Category — John Jay

Federalist No. 4 is a continuation of John Jay's arguments for consolidation of the federal government and the increased security derived from it. There is an interesting bit about the predilections of absolute monarchs that are still relevant today.   Read the rest of this entry »

Federalist No. 3 is another one of John Jay's contributions and is a continuation of his arguments for strong union. His argument in this essay is that the stronger and more unified America is, the safer it will be.   Read the rest of this entry »

A Goldwater Institute report describes a different sort of separatism threatening the Union that Jay and other Federalist writers envisioned.   Read the rest of this entry »