Consequently it was anti-Gallican.

But it did not comprehend the mass of the people.

"The main body of our citizens, however," continues the letter, "remain true to their republican principles; the whole landed interest is republican, and so is a great mass of talents." Who then composed this odious Anglican, monarchical, aristocratical party?
The letter informs us: "Against us are the executive, the judiciary, two out of three branches of the legislature, all the officers of the government, all who want to be officers, all timid men who prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty, British merchants and Americans trading on British capitals, speculators, and holders in the banks and public funds." The executive then and at least one other branch of the legislature were Anglican.

The judiciary, a department not absolutely insignificant in a maritime war, was also Anglican.

But the executive, being the organ of intercourse with foreign nations, is considered by them as essentially the government.