TheSameSubjectContinued (TheInsufficiencyofthePresentConfederationtoPreservetheUnion)
, December5, 1787
HAMILTON
TothePeopleoftheStateofNewYork:
ANOBJECTION, ofanaturedifferentfromthatwhichhasbeenstatedandanswered, inmylastaddress, , andtoenableittoabsorbthoseresiduaryauthorities, , , finance, negotiation, andwarseemtocomprehendalltheobjectswhichhavecharmsformindsgovernedbythatpassion; andallthepowersnecessarytothoseobjectsought, inthefirstinstance, , thesupervisionofagricultureandofotherconcernsofasimilarnature, allthosethings, inshort, whicharepropertobeprovidedforbylocallegislation, ; becausetheattempttoexercisethosepowerswouldbeastroublesomeasitwouldbenugatory; andthepossessionofthem, forthatreason, wouldcontributenothingtothedignity, totheimportance, ortothesplendorofthenationalgovernment.
Butletitbeadmitted, forargument'ssake, thatmerewantonnessandlustofdominationwouldbesufficienttobegetthatdisposition; stillitmaybesafelyaffirmed, thatthesenseoftheconstituentbodyofthenationalrepresentatives, or, inotherwords, thepeopleoftheseveralStates, , willgenerallypossessoverthepeople; acircumstancewhichatthesametimeteachesusthatthereisaninherentandintrinsicweaknessinallfederalconstitutions; andthattoomuchpainscannotbetakenintheirorganization, togivethemalltheforcewhichiscompatiblewiththeprinciplesofliberty.
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