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SYNOPTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Essay,  Page
I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION, No. I. 1
II. "THE UTILITY OF THE UNION TO YOUR [the People of the State of New York] POLITICAL PROSPERITY," II. 6
1. introduction, 6
2. in its political relations with foreign nations, III. 12
A. by securing it against dangers from foreign arms and influence, 12
a. through a removal of the usual causes of just war, 13
a. violations of compacts and treaties, 13
A. by securing a more perfect administration of government, 13
a. by the employment of better men than those employed in State governments, 13
b. by an uniform interpretation of the provisions of those compacts and treaties, 14
c. by avoiding the local temptation to bad faith to which a single State may yield, 14
d. by avoiding local prejudices to which a single State may be subject, 14
b. direct and unlawful violence, 15
b. through the greater ability which it will afford to settle amicably those causes of just war, 16
a. in the absence of local pride and prejudices, 16
b. in the greater strength of the States when united, 16
c. through its removal beyond the influence of unjust causes, IV. 17
a. the superior power of neighboring nations, 17
b. the jealousy of foreign powers from successful trade, 18
B. by securing it from similar influences in the several States, if disunited, V. 22
C. by preventing European alliances with rival States or confederacies, 26
3. in its political relations with the Peoples of other States, VI. 27
A. by securing it from inter-State hostilities, 27
a. the danger of hostilities arising between "independent, unconnected sovereignties," 27
a. through love of power, 28
b. through jealousy of power, 28
c. through competitions of commerce, 28
d. through individual passions and influences, 28
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