The Civil War revealed the centrality of a common foundation of morality to Hamilton’s approach to debt and public finance. As a result, his approach foundered on the differences between the different states’ conception of morality.
将各州债务算为联邦债务并不能保证政治秩序。美国内战表明，对于汉密尔顿的债务和公共财政方法，道德才是共同基础的核心。因此，在各州道德观念不一的背景下，汉密尔顿的方法失败了。