The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being a Collection of Essays Written in Support of the Constitution Agreed Upon September 17, 1787, by the Federal Convention |
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... Importance attached to this subject - Difficulty of determining the proper number - Small States require smaller ratios - Limited powers of Congress do not demand a numerous representation - Various ob- jections considered and answered ...
... Importance attached to this subject - Difficulty of determining the proper number - Small States require smaller ratios - Limited powers of Congress do not demand a numerous representation - Various ob- jections considered and answered ...
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... important - The want of any provision in the Constitution fixing such a day considered - Con- cluding remarks on the ... Importance of this power - Property vested in the Senate - A popular body not fit for this power - Reasons ...
... important - The want of any provision in the Constitution fixing such a day considered - Con- cluding remarks on the ... Importance of this power - Property vested in the Senate - A popular body not fit for this power - Reasons ...
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... important fact is that this , the earliest list , drawn up by a singularly accurate man years before there was any thought of controversy , agrees in the main with the Benson list , and assigns the twelve disputed numbers unhesitatingly ...
... important fact is that this , the earliest list , drawn up by a singularly accurate man years before there was any thought of controversy , agrees in the main with the Benson list , and assigns the twelve disputed numbers unhesitatingly ...
Page xxix
... important numbers . Having stated what the authorities are , it merely remains to examine them . Suggestions have not been wanting that the principal Hamilton list , that of Benson , never existed . It is difficult to see how any one ...
... important numbers . Having stated what the authorities are , it merely remains to examine them . Suggestions have not been wanting that the principal Hamilton list , that of Benson , never existed . It is difficult to see how any one ...
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... that Hamilton would have added such an important sentence himself , or permitted any one else to add it , to an essay which he did not know to be his own . The insertion of this sentence , therefore xxxiv THE FEDERALIST .
... that Hamilton would have added such an important sentence himself , or permitted any one else to add it , to an essay which he did not know to be his own . The insertion of this sentence , therefore xxxiv THE FEDERALIST .
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Page 545 - ... ..of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated.. ..of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace... .appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of...
Page 265 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens...
Page 543 - ... felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the governor or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence. Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Page 552 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Page 52 - By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
Page 240 - May next, to take into consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the Constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union ; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled, as, when agreed to by them, and afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State, will effectually provide for the same.
Page 544 - No state shall be represented in congress by less than two nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Page 56 - I mean a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person, can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction.
Page 560 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President. if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the...
Page 327 - Whilst all authority in it will be derived from and dependent on the society, the society itself will be broken into so many parts, interests and classes of citizens, that the rights of individuals, or of the minority, will be in little danger from interested combinations of the majority.