FEDERALIST No.13 Advantage of the Union in Respect to Economy in Government

To the People of the State of New York：

As CONNECTED with the subject of revenue， we may with propriety consider that of economy. The money saved from one object may be usefully applied to another， and there will be so much the less to be drawn from the pockets of the people. If the States are united under one government， there will be but one national civil list to support; if they are divided into several confederacies， there will be as many different national civil lists to be provided for—and each of them， as to the principal departments， coextensive with that which would be necessary for a government of the whole. The entire separation of the States into thirteen unconnected sovereignties is a project too extravagant and too replete with danger to have ......     （共4795字）    [阅读本文]>>