It was a signal triumph for Hamilton.

But his enemies were not disposed to accept the decision as final, and Jefferson thought it might be revised at the next session.
It was not until the Second Congress that the old factions finally disappeared and the formation of national parties began.

The issue over the adoption of the Constitution had produced Federalists and Anti-Federalists, but with its adoption Anti-Federalism as such became a thing of the past.

Opposition to the Government had to betake itself to the political platform provided by the successful introduction of the new system of government, and was obliged to distinguish itself from official Federalism by attacking not the Constitution but the way in which the Constitution was being construed and applied.

The suspicion, jealousy, and dislike with which the new government was regarded, in many quarters were reflected from the beginning in the behavior of Congress.