1. Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist Papers
He states that early commercial success and the "adventurous spirit "1 which distinguishes America in foreign trade, will be dangerous to the several maritime powers of Europe and threaten their existing trade advantages among the States. ... Hamilton notes that one area of concern would be the rights of fisheries and the right of navigation on the Mississippi and the Western Lakes that are also granted to the Federal Union. ... Hamilton notes that it would take an army to patrol the borders and rivers just as it does in France, which employs an army of over twenty thousand men to protect thei...
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