Jefferson and Madison wanted the government to be made respectable but not strong.

Hamilton saw what they could not see--and indeed what few at that time could see--that a government cannot be made respectable without being made strong.
Washington was probably without any clear views of his own on constitutional questions, and what evidence there is on this point supports Jefferson's claim that Washington was more disposed to confide in him and in Madison than in Hamilton.

When Jefferson relinquished the State Department, Washington proposed to give Madison the post, but was told he would not think of taking it.

Washington then transferred Randolph to the position because he could not get anybody else of suitable capacity.
Whatever Washington's personal inclinations may have been, he was in a position in which he had to act.

Hamilton was the only one whom he could find to show him the way, and thus circumstances more and more compelled Washington to accept Hamilton's guidance, while at the same time it seemed increasingly clear to the opposition that it was above all things necessary to crush Hamilton.