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CONTENTS.
Page.
No. 1. Mr. Hamilton. Introduction,
2. Mr. Jay.
Same.
3.
14. Mr. Madison.
15. Mr. Hamilton.
16.
17. Same.
The importance of union,
Importance of the Union as a safeguard against dangers from
foreign arms and influence,
The same subject continued,
Concerning dangers from war between the States,
The same subject continued, and illustrated by examples,
The effects of internal war in producing standing armies, and
other institutions unfavorable to liberty,
The importance of the Union as a safeguard against domes-
tic faction and insurrection,
The utility of the Union in respect to commerce and a navy,
The utility of the Union in respect to revenue,
The utility of the Union in respect to revenue, considered
with a view to economy,
10
13
An objection to the Constitution, drawn from the extent of
country, answered,
24
52
58
The defects of the existing Confederation. Evils of its prin-
ciple of legislating for the States as communities, as con-
tradistinguished from the individuals composing them,
The same subject continued, in relation to the same princi-
ple,
Answer to the objection that the principle of Federal legisla-
tion for the individual citizens of the several States, would
tend to render the Federal Government too powerful. Ex-
amples, showing the tendency of confederacies to anarchy
among the members, rather than to tyranny in the head, 62
The subject continued, with further examples,
21. Mr. Hamilton. Further defects of the existing confederacy, continued from
No. 15,
The same subject continued and concluded,
27. Same.
The same subject continued, with an answer to the objection
concerning standing armies,
The same subject continued, with the same view,
Concerning the militia,
Concerning taxation,
The necessity of a government at least equally energetic with
the one proposed,
25. Same.
26. Same.
102
28. Same.
-
105
Concerning the difficulties which the Convention must have
experienced in the formation of a proper plan,
The subject continued, and the incoherence of the objections
to the plan exposed,
138
143
No. 39. Mr. Madison. The conformity of the plan to republican principles: an ob-
jection in respect to the powers of the Convention exam-
ined,
The same objection further examined,
General view of the powers proposed to be vested in the
Union,
149
154
160
The same view continued and concluded,
179
A further discussion of the supposed danger from the pow-
ers of the Union, to the State governments,
The subject of the last paper resumed: with an examination of the comparative means of influence of the Federal and State Governments,
184
188
The meaning of the maxim, which requires a separation of
the departments of power, examined and ascertained,
The same subject continued, with a view to the means of
giving efficacy in practice to that maxim, -
193
198
The same subject continued, with the same view, and con-
cluded,
202
205
207
Concerning the House of Representatives, with a view to the
qualifications of the electors and elected, and to the time
of service of the members,
The same subject continued with a view to the term of ser-
vice of the members,
The same subject continued, with a view to the ratio of rep-
resentation,
The same subject continued, in relation to the total number
of the body,
The same subject continued, in relation to the same point,
The same subject continued, in relation to the supposed ten-
dency of the plan of the Convention to elevate the few
above the many,
The same subject continued, in relation to the future aug-
mentation of the members,
Concerning the regulation of elections,
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,
A further view of the constitution of the Senate, in regard to
the duration of the appointments of its members, -
the power of making treaties,
A further view of the constitution of the Senate, in relation to
its capacity as a court for the trial of impeachments,
Concerning the constitution of the President: A gross attempt
to misrepresent this part of the plan, detected,
The view of the constitution of the President continued, in
relation to the mode of appointment.-The Vice-president, 273
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,
The same view continued, in relation to the unity of the ex-
ecutive, and with an examination of the project of an ex-
ecutive council,
71.
The same view continued, in regard to the duration of the
office,
73. Same.
74. Same.
No. 72. Mr. Hamilton. The same view continued, in regard to the re-eligibility of
the President,
The same view continued, in relation to the provision con-
cerning support, and the power of the negative,
The same view continued, in relation to the command of the
National forces, and the power of pardoning,
290
294
299
The same view continued, in relation to the power of making
treaties,
200
The same view continued, in relation to the appointment of
the officers of the Government,
304
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,
A view of the constitution of the Judicial Department, in re-
lation to the tenure of good behaviour,
308
A further view of the Judicial Department in relation to the
provision for the support and responsibility of the judges, 317
A further view of the Judicial Department, in relation to the
extent of its powers,
distribution of its authority,
A further view of the Judicial Department, in reference to
some miscellaneous questions,
trial by jury,
334
344
351
APPENDIX.
The original articles of Confederation,
Letter from the President of the Convention, to the President of Congress,