Thanks for commenting! I was afraid nobody would see this since I got in to the thread pretty late. The quote is Hamilton wrapping up his argument in Federalis

Thanks for commenting! I was afraid nobody would see this since I got in to the thread pretty late. The quote is Hamilton wrapping up his argument in Federalist 68 (it's from the last paragraph not talking about the vice presidency). The point here doesn't support the decision of EC vs. direct voting, since no state had even close to a majority of the nation's population at the time. I read this more of him trying to remind the reader that putting thought into the election process at all is worthy of thought and effort.