Federalist Papers: No. 1 General Introduction
For the independent Journal
Author: Alexander Hamilton
To the People of the State of New York
This idea will add the inducements of philanthropy to those of patriotism, to heighten the solicitude which all considerate and good men must feel for the event. Happy will be our choice should be directed by a judicious estimate of our
true interests, unperplexed and unbiased by considerations not connected with the public good But this is a thing more ardently to be wished than senously to be expected. The plan offered to our deliberations affects too many particular
interests, innovafes upon too many local institutions, not to involve in its discussion a variety of objects foreign to its ments, and of views, passions and prejudices little favorable to the discovery of truth
What does Hamilton state is the main danger during the reform process?
O Good judgment and ambition for the country have served the reformers well
Reform can only take place with the consideration of the needs of the world as a whole
People will care more about their own ambitions and power than the needed changes
The process of reform has so far, been too focused on the needs of the states