A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.

Four years later in 1808 he died in Dedham on July 4. Hamilton's Federalists (of which Ames was one) although they too agreed with a Republic advocated a stronger federal government with similar powers to the British example. London: John W.

FiFisher Amesr Ames (April 9 1758 – July 4 1808) was a Representative in the United States Congress from the 1st Congressional District of Massachusetts.