From the New York Packet Tuesday, February 5, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: IT MAY be contended, perhaps, that instead of OCCASIONAL appeals to the people, which are liable to the objections urged against them, PERIODICAL appeals are the proper and adequate means of PREVENTING AND CORRECTING INFRACTIONS OF THE…
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Federalist No 49, Method of Guarding Against the Encroachments…
…of Any One Department of Government by Appealing to the People Through a Convention For the Independent Journal Saturday, February 2, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE author of the “Notes on the State of Virginia,” quoted in the last paper, has subjoined to that valuable work the draught of…
Federalist No 48, These Departments Should Not Be So Far Separated…
…as to Have No Constitutional Control Over Each Other From the New York Packet Friday, February 1, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: IT WAS shown in the last paper that the political apothegm there examined does not require that the legislative, executive, and judiciary departments should be wholly unconnected with…
Federalist No 47, The Particular Structure of the New Government…
…and the Distribution of Power Among Its Different Parts For the Independent Journal Wednesday, January 30, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: HAVING reviewed the general form of the proposed government and the general mass of power allotted to it, I proceed to examine the particular structure of this government, and…
Federalist No 46, The Influence of the State and Federal Governments Compared
From the New York Packet Tuesday, January 29, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: RESUMING the subject of the last paper, I proceed to inquire whether the federal government or the State governments will have the advantage with regard to the predilection and support of the people. Notwithstanding the different modes…