The Federalist Papers

by Hamilton, Alexander; Mcmclellan, James; Madison, James; Carey, George Wescott; McClellan, James

• ISBN13: 9780865972896
• ISBN10: 0865972893
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

The Federalist by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay constitutes a text central to the American political tradition. Written and published in newspapers in 1787 and 1788 to explain and promote ratification of the proposed Constitution for the United States, which were then bound by the Articles of Confederation, The Federalist remains of singular importance to students of liberty around the world. The Liberty Fund edition of Federalist includes a new introduction notes to The Federalist, a glossary, and the entirety of the Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, and the United States Constitution. Adjoining the text of the Constitution are cross-references linking provisions of the Constitution to the pertinent passages in The Federalist that address the specific term, phrase, section, or article within the Constitution.

Table of Contents

Editors' Introduction	xvii
Reader's Guide to The Federalist	lvii
Preface to the Gideon Edition	lxxxv
THE FEDERALIST
Introduction	1	(4)
Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force & Influence	5	(4)
The same Subject continued	9	(4)
The same Subject continued	13	(4)
The same Subject continued	17	(3)
Concerning Dangers from War between the States	20	(6)
The subject continued, and Particular Causes Enumerated	26	(6)
The effects of Internal War in producing Standing Armies, and other institutions unfriendly to liberty	32	(5)
The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard against Domestic Faction and Insurrection	37	(5)
The same Subject continued	42	(7)
The Utility of the Union in respect to Commerce and a Navy	49	(6)
The Utility of the Union in respect to Revenue	55	(5)
The same Subject continued, with a view to Economy	60	(2)
An Objection drawn from the Extent of Country, Answered	62	(6)
Concerning the Defects of the Present Confederation, in Relation to the Principle of Legislation for the States in their Collective Capacities	68	(7)
The same Subject continued, in relation to the same Principles	75	(5)
The Subject continued, and Illustrated by Examples, to show the tendency of Federal Governments, rather to Anarchy among the Members, than Tyranny in the Head	80	(4)
The Subject continued, with further Examples	84	(6)
The Subject continued, with further Examples	90	(5)
The Subject continued, with further Examples	95	(4)
Further defects of the present Constitution	99	(5)
The same subject continued, and concluded	104	(8)
The necessity of a government, at least equally energetic with the one proposed	112	(5)
The subject continued, with an answer to an objection concerning standing armies	117	(5)
The subject continued, with the same view	122	(4)
The subject continued, with the same view	126	(6)
The subject continued, with the same view	132	(4)
The same subject continued	136	(4)
Concerning the militia	140	(5)
Concerning taxation	145	(5)
The same subject continued	150	(4)
The same subject continued	154	(4)
The same subject continued	158	(4)
The same subject continued	162	(5)
The same subject continued	167	(5)
The same subject continued	172	(7)
Concerning the difficulties which the convention must have experienced in the formation of a proper plan	179	(7)
The subject continued, and the incoherence of the objections to the plan, exposed	186	(7)
The conformity of the plan to republican principles: an objection in respect to the powers of the convention, examined	193	(6)
The same objection further examined	199	(8)
General view of the powers proposed to be vested in the union	207	(8)
The same view continued	215	(7)
The same view continued	222	(8)
The same view continued and concluded	230	(7)
A further discussion of the supposed danger from the powers of the union, to the state governments	237	(5)
The subject of the last paper resumed; with an examination of the comparative means of influence of the federal and state governments	242	(7)
The meaning of the maxim, which requires a separation of the departments of power, examined and ascertained	249	(7)
The same subject continued, with a view to the means of giving efficacy in practice to that maxim	256	(4)
The same subject continued, with the same view	260	(4)
The same subject continued, with the same view	264	(3)
The same subject continued, with the same view, and concluded	267	(5)
Concerning the house of representatives, with a view to the qualifications of the electors and elected, and the time of service of the members	272	(4)
The same subject continued, with a view of the term of service of the members	276	(6)
The same subject continued, with a view to the ratio of representation	282	(4)
The same subject continued, in relation to the total number of the body	286	(5)
The subject continued, in relation to the same point	291	(4)
The same subject continued, in relation to the supposed tendency of the plan of the convention to elevate the few above the many	295	(5)
The same subject continued, in relation to the future augmentation of the members	300	(5)
Concerning the regulation of elections	305	(5)
The same subject continued	310	(5)
The same subject continued, and concluded	315	(4)
Concerning the constitution of the senate, with regard to the qualifications of the members; the manner of appointing them; the equality of representation; the number of the senators, and the duration of their appointments	319	(6)
A further view of the constitution of the senate, in regard to the duration of the appointments of its members	325	(7)
A further view of the constitution of the senate, in regard to the power of making treaties	332	(5)
A further view of the constitution of the senate, in relation to its capacity, as a court for the trial of impeachments	337	(5)
The same subject continued	342	(5)
Concerning the constitution of the president: a gross attempt to misrepresent this part of the plan detected	347	(4)
The view of the constitution of the president continued, in relation to the mode of appointment	351	(4)
The same view continued, with a comparison between the president and the king of Great Britain, on the one hand, and the governor of New York, on the other	355	(7)
The same view continued, in relation to the unity of the executive, and with an examination of the project of an executive council	362	(7)
The same view continued, in regard to the duration of the office	369	(5)
The same view continued, in regard to the re-eligibility of the president	374	(5)
The same view continued, in relation to the provision concerning support, and the power of the negative	379	(5)
The same view continued, in relation to the command of the national forces, and the power of pardoning	384	(3)
The same view continued, in relation to the power of making treaties	387	(4)
The same view continued, in relation to the appointment of the officers of the government	391	(5)
The view of the constitution of the president concluded, with a further consideration of the power of appointment, and a concise examination of his remaining powers	396	(5)
A view of the constitution of the judicial department in relation to the tenure of good behaviour	401	(7)
A further view of the judicial department, in relation to the provisions for the support and responsibility of the judges	408	(3)
A further view of the judicial department, in relation to the extent of its powers	411	(6)
A further view of the judicial department, in relation to the distribution of its authority	417	(9)
A further view of the judicial department, in reference to some miscellaneous questions	426	(4)
A further view of the judicial department, in relation to the trial by jury	430	(12)
Concerning several miscellaneous objections	442	(10)
Conclusion	452	(7)
Glossary	459	(67)
Appendixes
1. The Declaration of Independence	495	(5)
2. Articles of Confederation	500	(10)
3. Virginia Resolution Proposing the Annapolis Convention	510	(1)
4. Proceedings of the Annapolis Convention	511	(5)
5. Virginia Resolution Providing Delegates to the Federal Convention of 1787	516	(2)
6. Call by the Continental Congress for the Federal Convention of 1787	518	(2)
7. Resolution of the Federal Convention Submitting the Constitution to the Continental Congress	520	(2)
8. Washington's Letter of Transmittal to the President of the Continental Congress	522	(2)
9. Resolution of the Continental Congress Submitting the Constitution to the Several States	524	(1)
10. Letter of the Secretary of the Continental Congress Transmitting Copy of the Constitution to the Several Governors	525	(1)
The Constitution of the United States (cross-referenced with The Federalist) and Amendments	526	(27)
Index	553