...emarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether so-... ...must feel for the event. Happy will it be if our choice should be directed by a judicious estimate of our true interests, unperplexed and unbiased by ... ...ion of another class of men, who will either hope to aggrandize themselves by the confusions of their country, 7 The Federalist Papers or will flatte... ...ry seldom exposed by its situation to inter- 35 The Federalist Papers nal invasions, and in one which is often subject to them, and always apprehensi... ...stitution. The State leaders may even make a merit of their surreptitious invasions of it on the ground of some temporary convenience, exemption, or ... ...s, in which the emperor, with one half of the empire, was on one side, and Sweden, with the other half, on the opposite side. Peace was at length nego... ...nd on his obtaining a major’s commission for one of those deputies. And in Sweden the parties were alternately bought by France and England in so bare... ...include the command of large districts of territory, and facilitate future invasions of the re- mainder. It may be added that some of those posts will...

...n many respects the most interesting in the world. It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for...