TothePeopleoftheStateofNewYork:THEimportanceoftheUnion,inacommerciallight,isoneofthosepointsaboutwhichthereisleastroomtoentertainadifferenceofopinion,andwhichhas,infact,commandedthemostgeneralassentofmenwhohaveanyacquaintancewiththesubject.Thisappliesaswe...[继续阅读]

    TothePeopleoftheStateofNewYork:THEeffectsofUnionuponthecommercialprosperityoftheStateshavebeensufficientlydelineated.Itstendencytopromotetheinterestsofrevenuewillbethesubjectofourpresentinquiry.*Theprosperityofcommerceisnowperceivedandacknowledgedbyallenl...[继续阅读]

    TothePeopleoftheStateofNewYork:AsCONNECTEDwiththesubjectofrevenue,wemaywithproprietyconsiderthatofeconomy.Themoneysavedfromoneobjectmaybeusefullyappliedtoanother,andtherewillbesomuchthelesstobedrawnfromthepocketsofthepeople.IftheStatesareunitedunderonegov...[继续阅读]

    TothePeopleoftheStateofNewYork:WEHAVEseenthenecessityoftheUnion,asourbulwarkagainstforeigndanger,astheconservatorofpeaceamongourselves,astheguardianofourcommerceandothercommoninterests,astheonlysubstituteforthosemilitaryestablishmentswhichhavesubvertedthe...[继续阅读]

    TothePeopleoftheStateofNewYork:INTHEcourseoftheprecedingpapersIhaveendeavored,myfellow-citizens,toplacebeforeyouinaclearandconvincinglighttheimportanceofUniontoyourpoliticalsafetyandhappiness.Ihaveunfoldedtoyouacomplicationofdangerstowhichyouwouldbeexpose...[继续阅读]

    TothePeopleoftheStateofNewYork:THEtendencyoftheprincipleoflegislationforStates,orcommunities,intheirpoliticalcapacities,asithasbeenexemplifiedbytheexperimentwehavemadeofit,isequallyattestedbytheeventswhichhavebefallenallothergovernmentsoftheconfederatekin...[继续阅读]

    TothePeopleoftheStateofNewYork:ANOBJECTIONofanaturedifferentfromthatwhichhasbeenstatedandansweredinmylastaddressmayperhapsbelikewiseurgedagainsttheprincipleoflegislationfortheindividualcitizensofAmerica.Itmaybesaidthatitwouldtendtorenderthegovernmentofthe...[继续阅读]

    TothePeopleoftheStateofNewYork:AMONGtheconfederaciesofantiquitythemostconsiderablewasthatoftheGrecianrepublics,associatedundertheAmphictyoniccouncil.FromthebestaccountstransmittedofthiscelebratedinstitutionitboreaveryinstructiveanalogytothepresentConfeder...[继续阅读]

    TothePeopleoftheStateofNewYork:THEexamplesofancientconfederacies,citedinmylastpaper,havenotexhaustedthesourceofexperimentalinstructiononthissubject.Thereareexistinginstitutions,foundedonasimilarprinciplewhichmeritparticularconsideration.Thefirstwhichprese...[继续阅读]

    TothePeopleoftheStateofNewYork:THEUnitedNetherlandsareaconfederacyofrepublics,orratherofaristocraciesofaveryremarkabletexture,yetconfirmingallthelessonsderivedfromthosewhichwehavealreadyreviewed.Theunioniscomposedofsevencoequalandsovereignstates,andeachst...[继续阅读]