Editors' Introduction

Reader's Guide to The Federalist

Preface to the Gideon Edition

THE FEDERALIST

Introduction

Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force & Influence

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Concerning Dangers from War between the States

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The effects of Internal War in producing Standing Armies, and other institutions unfriendly to liberty

The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard against Domestic Faction and Insurrection

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The Utility of the Union in respect to Commerce and a Navy

The Utility of the Union in respect to Revenue

The same Subject continued, with a view to Economy

An Objection drawn from the Extent of Country, Answered

Concerning the Defects of the Present Confederation, in Relation to the Principle of Legislation for the States in their Collective Capacities

The same Subject continued, in relation to the same Principles

The Subject continued, and Illustrated by Examples, to show the tendency of Federal Governments, rather to Anarchy among the Members, than Tyranny in the Head

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The Subject continued, with further Examples

The Subject continued, with further Examples

Further defects of the present Constitution

The same subject continued, and concluded

The necessity of a government, at least equally energetic with the one proposed

The subject continued, with an answer to an objection concerning standing armies

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Concerning the militia

Concerning taxation

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Concerning the difficulties which the convention must have experienced in the formation of a proper plan

The subject continued, and the incoherence of the objections to the plan, exposed

The conformity of the plan to republican principles: an objection in respect to the powers of the convention, examined

The same objection further examined

General view of the powers proposed to be vested in the union

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The same view continued and concluded

A further discussion of the supposed danger from the powers of the union, to the state governments

The subject of the last paper resumed; with an examination of the comparative means of influence of the federal and state governments

The meaning of the maxim, which requires a separation of the departments of power, examined and ascertained

The same subject continued, with a view to the means of giving efficacy in practice to that maxim

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Concerning the house of representatives, with a view to the qualifications of the electors and elected, and the time of service of the members

The same subject continued, with a view of the term of service of the members

The same subject continued, with a view to the ratio of representation

The same subject continued, in relation to the total number of the body

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The same subject continued, in relation to the supposed tendency of the plan of the convention to elevate the few above the many

The same subject continued, in relation to the future augmentation of the members

Concerning the regulation of elections

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The same subject continued, and concluded

Concerning the constitution of the senate, with regard to the qualifications of the members; the manner of appointing them; the equality of representation; the number of the senators, and the duration of their appointments

A further view of the constitution of the senate, in regard to the duration of the appointments of its members

A further view of the constitution of the senate, in regard to the power of making treaties

A further view of the constitution of the senate, in relation to its capacity, as a court for the trial of impeachments

The same subject continued

Concerning the constitution of the president: a gross attempt to misrepresent this part of the plan detected

The view of the constitution of the president continued, in relation to the mode of appointment

The same view continued, with a comparison between the president and the king of Great Britain, on the one hand, and the governor of New York, on the other

The same view continued, in relation to the unity of the executive, and with an examination of the project of an executive council

The same view continued, in regard to the duration of the office

The same view continued, in regard to the re-eligibility of the president

The same view continued, in relation to the provision concerning support, and the power of the negative

The same view continued, in relation to the command of the national forces, and the power of pardoning

The same view continued, in relation to the power of making treaties

The same view continued, in relation to the appointment of the officers of the government

The view of the constitution of the president concluded, with a further consideration of the power of appointment, and a concise examination of his remaining powers

A view of the constitution of the judicial department in relation to the tenure of good behaviour

A further view of the judicial department, in relation to the provisions for the support and responsibility of the judges

A further view of the judicial department, in relation to the extent of its powers

A further view of the judicial department, in relation to the distribution of its authority

A further view of the judicial department, in reference to some miscellaneous questions

A further view of the judicial department, in relation to the trial by jury

Concerning several miscellaneous objections

Conclusion

Glossary

Appendixes

1. The Declaration of Independence

2. Articles of Confederation

3. Virginia Resolution Proposing the Annapolis Convention

4. Proceedings of the Annapolis Convention

5. Virginia Resolution Providing Delegates to the Federal Convention of 1787

6. Call by the Continental Congress for the Federal Convention of 1787

7. Resolution of the Federal Convention Submitting the Constitution to the Continental Congress

8. Washington's Letter of Transmittal to the President of the Continental Congress

9. Resolution of the Continental Congress Submitting the Constitution to the Several States

10. Letter of the Secretary of the Continental Congress Transmitting Copy of the Constitution to the Several Governors

The Constitution of the United States (cross-referenced with The Federalist) and Amendments

Index