good to question this out loud -- two things though.. As new territory, large new territory, the authority of a "Federal" government was not at all clear to eve

good to question this out loud -- two things though.. As new territory, large new territory, the authority of a "Federal" government was not at all clear to everyone.. lots of pirates and French and slavers and others had their own agendas at that time, right? 2) taxation itself was central to the emergence of an independence movement. Taxation is certainly not popular.. so a popular figure in a new government, is shown enforcing the rights to declare taxation.. it is a problematic situation .. even the "right" moves may be publicized in a bad light.. rumor played an important role in distant times. lastly, some people were not in favor of legal liquor at all.. the ruin of lives by liquor was well-known. It is difficult to think of all these things, and the plurality of the actors at the time.