A combination of ethnicity and nationalism can cause ethnic "separation" since some ethnicities may feel the need to form a nation of their own, although this is not always the case.
He was eligible to pick and appoint who he wanted and in return they helped him out in the long run and helped him set good precedence.
I believe the answer is the one you have chosen, E ＼(^^＼)
The symbolic meaning is wolves in the law of the wolves. Basically criminals, the wolves in this context is used to describe lawless group of people that would not bow dow to societal rules.
They were called Federalists.
