For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, November 28, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: As CONNECTED with the subject of revenue, we may with propriety consider that of economy. The money saved from one object may be usefully applied to another, and there will be so much the less to be drawn…
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Federalist No 11, The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy
For the Independent Journal Saturday, November 24, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: THE importance of the Union, in a commercial light, is one of those points about which there is least room to entertain a difference of opinion, and which has, in fact, commanded the most general assent of men…
Federalist No 9, The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection
For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, November 21, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: A FIRM Union will be of the utmost moment to the peace and liberty of the States, as a barrier against domestic faction and insurrection. It is impossible to read the history of the petty republics of Greece…
Federalist No 7, Concerning Dangers from Dissensions, Continued
(Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States) For the Independent Journal Thursday, November 15, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: IT IS sometimes asked, with an air of seeming triumph, what inducements could the States have, if disunited, to make war upon each other? It would be a full answer to…
Federalist No 6, Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States
For the Independent Journal Wednesday, November 14, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: THE three last numbers of this paper have been dedicated to an enumeration of the dangers to which we should be exposed, in a state of disunion, from the arms and arts of foreign nations. I shall now…