OF THE

REPUBLIC

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

AS TRACED IN THE WRITINGS OF

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

AND

OF HIS COTEMPORARIES.

BY

JOHN C. HAMILTON.

VOLUME V.

"Neque enim est ulla res, in qua propius ad Deorum numen virtus accedat humana
quam civitates aut condere novas, aut conservare jam conditas."-Cic. de Repub.

Checked
May 1913

SECOND EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

1864.