THE FEDERALIST

A COMMENTARY ON

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE

UNITED STATES

BY

ALEXANDER HAMILTON, JAMES MADISON,

and JOHN JAY

EDITED, WITH NOTES, ILLUSTRATIVE DOCUMENTS,

AND A COPIOUS INDEX

BY

PAUL LEICESTER FORD

Editor of Pamphlets and Essays on the Constitution

NEW YORK

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

1898

CONTENTS.

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PAGE

Editor's INTRODUCTION,

vii

HAMILTON'S SYLLABUS OF • THE FEDERALIST,”

xliii

MADISON'S ACCOUNT OF “ THE FEDERALIST,"

xlix

EDITOR'S TABLE OF CONTENTS OF · THE FEDERALIST,” li

HAMILTON'S TABLE OF CONTENTS OF "THE FEDERALIST,” lxxiii

HAMILTON'S PREFACE TO • THE FEDERALIST,"

Ixxvii

THE FEDERALIST,

1-588

APPENDIX,

589

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, 1981,

591

THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, 1787-1789,

598

AMENDMENTS THERETO, 1789-1870, .

621

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY MASSACHUSETTS, 1788,

632

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY SOUTH CAROLINA, 1788,

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1788,

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY VIRGINIA, 1788,

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY NEW YORK, 1788,

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY NORTH CAROLINA, 1788,

646

JEFFERSON'S OPINION ON A NATIONAL BANK, 1791,

HAMILTON'S OPINION ON A NATIONAL BANK, 1791, .

KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS OF 1798,

VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS OF 1798,

JEFFERSON'S PROPOSED LOUISIANA AMENDMENT, 1803,

686

ABSTRACT OF DECISION IN CASE OF MARBURY VS. MADISON, 1803, 686

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY HARTFORD CONVENTION, 1814,

687

MISSOURI COMPROMISE, 1820.

689

SOUTH CAROLINA ORDINANCE OF NULLIFICATION, 1832,

690

JACKSON'S NULLIFICATION PROCLAMATION, 1832,

692

ABSTRACT OF DRED SCOTT DECISION, 1857,

708

SOUTH CAROLINA ORDINANCE OF SECESSION, 1860,

711

SOUTH CAROLINA DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 1860,

711

CRITTENDEN'S AMENDMENTS, 1861,

PEACE CONFERENCE AMENDMENTS, 1861,

CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, 1861,

720

ACT CREATING ELECTORAL COMMISSION, 1877,

732

ABSTRACT OF DECISION IN THIRD LEGAL TENDER CASE, 1884, 736

INDE),

739

651

655

679

684

716

718

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