Note 1
THE FEDERALIST. No. IX.
Spirit of Laws, vol. i., book ix., chap. i.
“It is very probable,” (says he[1]) “that mankind would have been obliged at length to live constantly under the government of a single person, had they not contrived a kind of constitution that has all the internal advantages of a republican, together with the external force of a monarchical government. I mean a CONFEDERATE REPUBLIC.
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