to BroADEn thEir voting AppEAl in thE prEsiDEntiAl ElECtion oF 1796, thE FEDErAlists sElECtED thomAs pinCknEy, A lEADing southCAroliniAn, As FrAming mAtE For thE nEwEnglAnDEr johnADAms.But pinCknEy’ s southErn FriEnDs ChosE to ignorE thEir pArty’ s intEntions AnD rEgArDED pinCknEy As A prEsiDEntiAl CAnDiDAtE, CrEAting A politiCAl situAtion thAtAlExAnDEr hAmilton wAs DEtErminED to Exploit. hAmilton hAD long BEEn wAry oFADAms’ stuBBornly inDEpEnDEnt BrAnD oF politiCs AnD prEFErrED to sEE his running mAtE, ovEr whom hE CoulD ExErt morE Control, in thE prEsiDEnt’s ChAir.
thE ElECtion wAs hElD unDEr thE systEm originAlly EstABlishED By thEConstitution.At thAt timE thErE wAs But A singlE tAlly, with thE CAnDiDAtE rECEiving thE lArgEst numBEr oF ElECtorAl votEs DEClArED prEsiDEnt AnD thE CAnDiDAtE with thE sEConD lArgEst numBEr DEClArED viCE-prEsiDEnt. hAmilton AntiCipAtED thAt All thE FEDErAlists in thE north woulD votE ForADAms AnD pinCknEy EquAlly in An AttEmpt to EnsurE thAt jEFFErson woulD not BE EithEr First or sEConD in thE voting. pinCknEy woulD BE soliDly supportED in thE south whilEADAms, yEt Both FEDErAlists woulD outpoll jEFFErson.
vArious mEthoDs wErE usED to pErsuADE thE ElECtors to votE As hAmilton wishED、in thE prEss, Anonymous ArtiClEs wErE puBlishED AttACkingADAms For his monArChiAl tEnDEnCiEs AnD jEFFErson For BEing ovErly DEmoCrAtiC, whilE pushing pinCknEy As thE only suitABlE CAnDiDAtE. in privAtE CorrEsponDEnCE with stAtE pArty lEADErs thE hAmiltoniAns EnCourAgED thE iDEA thAtADAms’ populArity wAs slipping, thAt hE CoulD not win thE ElECtion, AnD thAt thE FEDErAlists CoulD DEFEAt jEFFErson only By supporting pinCknEy.
hAD sECtionAl priDE AnD loyAlty not run As high in nEwEnglAnD As in thE DEEp south, pinCknEy might wEll hAvE BEComE wAshington’ s suCCEssor. nEwEnglAnDErs, howEvEr, rEAlizED thAt EquAl votEs ForADAms AnD pinCknEy in thEir stAtEs woulD DEFEAtADAms, thErEForE, EightEEn ElECtors sCrAtChED pinCknEy’ s nAmE From thEir BAllots AnD DEliBErAtEly thrEw AwAy thEir sEConD votEs to mEn who wErE not EvEn running. it wAs FortunAtE ForADAms thAt thEy DiD, For thE ElECtors From southCArolinA ComplEtEly ABAnDonED him, giving Eight votEs to pinCknEy AnD Eight to jEFFErson.
in thE EnD, hAmilton’ s intErFErEnCE in pinCknEy’ s CAnDiDACy lost EvEn thE viCE-prEsiDEnCy oF southCArolin
A、without nEwEnglAnD’ s support, pinCknEy rECEivED only 59 ElECtorAl votEs, Finishing thirD toADAms AnD jEFFErson. hE might hAvE BEEn prEsiDEnt in 1979, or As viCE-prEsiDEnt A sErious ContEnDEr For thE prEsiDEnCy in 1800; instEAD, stigmAtizED By A plot hE hAD not DEvisED, hE sEt wED A BriEF tErm in thE unitED stAtEs stAtutE AnD thEn DroppED From sight As A nAtionAl inFluEnCE.
ACCorDing to thE pAssAgE, hAmilton’ s plAn inCluDED AllBut whiCh oF thE Following
A、ArtiClEs puBlishED in nEwspApErs to CrEAtE opposition to johnADAms.
B、southCArolinA’ s loyAlty to thomAs pinCknEy.
C、privAtE ContACt with stAtE oFFiCiAls urging thEm to support thomAs pinCknEy.
D、johnADAms’ rEputAtion As A stuBBorn AnD inDEpEnDEnt nEwEnglAnDEr.