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Federalist Papers
June 21, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #44 – Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States
Written by James Madison Published Friday, January 25, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: A fifth class of provisions in favor of the federal authority consists of the following restrictions on the authority of the several States: 1. “No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters [...]
June 18, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #43 – The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered (continued)
Written by James Madison Published Wednesday, January 23, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE fourth class comprises the following miscellaneous powers: 1. A power “to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing, for a limited time, to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective [...]
June 16, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #42 – The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered
Written by James Madison Published Tuesday, January 22, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE second class of powers, lodged in the general government, consists of those which regulate the intercourse with foreign nations, to wit: to make treaties; to send and receive ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls; to define [...]
June 15, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #41 – General View of the Powers Conferred by The Constitution
Written by James Madison Published Saturday, January 19, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE Constitution proposed by the convention may be considered under two general points of view. The FIRST relates to the sum or quantity of power which it vests in the government, including the restraints imposed on [...]
June 14, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #40 – On the Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained
Written by James Madison Published Friday, January 18, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE second point to be examined is, whether the convention were authorized to frame and propose this mixed Constitution. The powers of the convention ought, in strictness, to be determined by an inspection of the commissions [...]
- FEDERALIST PAPER #39 – Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles
Written by James Madison Published Wednesday, January 16, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE last paper having concluded the observations which were meant to introduce a candid survey of the plan of government reported by the convention, we now proceed to the execution of that part of our undertaking. [...]
June 11, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #38 – The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed
Written by James Madison Published Saturday, January 12, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: IT IS not a little remarkable that in every case reported by ancient history, in which government has been established with deliberation and consent, the task of framing it has not been committed to an assembly of [...]
June 10, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #37 – Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government
Written by James Madison Published Friday, January 11, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: IN REVIEWING the defects of the existing Confederation, and showing that they cannot be supplied by a government of less energy than that before the public, several of the most important principles of the latter fell [...]
June 9, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #36 – Concerning the General Power of Taxation (continued)
Written by Alexander Hamilton Published Tuesday, January 8, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: WE HAVE seen that the result of the observations, to which the foregoing number has been principally devoted, is, that from the natural operation of the different interests and views of the various classes of the community, [...]
June 7, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #35 – Concerning the General Power of Taxation (continued)
Written by Alexander Hamilton Published Saturday, January 5, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: BEFORE we proceed to examine any other objections to an indefinite power of taxation in the Union, I shall make one general remark; which is, that if the jurisdiction of the national government, in the article [...]
June 4, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #34 – Concerning the General Power of Taxation (continued)
Written by Alexander Hamilton Published Saturday, January 5, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: I FLATTER myself it has been clearly shown in my last number that the particular States, under the proposed Constitution, would have COEQUAL authority with the Union in the article of revenue, except as to duties [...]
June 2, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #33 – Concerning the General Power of Taxation (continued)
Written by Alexander Hamilton Written Wednesday, January 2, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE residue of the argument against the provisions of the Constitution in respect to taxation is ingrafted upon the following clause. The last clause of the eighth section of the first article of the plan under [...]
- FEDERALIST PAPER #32 – Concerning the General Power of Taxation (continued)
Written by Alexander Hamilton Published Wednesday, January 2, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: ALTHOUGH I am of opinion that there would be no real danger of the consequences which seem to be apprehended to the State governments from a power in the Union to control them in the levies [...]
June 1, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #31 – Concerning the General Power of Taxation (continued)
Written by Alexander Hamilton Published Tuesday, January 1, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: IN DISQUISITIONS of every kind, there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasonings must depend. These contain an internal evidence which, antecedent to all reflection or combination, commands the assent of the [...]
May 28, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #30 – Concerning the General Power of Taxation
Written by Alexander Hamilton Published Friday, December 28, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: IT HAS been already observed that the federal government ought to possess the power of providing for the support of the national forces; in which proposition was intended to be included the expense of raising troops, [...]
May 27, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #29 – Concerning the Militia
Written by Alexander Hamilton Published Wednesday, January 9, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE power of regulating the militia, and of commanding its services in times of insurrection and invasion are natural incidents to the duties of superintending the common defense, and of watching over the internal peace of [...]
- FEDERALIST PAPER #28 – Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered (continued)
Written by Alexander Hamilton Published Friday, December 26, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: THAT there may happen cases in which the national government may be necessitated to resort to force, cannot be denied. Our own experience has corroborated the lessons taught by the examples of other nations; that emergencies [...]
May 25, 2010
- The Federalist No. 27 – Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered (continued)
Written by Alexander Hamilton Published Tuesday, December 25, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: IT HAS been urged, in different shapes, that a Constitution of the kind proposed by the convention cannot operate without the aid of a military force to execute its laws. This, however, like most other things [...]
May 24, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #26 – Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered
Written by Alexander Hamilton Published Saturday, December 22, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: IT WAS a thing hardly to be expected that in a popular revolution the minds of men should stop at that happy mean which marks the salutary boundary between POWER and PRIVILEGE, and combines the energy [...]
May 21, 2010
- FEDERALIST PAPER #25 -The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered (continued)
Written by Alexander Hamilton Published Friday, December 21, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: IT MAY perhaps be urged that the objects enumerated in the preceding number ought to be provided for by the State governments, under the direction of the Union. But this would be, in reality, an inversion [...]
