CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, 29 APRIL 1788

One and All
New York, 29 April 17881
To the Citizens of New-York.
Keep a good Look-Out, my Fellow-Citizens! The enemies of federalism
know they can do nothing in this City by fair play. They are, therefore,
trying to divide you, that they may, if possible, smuggle in a few of their
friends, and they stick at nothing to effect this. Witness the publication
in Greenleaf's paper, signed Honestus; who, under the mask of friend-
ship to the proposed Constitution, insults the whole body of Mechanics,
in order to raise their prejudices against it. Witness the hand-bill to-day,
signed Many Federalists, endeavoring to raise a cry against the LAWYERS;
and, on this pretence, leaving out the JUDGES. You can be at no loss to
spy out the cloven foot. One circumstance will convince you. It is said
amendments are wanting to the Constitution, and particularly to the
Judicial department; and that the Lawyers, who are interested in multiply-
ing the difficulties in law proceedings, will be unwilling to rectify what
may be wrong in that department.-But let me ask them one plain ques-
tion. Will the Judges of the State Courts be interested to lessen the impor-
tance of their own Courts in favor of the Federal Courts? IT is evident, that
if the Federal Courts, as is pretended, would have too much power, the
Judges of the State Courts are more likely than any other people in the
State, from a regard to their own importance, to concur in measures for
reducing the power of the national Judges. This proves, as clear as day,
that no Federalist had any hand in the paper, signed MANY FEDERAL-
ISTS; and that it is a mere contrivance to divide and rule.
29th April, 1788.
1. Broadside (Evans 21500). "One and All" responds to "Honestus," New York Journal,
26 April, and "Many Federalists," 28 April (both above). The pseudonym "One and All,"
was probably taken from "The Federal Ticket," Independent Journal, 9 April (above), which
declared: "In Supporting the present Nomination let ONE AND ALL BE OUR MOTTO."
A Freeholder
New York Daily Advertiser, 29 April 1788
To the Freeholders and Freemen of the City and County of New-York.
Fellow Citizens and Freemen, We are now called upon to ascertain, by
our conduct, whether we are inclined to act the part of good citizens,
by supporting the reputation [of] our country, or whether we are dis-
posed to verify the mortifying predictions of our enemies, who, from
their pretended knowledge of the American character, long since as-
serted, that our natural fickleness and impatience of control would
soon render us sick of our independence and tired of our freedom.
The great object now before us, and which has already engrossed
much of the time and attention of our sister States, is come home to our

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