The Federalist Or, the New Constitution

by Hamilton, Alexander; Madison, James; Jay, John; Hamilton, Alexander; Madison, James; Jay, John; Brock, William R.

• ISBN13: 9781842121061
• ISBN10: 1842121065
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc

Summary

With the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, The Federalist is among one of the most important political documents in American history.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
The Plan of The Federalist	xxiii
Note on Authorship and the Text	xxv
Suggestions for Further Reading	xxvi
Introductory: The Union and its new Constitution	1	(4)
Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence	5	(4)
Foreign Dangers continued	9	(3)
Foreign Dangers continued	12	(4)
Foreign Dangers continued	16	(4)
Concerning Dangers from War between the States	20	(5)
Dangers from within continued	25	(6)
The Consequences of Hostilities between the States	31	(5)
The Union as a Safeguard against Domestic Faction and Insurrection	36	(5)
The Union as a Safeguard continued	41	(7)
The Utility of the Union in respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy	48	(6)
The Utility of the Union in respect to Revenue	54	(5)
Advantage of the Union in respect to Economy in Government	59	(3)
Objections to the Proposed Constitution from Extent of Territory answered	62	(5)
The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to preserve the Union	67	(7)
The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation continued	74	(5)
The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation continued	79	(4)
The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation continued	83	(5)
The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation continued	88	(5)
The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation continued	93	(5)
Other Defects of the Present Confederation	98	(4)
Other Defects continued	102	(9)
The Necessity of a Government as energetic as the one proposed to the Preservation of the Union	111	(9)
The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense further considered	120	(4)
Powers Necessary to the Common Defense continued	124	(1)
The Idea of restraining the Legislative Authority in regard to the Common Defense considered	125	(5)
Restraining the Legislative Authority continued	130	(4)
Restraining the Legislative Authority continued	134	(4)
Concerning the Militia	138	(5)
Concerning the General Power of Taxation	143	(5)
General Power of Taxation continued	148	(4)
General Power of Taxation continued	152	(3)
General Power of Taxation continued	155	(4)
General Power of Taxation continued	159	(5)
General Power of Taxation continued	164	(6)
General Power of Taxation continued	170	(6)
Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government	176	(7)
Difficulties in devising a Proper Form of Government continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan exposed	183	(8)
The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles	191	(6)
The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government examined and sustained	197	(7)
General View of the Powers conferred by the Constitution	204	(9)
The Powers conferred by the Constitution further considered	213	(6)
The Powers conferred by the Constitution continued	219	(9)
Restrictions on the Authority of the several States	228	(7)
The alleged Danger from the Powers of the Union to the State Government considered	235	(5)
The Influence of the State and Federal Governments compared	240	(6)
The Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power among its Different Parts	246	(7)
These Departments should not be so far separated as to have no Constitutional Control over each other	253	(5)
Method of Guarding against the Encroachments of any one Department of Government by appealing to the People through a Convention	258	(4)
Periodical Appeals to the People considered	262	(3)
The Structure of the Government must furnish the proper Checks and Balances between the different Departments	265	(4)
The House of Representatives	269	(5)
The House of Representatives continued	274	(5)
The Apportionment of Members among the States	279	(5)
The Total Number of the House of Representatives	284	(4)
The Total Number of the House of Representatives continued	288	(4)
The alleged Tendency of the new Plan to elevate the Few at the Expense of the Many considered in Connection with Representation	292	(6)
Objection that the Number of Members will not be Augmented as the Progress of Population demands, considered	298	(5)
Concerning the Powers of Congress to regulate the Election of Members	303	(4)
The Power of Congress continued	307	(6)
The Power of Congress continued	313	(3)
The Senate	316	(6)
The Senate continued	322	(7)
The Powers of the Senate	329	(6)
The Powers of the Senate continued	335	(4)
Objections to the Power of the Senate to sit as a Court for Impeachments further considered	339	(6)
The Executive Department	345	(4)
The Mode of Electing the President	349	(3)
The real Character of the Executive	352	(7)
The Executive Department further considered	359	(8)
The Duration in Office of the Executive	367	(4)
The Duration in Office of the Executive continued, and re-eligibility of the Executive considered	371	(5)
The Provision for the Support of the Executive, and the Veto Power	376	(5)
The Command of the Military and Naval Forces, and the pardoning Power of the Executive	381	(3)
The Treaty-making Power of the Executive	384	(4)
The appointing Power of the Executive	388	(5)
The appointing Power continued and other Powers of the Executive considered	393	(4)
The Judiciary Department	397	(8)
The Judiciary continued	405	(2)
The Powers of the Judiciary	407	(6)
The Judiciary continued, and the distribution of the Judicial Authority	413	(9)
The Judiciary continued	422	(4)
The Judiciary continued in relation to Trial by Jury	426	(13)
Certain General and Miscellaneous Objections to the Constitution considered and answered	439	(10)
Concluding Remarks	449	(8)
Index	457