From the New York Packet Tuesday, January 22, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE SECOND class of powers, lodged in the general government, consists of those which regulate the intercourse with foreign nations, to wit: to make treaties; to send and receive ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls; to define…
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Federalist No 41, General View of the Powers Conferred by The Constitution
For the Independent Journal Saturday, January 19, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE Constitution proposed by the convention may be considered under two general points of view. The FIRST relates to the sum or quantity of power which it vests in the government, including the restraints imposed on the States.…
Federalist No 40, On the Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government…
…Examined and Sustained For the New York Packet Friday, January 18, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE SECOND point to be examined is, whether the convention were authorized to frame and propose this mixed Constitution. The powers of the convention ought, in strictness, to be determined by an inspection of…
Federalist No 39, The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles
For the Independent Journal Wednesday, January 16, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE last paper having concluded the observations which were meant to introduce a candid survey of the plan of government reported by the convention, we now proceed to the execution of that part of our undertaking. The first…
Federalist No 38, Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed
From the Independent Journal Saturday, January 12, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: IT IS not a little remarkable that in every case reported by ancient history, in which government has been established with deliberation and consent, the task of framing it has not been committed to an assembly of men,…