Can free men come together and through the use of reason and foresight construct a constitution that preserves liberty… or are free states just the result of fortune and chance?
Great read. I wonder if Hamilton choose to use empire in the sense that the United States would be a nation of various states with different peoples that acted as somewhat their own nations but still pledged allegiance to a higher government.
Maybe, three years later in the US Naturalization Act of 1790 made provision for free white person in good standing. The idea of strong states rights did exist though, so maybe.
Peoples. They wouldn’t have meant it for different races or even different nationalities in Europe, but that among the Anglo-Saxon stock of early America there were notable differences such as amongst the tide water, yankee, Appalachian Americans for example.
This article would greatly benefit from block quotations. Federalist 1 is pretty short. It also ends as if it has been cut from a larger piece, which is fine, but it should be noted if that's so. If not, the ending is abrupt and disjointed. If I misread this somehow, my apologies in advance.
History quickly proved Henry right, guess there is a part 2 coming to elaborate on that?
I hope to get into more of the Federalist Papers, so yes.
Great read. I wonder if Hamilton choose to use empire in the sense that the United States would be a nation of various states with different peoples that acted as somewhat their own nations but still pledged allegiance to a higher government.
Maybe, three years later in the US Naturalization Act of 1790 made provision for free white person in good standing. The idea of strong states rights did exist though, so maybe.
Yea maybe I should have expanded on diverse
Peoples. They wouldn’t have meant it for different races or even different nationalities in Europe, but that among the Anglo-Saxon stock of early America there were notable differences such as amongst the tide water, yankee, Appalachian Americans for example.
Brilliant writing. Glad someone is going into detail on one of my favourite periods in history.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
This article would greatly benefit from block quotations. Federalist 1 is pretty short. It also ends as if it has been cut from a larger piece, which is fine, but it should be noted if that's so. If not, the ending is abrupt and disjointed. If I misread this somehow, my apologies in advance.
The ending was intentionally left as a question. The intention is to go through more federalist papers and answer that question!
Ah I see. Look forward to reading more from you.