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Furthermore, Hamilton says human nature makes it so the people are more closely attached to things they are geographically near, hence a person is more attached to their neighborhood than the community at large. Therefore, "The people of each state would be apt to feel a stronger bias towards their
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Federalist No. 17 specifically regards the possible encroachment by the federal government on the powers of the state governments. Hamilton argues that because states are given the most direct power over their citizens, namely the ability to administer criminal and civil justice, they remain "the
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most attractive source of popular obedience and attachment". According to Hamilton, this power contributes more than any other circumstance to impressing upon the minds of the people affection, esteem, and reverence towards the government .
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Because of the reasons listed, Hamilton believes that state governments will have the popular strength to resist encroachment on their
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to satisfactorily govern the United States; it is the third of six essays on this topic. It is titled "
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The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union"
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The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union
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papers were published. No. 17 addresses the insufficiencies of the
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local governments than towards the government of the union."
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