These considerations and many others that might be mentioned prove, an…

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These considerations and many others that might be mentioned prove, and experience confirms it, that artisans and manufacturers will commonly be disposed to bestow their votes on merchants. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in 1788, p.153
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