In this federal composition it is not proper to draw comparisons. It is generally known which of the states have been most deficient. Pennsylvania has paid nearly the whole, the
The Citizens of the State of New-York have received yesterday, from Cato (an ally of Pompey, no doubt) an introductory discourse on the appearance of the New System for the
The fate of empires is an object of the first magnitude to the under-standing and heart of man. The situation of America at this important crisis, does not only deeply
It is the singular happiness of America, to establish her federal empire at this enlightened era, when the principles of political union are in general pretty well understood; and when
My general sketch of additional federal powers has come very near to the plan of the Honorable Convention now published, and I am glad to have in one or two
This institution is separate from the university, and will be on the same footing as the philosophical societies: only more extensive, both in a federal view, and to render it
By the 9th article of confederation “the United States in Congress assembled, have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by
The grand federal interest, which is to preserve independency, safety and peace, requires, next to a solid military union, a concert in some other important affairs. The states must be
I have now shewn, how federal sentiments must be acquired by education, manners, laws, morals, and religion; and proceed to consider how they may be promoted by civil institutions—my reader
In America, the sudden influx of money and foreign luxury, could not have produced the extravagance so much complained of without the aid of an overdriven principle of equality. I
