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appointed by the general govern
ment, and no State to have any
forces, land or naval, and the militia
of all the States to be under the sole
and exclusive direction of the United
States, the officers of which are to
be appointed and commissioned by
them"
On pages Id and 145 of the book
referred TO, Mr.. Hamilton's speech
in support of his plan contains the
following expressions: 81 am at a
loss to know what. must be done.
despair that Republican form of
government can remove the difficult
ties. Whatever may be my opinion,
l would hold it, however unwise, to
change the government. l believe
the British government forms the
best model the world ever produced,
and such has been its progress in
the minds of the many that this
truth gradually gains ground. n
ALI communities divide themselves
into the few and the many. The
first are the rich and well-born-the
other the mass of the people. The
voice of the people has been said to
be the voice of God, and, however
generally this maxim has been
quoted and believed, it is not true in
fact. The people are turbulent and
changing. They seldom judge or
determine right. Give, therefore,
the first class distinct, permanent
share in the government. They will
check the unsteadiness of the second
Nothing but a permanent
body can check the imprudence of
Democracy"
Notwithstanding these strong
'monarchical sentiments of this great
man, who actually left the conven-
tion before its work was done, as
did several others, notceably Luther
Martin of Maryland, Hamilton after
wards joined with John Jay, of New
York, and James Madison, of Vir-
ginia, in inducing the States to adopt
the Constitution. This was done in
publication called "The Federalist,"
in which these three great states
men brought all their study of the
science of government to convince
the people of the respective States
that their interests demanded their
acceptance of the Constitution. A
part were dilatory in ratifying it, but
all finally yielded.
Washington was unanimously
chosen first President by electors
from the several States, and inaugu-
rated in New York on April 30th,
1889. Hamilton and Jefferson, the
latter National Republican or
Democrat, were both called into
ashington's first cabinet, the for
mer in the Treasury Department,
and the latter in the Department of
State. They were political oppo-
nents, and differed 80 widely and SO
sharply on measures of government
policy, that Jefferson said faceti-
ously to friend that he and Hamil-
ton "were pitted against each other
every day in the cabinet like two
fighting cocks" On one occasion
Washington, in his grave and dig
nified way, administered gentle
rebuke.
Hamilton is rated by some writer's
as the foremost man intellectually of
his day. His literary, legal and phi
losophical attainments were of the
highest order. He is said to have
aided Washington in the prepara-
tion of his State papers, and to have
had large share in the composition
of his master piece, the immortal
"Farewell Address" What he might
have accomplished, had he lived to a
ripe old age, can only be conjectured.
In June, 1904, he was challenged by
Aaron Burr, political opponent, to
fight a duel on account of some
severe reflections that Hamilton had
uttered against him. Unfortunately
the challenge was accepted. On the
11th of July the parties met at
Weehawken, on the same ground,
where, a short time before, son of
Col. Hamilton had been killed in a
duel, and where the father now fell
mortally wounded, at the age of 48,
by the deadly aim Of a bold, bad
man, whose after life was wrecked
and ruined. Aaron Burr finally died
in poverty and disgrace, "unwept,
unhonored and unsung."
You never heard of any one using Fo
ley's Honey and Tar and not being salts.