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New York Ratifying Convention. Second Speech of July 2 (Melancton Smith’s Version), [2 July 1788]

New York Ratifying Convention. Second Speech of July 2
(Melancton Smith’s Version)1

[Poughkeepsie, New York, July 2, 1788]

Mr Hamilton sd. If the States are not united, therefore necessary to clog it—concludes the other way.

The major Interests, ought always to govern.

If it shd. become a steady principle, not to make war for rights, soon have no rights.

Melancton Smith MS Notes, from the original in the New York State Library, Albany.

1. See “New York Ratifying Convention. Introductory Note,” June 17–July 26, 1788.

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    Smith, Melancton
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    2 July 1788

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    “New York Ratifying Convention. Second Speech of July 2 (Melancton Smith’s Version), [2 July 1788],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-05-02-0012-0052. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 5, June 1788 – November 1789, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 144.]