(w/ Alexander Hamilton) For the New York Packet Saturday, December 8, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: THE examples of ancient confederacies, cited in my last paper, have not exhausted the source of experimental instruction on this subject. There are existing institutions, founded on a similar principle, which merit particular consideration.…
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Federalist No 18, The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation, Continued
(w/ Alexander Hamilton) For the New York Packet Friday, December 7, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: AMONG the confederacies of antiquity, the most considerable was that of the Grecian republics, associated under the Amphictyonic council. From the best accounts transmitted of this celebrated institution, it bore a very instructive analogy…
Federalist No 17, The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation, Continued
For the Independent Journal Wednesday, December 5, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: AN OBJECTION, of a nature different from that which has been stated and answered, in my last address, may perhaps be likewise urged against the principle of legislation for the individual citizens of America. It may be said…
Federalist No 16, The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation, Continued
From the New York Packet Tuesday, December 4, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: THE tendency of the principle of legislation for States, or communities, in their political capacities, as it has been exemplified by the experiment we have made of it, is equally attested by the events which have befallen…
Federalist No 15, The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union
For the Independent Journal December 1, 1787 To the People of the State of New York. IN THE course of the preceding papers, I have endeavored, my fellow citizens, to place before you, in a clear and convincing light, the importance of Union to your political safety and happiness. I have unfolded to you a…