Alexander Hamilton was all for escalating the Quasi-War against France into a full-scale war, and he was given command of an army intended to strike at France's ally Spain by conquering Florida and Louisiana after George Washington had to bow out of command.
I'm not sure what the legalistic casus belli was supposed to be over Spain. I suppose it was just a case of "the friend of my enemy is also my enemy" and "Spain has something I'd like to take".
Would an American was with France and Spain at sea, and a land expedition to conquer Spanish Florida and New Orleans, at this early date, be successful, or would it fail?
Would the campaign to conquer the border lands have succeeded by the time of the election 1800, or would a lost or incomplete campaign doom the Federalists' chances in the 1800 election?