamilton's economic programme and joined Madison in opposing it, claiming that it would aggrandize capitalist speculators at the expense of honest patriots.
当他抵达纽约加入华盛顿政府时,他对汉密尔顿经济计划的影响感到震惊, 并与麦迪逊一起反对该计划,声称该计划会以牺牲诚实的爱国者为代价来增强资本主义投机者的利益。