…in Regard to the Common Defense Considered For the Independent Journal Saturday, December 22, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: IT WAS a thing hardly to be expected that in a popular revolution the minds of men should stop at that happy mean which marks the salutary boundary between POWER and…
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Federalist No 24, The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered
For the Independent Journal Wednesday, December 19, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: TO THE powers proposed to be conferred upon the federal government, in respect to the creation and direction of the national forces, I have met with but one specific objection, which, if I understand it right, is this,…
Federalist No 21, Other Defects of the Present Confederation
For the Independent Journal Wednesday, December 12, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: HAVING in the three last numbers taken a summary review of the principal circumstances and events which have depicted the genius and fate of other confederate governments, I shall now proceed in the enumeration of the most important…
Federalist No 17, The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation, Continued
For the Independent Journal Wednesday, December 5, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: AN OBJECTION, of a nature different from that which has been stated and answered, in my last address, may perhaps be likewise urged against the principle of legislation for the individual citizens of America. It may be said…
Federalist No 15, The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union
For the Independent Journal December 1, 1787 To the People of the State of New York. IN THE course of the preceding papers, I have endeavored, my fellow citizens, to place before you, in a clear and convincing light, the importance of Union to your political safety and happiness. I have unfolded to you a…