. A history of the United States. ax soon gavethe government an opportunityto show whether it was persons in western Penn-sylvania owned small distilleriesand made whiskey out of their surplus rye, corn, and wheat. When the Spaniards closedthe Mississippi, the western settlers could no longer sendtheir grain to market by water. It could be sent across themountains only at great expense unless distilled into whis-key. They were angry at the law placing a tax on theirchief product and drove away the collectors. When thegovernor of Pennsylvania would not put down the disorder,Washingt
. A history of the United States. ax soon gavethe government an opportunityto show whether it was persons in western Penn-sylvania owned small distilleriesand made whiskey out of their surplus rye, corn, and wheat. When the Spaniards closedthe Mississippi, the western settlers could no longer sendtheir grain to market by water. It could be sent across themountains only at great expense unless distilled into whis-key. They were angry at the law placing a tax on theirchief product and drove away the collectors. When thegovernor of Pennsylvania would not put down the disorder,Washington sent to the seat of trouble an army made up ofmilitia from the neighboring states. The Whiskey Rebel-lion ended without actual fighting, and resistance to thecollectors ceased. A Mint and a National Bank. — By Hamiltons advice amint was established, and the coinage of silver and goldbegun. His plan to create a Bank of the United States metwith more opposition. England had had such a bank for a 246 STARTING THE NEW GOVERNMENT. century. It had been of great use in several ways, butchiefly in helping the government when it needed toborrow large amounts of money. In Holland the Bankof Amsterdam had been equally useful. When Hamiltonproposed a similar bank for the United States, many opposed the schemefor fear that itwould be so power-ful that it wouldcontrol all , however,finally authorizedthe Bank, to dobusiness for twentyyears, and subscrib-ed one-fifth of themoney that wasrequired for its or-ganization. Rival Leaders in Washingtons Cabinet. — In carrying outHamiltons plans Congress made use of powers not givento it expressly in the Constitution. Hamilton argued thatCongress should provide for the general welfare of the coun-try. Jefferson opposed Hamiltons plans in the Cabinetmeetings and outside. Washington sympathized rather morewith Hamilton, but preferred not to take sides with fact was that the two great leaders held very differentviews of
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