The Works of Alexander HamiltonCambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009 - 200 σελίδες Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ADDRESSES' New Y0rk, February 18, 1789. To the Supervisors of the City of Albany, in the County of Albany. Gentlemen: ?The last Tuesday of April next being the day appointed by law for the election of a governor for the ensuing three years, the great importance of making a wise choice in the present peculiar situation of our local and national affairsappears to have made a deep impression on the minds of considerate men in the different parts of the State. 1 The Constitution having been ratified by the necessary number of States, the Federalists everywhere made the utmost efforts to elect Senators and Congressmen who were favorable to the new scheme. Nowhere was their task more difficult than in New York. The contest in the Convention had been very severe, and the ratification had been carried only by sheer force of argument and outside pressure. The head and front of the opposition was Governor Clinton, a man with a very great personal following, of strong will and much ability. Hamilton threw himself into the conflict with his usual zeal. He travelled through the State, and published the address given above; and, not content with this, he sought to break down Clinton and defeat his reelection. With this object he published a second address and the letters of H. G., which follow, and which are a sustained attack upon the Governor's whole course and attitude. Clinton was re, elected by a majority of less than 500, but his power was fatally crippled, and the opposition was demoralized as Hamilton desired. The Federalists on their side obtained four out of the six Congressmen, and subsequently the two Senators. These addresses and the letters of H. G. are not of course constitutional arguments, but they are an important part of the work which Hamilton did for the C.. |
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