The Factions / Political Parties

[Lumine]

FACTIONS: Political parties didn't quite develop until close to the dawn of the XIX Century, and the beginning of the game reflects that. Rather than parties, players are invited to create factions gathering like-minded men to defend a given political position, allowing them to organize and elect representatives to the National Assembly to influence policy. Players may indeed band together to form a larger faction, but each faction will be expected to have leader who will be considering their default candidate for First Secretary of the Assembly. You can attempt to form more local factions as opposed to a national one, as it would be perfectly reasonable for a player to lead a South-based faction, or one based on New England separatism, and so on.

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[wxtransit]

Faction Name: Democratic-Republican (Republican)
Faction Leader: James Madison
Ideology: against a strong executive, centralized government
Core Beliefs:

Monarchy: firmly oppose
Constitution: support
Religion: support First Amendment protections
Slavery: some members may morally disagree since the DRs are a national faction, but all members support the continuation of the practice for economic reasons
Taxation: oppose, against increasing the national debt
Other: pro-Agrarianism, pro-Republicanism

[Lumine]

Granted, the Democratic-Republican faction will stand candidates at the election. 

[Boobs]

Not sure if I'm doing this right, but

Faction Name: The Radicals / Radical Faction
Leader: Ben Franklin
Ideology: republicanism, secularism
Core beliefs:

Monarchy: Anti-monarchism, pro-republicanism
Slavery: freedom of the womb, ending the slave trade
Constitution: Support, with reservations, desiring a more explicit guarantee of personal rights
Religion: pro-1st Amendment, pro-secularism, albeit a "virtuous" one.
Foreign policy: pro-France

[thumb21]

Thomas Jefferson joins the Democratic-Republican faction.

[Lumine]

Granted, the Radical faction will stand candidates at the election. 

[_]

Faction Name:  Patriots
Leader:  James Jackson
Ideology:  Limited government.  Southern interests

Core Beliefs:

Monarchy:  Anti-Monarchism, Pro-Republicanism

Slavery:  Pro-Slavery.  Protect the slave trade and fight any attempts to curtail slavery to protect the economy of slave states.

Constitution:  Support.  Will fight to guarantee the rights of states and against the expansion of federal power.

Religion:  Pro-secularism, though religion has a place in American society in keeping the people virtuous.

Taxation/Debt:  Oppose taxation.  Sell off federal lands to settlers to pay off national debt, allow states to pay off their own debts individually.

Foreign Policy:  American interests and neutrality.  Attempt to establish friendly trade relations with other nations while avoiding involvement in their conflicts.

Other:  States' Rights, Pro-Agrarianism.

(Note:  I'd like for the Patriots just to stand in southern/slave states if possible, as I want them to be a southern based faction.)

[Lumine]

Granted, the Patriot faction will stand candidates at the election (and only in the South).

[DKrol]

Faction Name: The Tories/The Tory Faction
Leader: John Jay
Ideology: A Strong Central Government with Internal Checks and Balances
Core beliefs:

Monarchy: Supports
Slavery: Opposes the import of new slaves, neutral on the continuation of slave bloodlines
Constitution: Support with an empowered Senate to check the National Assembly
Religion: Opposes Catholics Holding Office, Supports Personal Religious Freedom
Taxation: Supports federal taxes
Foreign Policy: Pro-Reconciliation with Britain

[Lumine]

Granted, the Tory faction will stand candidates at the election.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Monroe will stand under the Democratic-Republican banner.

[wxtransit]

Monroe will stand under the Democratic-Republican banner.

Thomas Jefferson joins the Democratic-Republican faction.

Welcome, Jefferson and Monroe!

[YPestis25]

Nicholas Gilman will be joining the radicals!

[terp40hitch]

James Gunn joins the patriots!

[Galaxie]

Gouverneur Morris joins the Tories

[Donerail]

Faction Name: Western
Faction Leader: James Wilkinson
Ideology: Western interests
Core beliefs:
Taxation: Anti-tariff, supportive of free trade and navigation
Foreign policy: Expansionist, pro-France, anti-British
Religion: Anti-secularism
Constitution: Skeptical, supportive of Western statehood

The Western faction will only stand in seats west of the Appalachian Mountains.

[GoTfan]

Faction Name: Hamiltonians

Leader: Alexander Hamilton

Ideology: Strong central government with checks and balances. Support of a national bank and army.

Core beliefs:

Opposes monarchy. Staunch republicans.

Generally opposed to slavery, but supports an incrementalist approach.

Religion: Supports freedom of religion, within reason.

Strong support of federal taxes, paid into a national bank.

Beleives in cautious reconciliation with Britain. Favours opening trade.

Strong support of a centralised national bank.

States should submit to the federal government.

[Lumine]

The Western Faction and the Hamiltonians will stand at the election.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Name: Samuelites
(known self-referentially as 'Whigs,' alternatively as 'Anti-Federalists' or 'Anti-Papists')

Leader: Samuel Adams
Ideology: Republicanism, anti-papism, anti-federalism

Core beliefs:
(a) Federal Constitution – Support ratification of the federal Constitution, with amendments to guarantee the natural rights and liberties of the people.
(b) Monarchy – Strident anti-monarchism.
(c) Religion – Religion is a civic virtue without which liberty and republican institutions cannot endure. Support freedom of worship. Oppose officeholding for Catholics and popery generally. Anti-papist.
(d) Slavery – Support abolition of the slave trade; encourage individual acts of manumission.
(e) Foreign Policy – Anti-British, pro-French.
(f) Financial Policy – Oppose federal assumption of state debts. Oppose tariffs and onerous federal taxes on land and other property.

[Lumine]

And the Samuelites will enter the election as well. No new factions can be created at this time, players may join the existing ones.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

John Adams will align with the Whigs (Samuelites)

[Orwell]

Frederick Muhlenburg will join the Democratic Republicans

[wxtransit]

Frederick Muhlenburg will join the Democratic Republicans

Welcome, Mr. Muhlenberg!

[Unknown]

Robert Morris will join the Hamiltonians!

[Huey Long is a Republican]

William Blount will join the Patriots faction.