By Patrick J. Buchanan

In Federalist 2, John Jay looks out at a nation of a common blood, faith, , history, customs and culture.

“Providence,” he writes, “has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people — a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same , professing the same … very similar in their manners and customs …”

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