About “Consequences of Hostilities Between the States”
Federalist No. 8, titled "Consequences of Hostilities Between the States," is a political essay written by Alexander Hamilton. It is the eighth of The Federalist Papers, a series of 85 essays published under the pseudonym Publius. The essay was first published in the New-York Packet on November 20, 1787. It addresses concerns about a national standing army and explores the potential dangers if the states remain ununified and engage in military conflict with one another. The piece was part of a larger effort to support the ratification of the United States Constitution. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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- 1787
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