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Excerpt from The Political Theories of Alexander Hamilton Political science has developed in accordance with the needs and demands Of the times. As the course Of political philosophy is traced this fact stands out more and more prominently. Doctrines and theories have been laid down as each writer has felt impelled to find some defence for, or criticism of, existing conditions. Especially in vindicating the ideas of a revolution, or in establishing new forms of government, new ideals and new doctrines have been form ulated. The works in defense of the changes have con tained expositions of the principles on which the new gov ernments are founded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Political Theories of Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton, beyond most of his contemporaries, had clearly defined views regarding the nature of the state, government and laws. In their general outlines his ideas are well known. Until now, however, there has been no attempt to make an exhaustive analysis and logical statement of his theories. This the present essay seeks to do. Especial thanks are due to Dr. W. W. Willoughby, without whose kind and unfailing assistance this work would not have been possible. The references are to the works of Alexander Hamilton, edited by Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, N. Y., 1885. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Works of Alexander Hamilton, Vol. 1: Containing His Correspondence, and His Political and Official Writings, Exclusive of the Federalist, Civil and Military N 0 one has profited by these Changed conditions more than Hamilton. As the history of the United States has been investigated and developed, Hamil ton has loomed ever larger upon the receding horizon of the days when that history began. His com manding figure has grown ever more luminous and more Vital as the years have passed by, and the Change is marked even in the eighteen which have elapsed since this edition was first published. He has been the subject of many biographies and in these later days has become the hero of fiction, which has discovered the romantic Side of his career, and has made his name and deeds familiar to many to whom history is only a task. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

America’s first treasury secretary and one of the three authors of the Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton stands as one of the nation’s important early statesmen. Michael P. Federici places this Founding Father among the country’s original political philosophers as well. Hamilton remains something of an enigma. Conservatives and liberals both claim him, and in his writings one can find material to support the positions of either camp. Taking a balanced and objective approach, Federici sorts through the written and historical record to reveal Hamilton’s philosophy as the synthetic product of a well-read and pragmatic figure whose intellectual genealogy drew on Classical thinkers such as Cicero and Plutarch, Christian theologians, and Enlightenment philosophers, including Hume and Montesquieu. In evaluating the thought of this republican and would-be empire builder, Federici explains that the apparent contradictions found in the Federalist Papers and other examples of Hamilton’s writings reflect both his practical engagement with debates over the French Revolution, capital expansion, commercialism, and other large issues of his time, and his search for a balance between central authority and federalism in the embryonic American government. This book challenges the view of Hamilton as a monarchist and shows him instead to be a strong advocate of American constitutionalism. Devoted to the whole of Hamilton’s political writing, this accessible and teachable analysis makes clear the enormous influence Hamilton had on the development of American political and economic institutions and policies.

Excerpt from Alexander Hamilton Little material is available for a biography of Alexander Hamilton beyond that collected by his son, J ohn Church Hamilton, and his grandson, Allan M clane Hamilton. Much that once existed was lost. Tuckerman's Life of General Philip Schuyler relates that many letters from Hamilton and other political papers were burned by a son of one of Schuyler's executors, because he regarded them as containing expressions too personal to be exposed to any risk of publicity. The loss to American history is as great as that inflicted by Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress, when he destroyed his memoirs for a like reason. A bowdlerized style of writing history and biography was once in vogue that made such suppression of truth seem actually meritorious, and damage was done that can never be repaired. Ham ilton's reputation has suffered greatly by it. His career was too vivid and salient, his statesmanship too incisive, his self-revelation too candid to admit of the bowdlerizing process, and he cannot be judged fairly unless all is brought out and put in the scales. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Life of Alexander Hamilton, Vol. 2 of 2 But however inferior were the journals of that day to those of our own, it must be acknowledged that the former enjoyed one great advantage in the custom which prevailed for men of' the highest dis tinction in public life to use them as vehicles for disseminating Opinions among the people. Many in stances of this occur at once to memory, notably the numerous papers constituting the Federalist, which appeared at first as newspaper letters under the signature of Publius. While John Adams was vice-president of the United States he engaged in enterprises of this kind, contributing a series of ar ticles concerning French politics, known as the Dis courses on Davila. Indeed, so universal was the prac tice that Mr. Hildreth says that, of all the men of the Revolution capable of producing a newspaper essay, Jefferson was, perhaps, the only one who never touched pen to paper for the political enlightenment of the contemporaneous public. His preference was for correspondence. He practised political letter writing as an art, making it so efficient and manifest ing in it so much skill as would have called forth the Sincere admiration of Machiavelli. If one could give him the benefit of honorable motives, it would be necessary to praise his behavior in this respect; for anonymous political writing in the newspapers by prominent or responsible members of the government is a custom much to be deprecated. All that can be said is that the rules of that era permitted it; and when vice-president Adams and Mr. Secretary Hamilton furnished anonymous columns to editor Fenno, they did only what they had ample precedent for doing, and what the faulty taste of the times permitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Political History of the United States, Vol. 1 of 4: With Special Reference to the Growth of Political Parties N presenting this edition of the History, the author desires to state that since the first publication of the work his further studies have led him to the conclusion that the political philosophy of Alexander Hamilton was held by a small minority of the Federalists who de termined the policy of the country up to the election of John Adams; that this philosophy, or rather the meas ures growing out of it, led to the overthrow of the party in 1800 and that there was little difference between the opinions of the majority of the Federalists at that time and those of the Republican leaders in 1815. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.