Then why do he and Uncle Dick call Mr.Lewis Rand the Devil ?" Jacqueline's hands left the strings.

"They neither say nor mean that, Deb.

Uncle Dick and Uncle Edward are Federalists.

They do not like Republicans, nor Mr.Jefferson, nor Mr.Jefferson's friends.

Mr.Lewis Rand is Mr.Jefferson's friend, and he is his party's candidate for the General Assembly, and so they do not like him.