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1、TheFederalistNo.6ConcerningDangersfromDissensionsBetweentheStatesIndependentJournalWednesday,November14,1787[AlexanderHamilton]TothePeopleoftheStateofNewYork:THEthreelastnumbersofthispaperhavebeendedicatedtoanenumerationofthedangerstowhichweshouldbeexposed,
2、inastateofdisunion,fromthearmsandartsofforeignnations.Ishallnowproceedtodelineatedangersofadifferentand,perhaps,stillmorealarmingkind--thosewhichwillinallprobabilityflowfromdissensionsbetweentheStatesthemselves,andfromdomesticfactionsandconvulsions.Thesehav
3、ebeenalreadyinsomeinstancesslightlyanticipated;buttheydeserveamoreparticularandmorefullinvestigation.AmanmustbefargoneinUtopianspeculationswhocanseriouslydoubtthat,iftheseStatesshouldeitherbewhollydisunited,oronlyunitedinpartialconfederacies,thesubdivisions
4、intowhichtheymightbethrownwouldhavefrequentandviolentcontestswitheachother.Topresumeawantofmotivesforsuchcontestsasanargumentagainsttheirexistence,wouldbetoforgetthatmenareambitious,vindictive,andrapacious.Tolookforacontinuationofharmonybetweenanumberofinde
5、pendent,unconnectedsovereigntiesinthesameneighborhood,wouldbetodisregardtheuniformcourseofhumanevents,andtosetatdefiancetheaccumulatedexperienceofages.Thecausesofhostilityamongnationsareinnumerable.Therearesomewhichhaveageneralandalmostconstantoperationupon
6、thecollectivebodiesofsociety.Ofthisdescriptionaretheloveofpowerorthedesireofpre-eminenceanddominion--thejealousyofpower,orthedesireofequalityandsafety.Thereareotherswhichhaveamorecircumscribedthoughanequallyoperativeinfluencewithintheirspheres.Sucharetheriv
7、alshipsandcompetitionsofcommercebetweencommercialnations.Andthereareothers,notlessnumerousthaneitheroftheformer,whichtaketheiroriginentirelyinprivatepassions;intheattachments,enmities,interests,hopes,andfearsofleadingindividualsinthecommunitiesofwhichtheyar
8、emembers.Menofthisclass,whetherthefavoritesofakingorofapeople,haveintoomanyinstancesabusedtheconfidencetheypossessed;andassumingthepretextofsomepublicmotive,havenotscrupledtosacrificethenationaltranqui
