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alexander hamilton
what is the federalist no. 1 by alexander hamilton talking about
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Basically, Hamilton is making arguments for the Constitution at a time when there was a great deal of division over it. I think that paper #1 served as a srtarting point, and as an outline, for all the papers to follow which argued for the ratification of the Constitution. People believed, for example, that many Republics had failed in the past and there were those that doubted the US (with the states combined in a single nation rather than individual nations on their own) could succeed where others had failed. Many people looked upon Government, ideally, as being State-centric rather than Federalized in a sense; for example New York was actually considered an independent nation under the Articles of Confederation. The idea of a Federal government with some large measure of authority over the individual states was somewhat revolutionary at the time and it wasn't universally supported.
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Hamilton was one of many who were, I guess, idealistic in a sense and supported more of a United government with the states combined under it. There was a great deal of concern and fear over presenting a united front, especially against England, and I think that the need for the Constitution to be ratified was integral to this.
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