Alexander Hamilton Federalist No. 1 Essay

Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 1 argues for the ratification of the Constitution in the state of New York through the suspension of self-interests and dangerous ambitions. The future of the newborn nation rested on the formation of its government already gravely insufficient and bound to fail under the direction of the Articles of Confederation. Hamilton expressed the purpose of his discussion in the Federalist Papers declaring, “The utility of the union to your political prosperity The insufficiency of the present Confederation to preserve that Union….The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government....The additional security which its adoption will afford to the preservation of that species …show more content…
1 rested on the opportunity found in the proposed Constitution. Hamilton elevated this opportunity to a monumental choice resting on the people. The citizens of the United States were given a chance in history that had never been proposed, a chance to influence the political sphere in the formation of a government based on the social contract theory. “It seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force” (Hamilton). Hamilton wanted a republic which had a strong, central government to unite the nation, along with a Constitution which gave power to the people. By ratifying the constitution, He asserts the ability the people have to shape a nation by choice instead of chance. The ideal opportunity should not be left to fortune, but rather taken as a challenge citizens need to advantage of out of duty to their …show more content…
Human nature inclines itself towards personal gain, yet Hamilton calls the people to pause this tendency in order to ensure the success of the nation. Hamilton states, “Happy will it be if our choice should be directed by a judicious estimate of our true interests, unperplexed and unbiased by considerations not connected with the public good”. He offers a challenge to first discern the truth, and then make conclusions upon the public good which would then parallel the ideals of the Constitution. Hamilton outlines his convictions in Federalist No. 1, even writing, “For nothing can be more evident, to those who are able to take an enlarged view of the subject, than the alternative of an adoption of the new Constitution or a dismemberment of the Union,” stressing the necessity of the ratification of the Constitution in the state of New