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SATURDAY, JANuARY s.
TIE gEDERALIST.

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improved manner that within few years
hastaIssn place in printing ofonr books.
The Literary Fsair which has been recent
ly eltabiifhed, i, is prefumed, will excite
fpilH OF emulation among the protectors
Of the type through every part OF the u
mted States favourable to the perfection
of their ART Among the improvements
of this. kind which we have witnefed,
there is none more delerving Of public ia
vor than one jeff executed by Mr.. Hop
kins, Of New York. He has publiihed a
new edition Of The FEDERAL1sT, with
the Letters oisPAcEFIcUs on the Procla-
NATION Of Neutrality, in two volumes, &C.
tayo, which, in point Of workmanihip,
will bear a very honorable comparison
with any Europeanpublicarlon Of tic fame
price.
In this country, where every man takes
an immediate interef in its political CON-
Germs, thsG. volumes mutf be found extreme
Iy valuable. They contaia the fulleA and
mott able calculation of the principles OF
our Government, and of the republican
fyifem. Much credit is therefore due TO
the gentleman who has farnilhed US with
this we'll executed edition, reyiied AID cor.
retted.
Its hoped that liberal patronage will
fufScieptly reward tAe pubiilher for the
trouble he has taken and the expence he
has incurred in rendering the .drels of thele
volumes worthy their contents. Every
American fchoIar will, we prefume, think
itia fome mealure duty, to add them to
the fheN Of his library.
IN. r. Evn. Pof.
The following is the preface to the pre-
fen. edition.
PREFACE.
The Federaliit was written lhortly az
Ter the PRONUNCIATION of the New Confi-
tuation, and addreded co the people ofthe
fate of New ork, with the view of ex.
planning its principles, and enforcing the
propriety and necefity of its adoption =
The papers fra appeared in the sazettes Of
Ney, York, in the order ia which they
are now publilhed, and were afterwards
collected and printed IN two coarie duode-
elmo volumes.
The work is principally the production
ola man Whole talents and integrity Ien-
der him the ornament and boat OF this
country: the name Of Hamilton will be
held in Eacred refpett, long after the ma
lignant attempts which have been made
10 {lanier his fame ihail have funk, with
their authors into oblivion. Two other
gentleneo Of diainguihed abilities, Mr..
lay ana Mr.. MADISON, contributed fome
effays. Itwas at 6rf intended TO mark
the numbers diitinaiy which were written
by each; but considerations have fnce
occurred which would perhaps render this
mcaiure improper. Il is underaood that
MFR. IAY was the author Of only few
numbers bet that the aid of Mr.. Ma
OLSON was largely given. In juitice to
thefe gsntlemen, it is thought neceaary to
add, that, as far as has been practicable to
discriminate their productions, they are
rot unequal in merit TO thofe which are
foely from the pen Of Gen. Hamilton.
All parties feem at length united in pro-
ielions ofregard for the Conltitation if
rae, are Gncere, this confederation cannot
fail to enhance the value OF a work which
by employing in its favor all the energy
ofargumeut, and all the perlualion OF elo-
quence, was eminen;ly pteful 10 promot
ing It's general ratification.
Whoever is defrous OF being we'll IN
formed Of the principles and priviaons of
our Government, and the manner in which
they have been Imported & vindicated-
of the objections that were made TO the
Couaitulion by his hrR oppolers, and how
they were anfwered, will find thele vo-
lumes fraught with ample and iatistatto-
ry inaruaion. The fady of them matt
form an eGen,ial part of the American
n.eC,,,, Politicians indeed of every