OF THE

R E PUBLIC

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

AS TRACED IN TIIE WRITINGS OF

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

AND

OF HIS COTEMPORARIES.

BY

JOHN C. HAMILTON.

VOLUME II.

* Neque enim est ulla res, in qua propius ad Deorum numen virtus accedat humana,
quam civitates aut condere novas aut conservare jam conditas.”—Cic. do Repub.

NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

BROADWAY.

1858.