1789 General Election - Main Campaign Thread (Results)

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Gouverneur Morris will be standing as a candidate for one of Pennsylvania's at-large seats.

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Gouverneur Morris' Tour of the Nation

January, 1789:
The Morris campaign strategy for his own election and that of the Tories will consist of multiple components, targeting different levels of society. Morris' travels in January will be through Pennsylvania, New York, and New England.

The First Component: Business Leaders and Northern Aristocrats
Gouverneur Morris will visit with business leaders of the largest cities and trading centers, speaking with them on the benefits of an empowered Senate for the aristocratic types (which many of them could find themselves in, given their great wealth and status) that the Tories support. Morris will also discuss the benefits of a strong government and national tax system that ensures fair business practices and protections for companies and their owners -- protections that will be much harder to guarantee without a responsible and strong central branch.

The Second Component: Loyalists
Gouverneur Morris will visit with prominent members of American society that identify as Loyalists, discussing reconciliation with Britain and the Tories' government platform. Morris will relate to the Loyalists that members of his own family are Loyalists, and that he understands their fear and discontent over the newly liberated American states. Morris tells the Loyalists that with Tory leadership they will have no reason to go back to Canada or Britain given the Tories' respect for Britain, hopes to reconcile, and support for a monarchy that acts as a symbol of status and power, but is duly constrained by the legislatures as to not trample on liberties. Truly, the Tories are the best party for these Loyalists.

The Third Component: Anti-Slavery Quakers (and the like)
Given his strident anti-slave convictions and the Tory platform towards slavery, Morris will tour the Pennsylvanian Quaker communities and other communities that stand firm against the institution of slavery, insisting that the Tories best reflect their sentiments on such a vile institution. A component of this, which will apply more generally to all he talks to, is that the Tories will act as an alliance of strength against any Southern interests that threaten those of the North.

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Gouverneur Morris' Tour of the Nation

February, 1789:
Gouverneur Morris will spend the month of February parading the mid-Atlantic region of these United States, visiting with the aristocratic class and business leaders with much the same message he gave to those in the North. The states visited will be New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and North Carolina. Pamphlets will be distributed telling of the benefits of a strong central government, and defaming the other factions.

March, 1789:
Morris will return north, repeating his January targets and distributing pamphlets.