Hamilton Indicts the Current UnionIn this long paper, Hamilton begins with a six-part diagnosis of the ills of the Union under the Articles of Confederation, doing so in the form of an indictment, no doubt influenced by John DeWitt, the anonymous Massachusetts lawyer who had also used the interrogatory method to make his case earlier. He finishes with the case for coercive government. Federalist #15The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union (Part 1 of 6) Alexander Hamilton, 1 December 1787 1 To the People of the State of New York: *** 2 In the course of the...
