Josh Feit makes an interesting note:

Between the fall of 1787 and the spring of 1788, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay published 85 “posts” under the pseudonym “Publius” (as opposed to, say, “Will in Seattle”) in New York newspapers arguing that the states should ratify the Constitution ....

.... For those who complain that blogging has degraded public debate into recriminations, counter recriminations, and histrionics—please enjoy Alexander Hamilton’s 67th post:
.... Here the writers against the Constitution seem to have taken pains to signalize their talent of misrepresentation. Calculating upon the aversion of people to monarchy, they have endeavored to enlist all their jealousies and apprehensions in opposition to the intended President of the United States ....

.... Here the writers against the Constitution seem to have taken pains to signalize their talent of misrepresentation. Calculating upon the aversion of people to monarchy, they have endeavored to enlist all their jealousies and apprehensions in opposition to the intended President of the United States; not merely as the embryo, but as the full-grown progeny of that detested parent. To establish the pretended affinity, they have not scrupled to draw resources even from the regions of fiction ....

(Slog (http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/the_original_bloggers))

Man, it seems Hamilton could hurt some serious feelings.