One United People: The Federalist Papers and the National Idea

278 Pages·2014·29.203 MB·English

by  Edward Millican

ONE UNITED
PEOPLE
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ONE TED
P E O P L E
The Federalist
Papers and the
National Idea
EDWARD MILLICAN
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY
Copyright© 1990byTheUniversityPressofKentucky
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CollegeofKentucky, EasternKentuckyUniversity,
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Millican, Edward.
Oneunitedpeople: theFederalistpapersandthenationalidea/
EdwardMillican.
p. cm.
Includesbibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-8131-6033-7
I. Federalist. 2. Nationalism-UnitedStates-History.
3. Political science-UnitedStates-History. I. Title.
JK155.M55 1990
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§
To my grandmother,
Katie Martha Devore Hellbrueck
(1895-1989)
She remembered the "good old days"
and typified what was good about them.
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
1 Will the Real Publius Please Stand Up? 1
2 The Political Objectives ofPublius 22
3 The Idea ofthe Nation-State 41
4 Jay Describes a Nation 58
5 Hamilton Aims to Centralize 78
6 Madison Argues for a National Regime 113
7 Madison Separates the Powers 146
8 Hamilton Provides Leadership 172
9 Publius the Nationalist 209
10 The Significance ofThe Federalist 230
Notes 246
Bibliography 256
Index 262
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Acknowledgments
This book owes its existence to many people, ofwhom the author is only
one. Iwouldlikebrieflytoindicatesomeoftheotherswhomadethiswork
possible.
My parents, Francis and Nedralind Millican, and my grandmother,
Katherine Hellbrueck, provided material and emotional support that kept
me going in the toughest times. Michael Cargal gave essential logistical
assistance and brought a novelist's sensitivity to his critique ofthe manu
script. Yvette Sarrazin helped tum my academic prose into readable Eng
lish. My son, Joshua Millican, showed admirable patience with a father
permanently chained to acomputerterminal.
Samuel H. Beer, Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, offered
generousencouragementandadvicetoonewhowascertainlyinneedofit.
ProfessorRichard B. Morris also read the manuscript and set me right on
several points. Professors Henry L. Janssen, ToreTjersland, and E. Victor
Wolfenstein provided many helpful comments and served as models of
scholarly integrity and perceptiveness.
I havebeencheeredbythefriendship andloveofmanypeople, includ
ing my brother Rick Millican, Marcie MacLeod, Neon Seville, Ann
Shanahan-Walsh, HowardWayne, andRickWood. MyfamilyinGeorgia
my father, Dr. Ed S. Cook, Jr., Helen, brother Ed, sister Leslie, Margie
Berman-Cook, Ben, Sam, and my grandmother, Mrs. Ed S. Cook, Sr.
("Babe")-alsobolsteredmymoralewiththeiraffection. Iamgladthatwe
can share this moment.
TheUniversityPressofKentucky, inthepersonsofeditorJerryCrouch
and managing editor Evalin Douglas, has been uniformly patient, courte
ous, and helpful. The anonymous readers who evaluated this manuscript
have, particularly in one case, aided my book significantly with their
criticisms.
IamgreatlyindebtedtopreviousstudentsofTheFederalist--especially
GottfriedDietze, GarryWills, andDavidF. Epstein, whohavewrittenfull
length studies ofthe work. I have not always agreed with them, butI have
freely appropriatedthefruits oftheirlabors. The nationalistpointofviewI
espouseowesmuchtothescholarlycontributionsofDouglasAdair,Samuel