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====Nationalists====

Other delegates, notably Hamilton, wished to see most power in a centralized government, at the expense of the states.  The Hamilton Plan, a plan which was not even debated when it was proposed, was viewed by the delegates as outright abolishing the states altogether into one nationalized governmental body.  First proposed in a long dissertation on June 18th, Hamilton returned the following day and stated the following:

Other delegates, notably Hamilton, wished to see most power in a centralized government, at the expense of the states.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1GfMQlHQl0YC&pg=PA100 The Principles of Constitutional Government: Political Sovereignty], "Hamilton's proposed plan called for the subjugation of the States.  He candidly confessed that he would prefer to abolish the states completely, but was willing to tolerate their existence if they could be controlled completely by a centralized government."</ref> The Hamilton Plan, a plan which was not even debated when it was proposed, was viewed by the delegates as outright abolishing the states altogether into one nationalized governmental body.  First proposed in a long dissertation on June 18th, Hamilton returned the following day and stated the following:

<blockquote>Col. HAMILTON coincided with the proposition as it stood in the Report. He had not been understood yesterday. By an abolition of the States, he meant that no boundary could be drawn between the National & State Legislatures; that the former must therefore have indefinite authority. If it were limited at all, the rivalship of the States would gradually subvert it. Even as Corporations the extent of some of them as Virginia, Massachusetts, etc. would be formidable. As States, he thought they ought to be abolished. But he admitted the necessity of leaving in them, subordinate jurisdictions.<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_619.asp Madison Debates, June 19]</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>Col. HAMILTON coincided with the proposition as it stood in the Report. He had not been understood yesterday. By an abolition of the States, he meant that no boundary could be drawn between the National & State Legislatures; that the former must therefore have indefinite authority. If it were limited at all, the rivalship of the States would gradually subvert it. Even as Corporations the extent of some of them as Virginia, Massachusetts, etc. would be formidable. As States, he thought they ought to be abolished. But he admitted the necessity of leaving in them, subordinate jurisdictions.<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_619.asp Madison Debates, June 19]</ref></blockquote>