Monroe and Beckley made sure the papers resulting from the investigation of the Reynolds’ affair went to Jefferson. WHY? If he was such a disinterested party would he have been concerned? Why did the info surface from Callender, Jefferson’s hired literary assassin?
Very simple. BECAUSE IT WAS TRUE.
It takes an astonishing level of hubris to believe that you can hold an office of high public trust while living the life of a sexual libertine, only to purport outrage when the opposition party gets wind of it all and spills it to the newspapers. Hamilton apparently had that hubris. So did Bill Clinton.
William JEFFERSON Clinton took a completely different tact than Hamilton when his affair became public. HE DENIED EVERYTHING.
So fathering children with your slave is OK for Jefferson and did not preclude him holding “an office of high public trust while living the life of a sexual libertine...” Only Hamilton merits your condemnation. LoL.
BTW one of Jefferson’s oldest friends challenged him to a duel because of his improprieties with his wife. Even after decades had passed.