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Federalist No. 6 argues that nations are predisposed to wage war against their neighbors as a natural effect of human nature. Hamilton counters the belief that republicanism and commerce prevent war by arguing that the leaders and citizens of a nation will act through passion over reason.
Jan 4, 2002 · The Federalist No. 6 1. [New York, November 14, 1787] To the People of the State of New-York. THE three last numbers of this Paper 2 have been dedicated to an enumeration of the dangers to which we should be exposed, in a state of disunion, from the arms and arts of foreign nations.
Jan 27, 2016 · Last Updated on December 20, 2021. The three last numbers of this paper have been dedicated to an enumeration of the dangers to which we should be exposed, in a state of disunion, from the arms and arts of foreign nations.
Federalist Number (No.) 6 (1787) is an essay by British-American politician Alexander Hamilton arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution. The full title of the essay is "Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States."
The term federalist describes several political beliefs around the world. It may also refer to the concept of parties, whose members or supporters call themselves Federalists . [1]
Summary. Turning from foreign dangers to a disunited America, this essay took up dangers of a "still more alarming kind, those [that would] in all probability flow from dissentions between the States themselves, and from domestic factions and convulsions."
Summary (not in original) People are by nature ambitious, vindictive, rapacious, and power hungry. When at the head of state, unencumbered, they exercise these features to the detriment of others and often themselves.
