From the New York Packet Tuesday, March 11, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE constitution of the executive department of the proposed government, claims next our attention. There is hardly any part of the system which could have been attended with greater difficulty in the arrangement of it than this;…
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Federalist No 66, Objections to the Power of the Senate…
…To Set as a Court for Impeachments Further Considered From the Independent Journal Saturday, March 8, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: A REVIEW of the principal objections that have appeared against the proposed court for the trial of impeachments, will not improbably eradicate the remains of any unfavorable impressions which…
Federalist No 65, The Powers of the Senate, Continued
From the New York Packet Friday, March 7, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE remaining powers which the plan of the convention allots to the Senate, in a distinct capacity, are comprised in their participation with the executive in the appointment to offices, and in their judicial character as a…
Federalist No 64, The Powers of the Senate
From the Independent Journal Wednesday, March 5, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: IT IS a just and not a new observation, that enemies to particular persons, and opponents to particular measures, seldom confine their censures to such things only in either as are worthy of blame. Unless on this principle,…
Federalist No 63, The Senate, Continued
For the Independent Journal Saturday, March 1, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: A FIFTH desideratum, illustrating the utility of a senate, is the want of a due sense of national character. Without a select and stable member of the government, the esteem of foreign powers will not only be forfeited…