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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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