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THE FEDERALIST PAPERS

which its adoption will afford to the preservation of that
species of government, to liberty, and to property.

In the progress of this discussion I shall endeavor to
give a satisfactory answer to all the objections which shall
have made their appearance, that may seem to have any
claim to your attention.

It may perhaps be thought superfluous to offer argu-
ments to prove the utility of the UNION, a point, no doubt,
deeply engraved on the hearts of the great body of the peo-
ple in every State, and one, which it may be imagined, has
no adversaries. But the fact is, that we already hear it
whispered in the private circles of those who oppose the
new Constitution, that the thirteen States are of too great
extent for any general system, and that we must of necessi-
ty resort to separate confederacies of distinct portions of
the whole. This doctrine will, in all probability, be gradually
propagated, till it has votaries
enough to countenance an open
avowal of it. For nothing can be
more evident, to those who are able
to take an enlarged view of the
subject, than the alternative of an
adoption of the new Constitution or
a dismemberment of the Union. It
will therefore be of use to begin by
examining the advantages of that
Union, the certain evils, and the
probable dangers, to which every
State will be exposed from its dis-
solution. This shall accordingly
constitute the subject of my next
address.

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