As the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights of sovereignty which they before had, and which were not, by that act, EXCLUSIVELY delegated to the United States.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 32

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 32: The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation." Daily Advertiser, 3 Jan. 1788.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 32: States will have concurrent power to tax.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.