FEDERALIST No.8 The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States

To the People of the State of New York：

ASSUMING it therefore as an established truth that the several States， in case of disunion， or such combinations of them as might happen to be formed out of the wreck of the general Confederacy， would be subject to those vicissitudes of peace and war， of friendship and enmity， with each other， which have fallen to the lot of all neighboring nations not united under one government， let us enter into a concise detail of some of the consequences that would attend such a situation.

War between the States， in the first period of their separate existence， would be accompanied with much greater distresses than it commonly is in those countries where regular military establishments have long obtained. The disciplined ar ......     （共10385字）    [阅读本文]>>