FEDERALIST No.25 The Same Subject Continued (The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Cons

To the People of the State of New York：

IT MAY perhaps be urged that the objects enumerated in the preceding number ought to be provided for by the State governments， under the direction of the Union. But this would be in reality an inversion of the primary principle of our political association， as it would in practice transfer the care of the common defense from the federal head to the individual members： a project oppressive to some States， dangerous to all， and baneful to the Confederacy.

The territories of Britain， Spain， and of the Indian nations in our neighborhood do not border on particular States， but encircle the Union from Maine to Georgia. The danger， though in different degrees， is therefore common. And the means of guarding against it ought， in like ma ......     （共9626字）    [阅读本文]>>