The affix for without would be non-
1(In my opinion being good shouldn’t have to be a learned behavior you should already be it
2(if I saw a man in a well I would help him
Hamilton and Washington were already close to one another so it makes sense that washington gave hamilton the attention he did. more than anything hamilton's views were prized by washington he very well may have been the most socially liberal and economically liberal man of his time, jefferson stood to counter this with ultra-conservative views and policies. the idea was for there to be a sort of balancing act with the cabinet and it worked out quite well for washington and the united states.
I would say verbal irony, that's the only one that would make sense.