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Introduction | |
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The Plan of The Federalist | |
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Note on Authorship and the Text | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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Introductory: The Union and its new Constitution | |
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Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence | |
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Foreign Dangers continued | |
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Foreign Dangers continued | |
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Foreign Dangers continued | |
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Concerning Dangers from War between the States | |
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Dangers from within continued | |
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The Consequences of Hostilities between the States | |
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The Union as a Safeguard against Domestic Faction and Insurrection | |
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The Union as a Safeguard continued | |
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The Utility of the Union in respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy | |
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The Utility of the Union in respect to Revenue | |
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Advantage of the Union in respect to Economy in Government | |
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Objections to the Proposed Constitution from Extent of Territory answered | |
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The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to preserve the Union | |
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The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation continued | |
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The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation continued | |
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The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation continued | |
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The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation continued | |
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The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation continued | |
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Other Defects of the Present Confederation | |
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Other Defects continued | |
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The Necessity of a Government as energetic as the one proposed to the Preservation of the Union | |
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The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense further considered | |
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Powers Necessary to the Common Defense continued | |
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The Idea of restraining the Legislative Authority in regard to the Common Defense considered | |
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Restraining the Legislative Authority continued | |
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Restraining the Legislative Authority continued | |
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Concerning the Militia | |
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Concerning the General Power of Taxation | |
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General Power of Taxation continued | |
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General Power of Taxation continued | |
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General Power of Taxation continued | |
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General Power of Taxation continued | |
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General Power of Taxation continued | |
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General Power of Taxation continued | |
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Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government | |
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Difficulties in devising a Proper Form of Government continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan exposed | |
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The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles | |
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The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government examined and sustained | |
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General View of the Powers conferred by the Constitution | |
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The Powers conferred by the Constitution further considered | |
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The Powers conferred by the Constitution continued | |
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Restrictions on the Authority of the several States | |
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The alleged Danger from the Powers of the Union to the State Government considered | |
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The Influence of the State and Federal Governments compared | |
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The Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power among its Different Parts | |
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These Departments should not be so far separated as to have no Constitutional Control over each other | |
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Method of Guarding against the Encroachments of any one Department of Government by appealing to the People through a Convention | |
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Periodical Appeals to the People considered | |
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The Structure of the Government must furnish the proper Checks and Balances between the different Departments | |
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The House of Representatives | |
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The House of Representatives continued | |
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The Apportionment of Members among the States | |
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The Total Number of the House of Representatives | |
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The Total Number of the House of Representatives continued | |
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The alleged Tendency of the new Plan to elevate the Few at the Expense of the Many considered in Connection with Representation | |
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Objection that the Number of Members will not be Augmented as the Progress of Population demands, considered | |
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Concerning the Powers of Congress to regulate the Election of Members | |
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The Power of Congress continued | |
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The Power of Congress continued | |
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The Senate | |
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The Senate continued | |
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The Powers of the Senate | |
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The Powers of the Senate continued | |
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Objections to the Power of the Senate to sit as a Court for Impeachments further considered | |
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The Executive Department | |
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The Mode of Electing the President | |
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The real Character of the Executive | |
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The Executive Department further considered | |
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The Duration in Office of the Executive | |
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The Duration in Office of the Executive continued, and re-eligibility of the Executive considered | |
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The Provision for the Support of the Executive, and the Veto Power | |
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The Command of the Military and Naval Forces, and the pardoning Power of the Executive | |
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The Treaty-making Power of the Executive | |
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The appointing Power of the Executive | |
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The appointing Power continued and other Powers of the Executive considered | |
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The Judiciary Department | |
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The Judiciary continued | |
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The Powers of the Judiciary | |
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The Judiciary continued, and the distribution of the Judicial Authority | |
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The Judiciary continued | |
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The Judiciary continued in relation to Trial by Jury | |
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Certain General and Miscellaneous Objections to the Constitution considered and answered | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Index | |