News for 12/28/98

Is there some sort of Constitutional Crisis 200 year cycle?
[The US suffered through turmoil in ’98 – 1798, that is](http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/362/oped/The*US”suffered”through”turmoil”in**’98””*1798’**that_is+.shtml.)
Can we learn anything from the first serious test of the
US system of government??