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The Daily Dispatch: January 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Accident to the U. S. Steamer Iroquois . (search)
Alexander Hamilton against coercion.
Hon. Chas. Jarvis, of Ellsworth, Maine, one of those clear-headed and noble-hearted Northern gentlemen who still stand by the Constitution, both in its spiri f 1787, that the power of coercing a State should be vested in Congress, it was ably opposed by Hamilton and Madison, and rejected as incompatible with the genius of a Federal Republican Government. as under discussion in the New York Convention for the adoption of the Federal Constitution, Gen. Hamilton said:
"It has been well observed, that to coerce the States is one of the maddest proj not be recalled and given to another without an express act."
Here is the language of Gen.Hamilton, the great founder of the Federal party, and, next to Washington, the greatest statesman and so ndamental principles proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence--to the avowed sentiments of Hamilton and Madison.
two of the most distinguished men of our country, who participated largely in the