...tronic Classics Series Publication The Federalist Papers is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...Papers FEDERALIST. No. 1 General Introduction For the Independent Journal. HAMILTON To the People of the State of New York: After an unequivocal exper... ...ous jealousies and uncandid imputations, whether expressed or implied. The North is generally the region of strength, and many local circumstances ren... ...of strength, and many local circumstances render it probable that the most North- ern of the proposed confederacies would, at a period not very distan... ...ministration of government, let the revolt of a part of the State of North Carolina, the late menacing disturbances in Pennsylvania, and the actual in... ...tes, it would furnish a like result. Let Virginia be contrasted with North Carolina, Pennsylvania with Connecticut, or Mary- land with New Jersey, and... ...t to impose a new tax. The conse- quence is that he permits the bashaws or governors of prov- inces to pillage the people without mercy; and, in turn,... .... But the constitutions of several of the States ex- pressly declare their governors to be commanders-in-chief, as well of the army as navy; and it ma...

...Excerpt: To the People of the State of New York: After an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks it...