Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-24
Opinions of Alexander Hamilton Apple
cable to the Present Crisis.

cable 10 the present CilSIs.
Few persons will be so visionary as seli
ously to contend that military forces ought
not to be raised to queil rebellion or resist
an invasion and if the defense of the com
munity under such circumstances, should
make it necessary to have an army so nu-
mcrous as TO hazard its liberty. this is one of
those calamities for which there is neither
preventive nor ure-FeaerdiiSt No. KIPI
The hope of mpunity is strong induce
ment to sedtion the dread Of punishment,
proportionabiy strong discouragement to 1t.
viii not the Government Of the Union
which, if possessed of due degree OF power,
can call to its aid the collective resources of
the whole confederacy- more likely to re-
press the former sentiment and to inspire the
| latter, than that of single State which can
only command the resources within itseii?--
FcderatiSt No. HXVH
That there may happen cases in which the
National Government may be under the me-
cessity Of rescrting to force, cannot be denied.
Seditions and instructions are,
unhappily, maladies as inseperabIe from the
! body polite, as tumors aud eruptons from
! the natural body The idea of
governing at ali times by the simple force Of
law, (w hich we have been told is the only
admissible principle of republican govern
ment,) has no place but in the revery of those
political doctors whose sagacity disdains the
admonitious of experimental instruction
Should such emergencies at any time hap
pen under the National Government, there
could be no remedy but force. The means
to be employed must be proporlioned to the
extent of the mischief FederdJiSt No.
XVIII
In times of insurrection. or invasion, it
would be natural and proper that the militia
of a neighboring state should be marched
| into another to resist common enemy, or to
guard the republic against the violence of
faction or sediion -Fedcraii&t No. XYIH
The scheme of separate coniederacies will
always multiply the chances ofambition, and
will be IA never failing bait to all such inilu-
entail characters in the State as are capable
Of p:eferring their own emolument and ad
vancement to the public weal.-federalist
No LLY.
These declarations" remarks an eastern
writer, derive additional weight from the
fact that they We're published to the people
before the adoption of the Constitution, as
the sense Of the trainers Of that Constitution.
Yet was the Constitution made by the peo-
pie the claw of the land" Hamilton speaks
of the vigor and energy which should dis
tinguish the Executive. Does any one sup
that Hamilton, or Washington, or Jefferson,
| if President in April and May, 1861, would
have permitted rebels to seize our Virginia
Navy Yard, and steal $500 cannon? Or to
march 100000 strong to within 80 miles of
Washington, and. at their leisure, erect bat
teries to kill'Unon soldiers? Or to sweep
our commerce from the ocean 10y their priva-
teers Or to spend months in the fortifca-
tion of the Potomac by hostile batteries? Or
would for six weeks have left Sumter with
suffering garrison without raising an arm to
reinforce the loyal little band These great
errors will cost us millions of money, perhaps
thousands of lives! Let us not again have
to cry, Awake thou that sleepest !" Now
happily aroused, let us have no more fold
ing of hands to sleep"
FoREIGN IrEMs.- European dates are to
the 5th inst The news is urimportant An
NJ. P. named Lindsay has been enlight-
cning his constituents at Sunderland, in re-
gard to American affairs lie wants sepa-
ration of the Union in order that slaves may
have freedom, and Britons have Cotton.
Some London papers pretend to know that
the expedition against Mexico will soon
leave Spain The sensation reporters of the
English press. oping, at a distance, their
Yankee cousins, affect 10 know more about
the institutions of Spain, France and Eng
land in regard to Mexico than the N. L.
Herald knows about American Cabinet Ses
sions. They deal largely in humbug
A SPECIAL TO the n. Y. Post, dated Wash
ington, October 1jlh, says the War Depart
ment has decided to invest Generals McDow-
ell, Stone and Heintzelman with commands
of different Divisions Of the army.
General Scott is in excellent health, and
exceedingly active.
Trust NO Man WHO Is NOT OursPoKEY. -
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