Neptune's Needle

Soldier, governor of New York, and vice president of the United States.

His opposition to a strong federal government stemmed, in part, from the fact that] because of its fine harbor, New York had natural advantages in trade over other states in the union. Clinton feared that a federal government with the power to regulate commerce provided in the Constitution could be used to negate New York's commercial hegemony over neighboring states.

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Peter Richards