…to Regulate the Election of Members, Continued From the Independent Journal Saturday, February 23, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: WE HAVE seen, that an uncontrollable power over the elections to the federal government could not, without hazard, be committed to the State legislatures. Let us now see, what would be…
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Federalist No 59, Concerning the Power of Congress…
…to Regulate the Election of Members From the New York Packet Friday, February 22, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE natural order of the subject leads us to consider, in this place, that provision of the Constitution which authorizes the national legislature to regulate, in the last resort, the election…
Federalist No 58, Objection That The Number of Members Will Not Be Augmented…
…as the Progress of Population Demands Considered For the Independent Journal Wednesday, February 20, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE remaining charge against the House of Representatives, which I am to examine, is grounded on a supposition that the number of members will not be augmented from time to time,…
Federalist No 57, The Alleged Tendency of the New Plan to Elevate the Few…
…at the Expense of the Many Considered in Connection with Representation From the New York Packet Tuesday, February 19, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE THIRD charge against the House of Representatives is, that it will be taken from that class of citizens which will have least sympathy with the…
Federalist No 56, The Total Number of the House of Representatives, Continued
For the Independent Journal Saturday, February 16, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE SECOND charge against the House of Representatives is, that it will be too small to possess a due knowledge of the interests of its constituents. As this objection evidently proceeds from a comparison of the proposed number…