Acknowledgements 7
Contents 8
Introduction 10
Note on the Text 40
Synopsis of The Federalist Papers 43
Select Bibliography 44
A Chronology of Events 1763 \u2013 1791 48
Map of the United States c.1789 51
THE FEDERALIST PAPERS 52
1. Introduction 62
2. Concerning dangers from foreign force and influence 65
3. The same subject continued 69
4. The same subject continued 73
5. The same subject continued 76
6. Concerning dangers from war between the States 80
7. The subject continued and particular causes enumerated 85
8. The effects of internal war in producing standing armies and other institutions unfriendly to liberty 90
9. The utility of the Union as a safeguard against domestic faction and insurrection 95
10. The same subject continued 99
11. The utility of the Union in respect to commerce and a navy 106
12. The utility of the Union in respect to revenue 111
13. The same subject continued with a view to economy 116
14. An objection drawn from the extent of country answered 118
15. Concerning the defects of the present Confederation in relation to the principle of legislation for the States in their collective capacities 123
16. The same subject continued in relation to the same principle 130
17. 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 135
18. The subject continued with farther examples 138
19. The subject continued with farther examples 143
20. The subject continued with farther examples 148
21. Further defects of the present Constitution 152
22. The same subject continued and concluded 156
23. The necessity of a government at least equally energetic with the one proposed 164
24. The subject continued with an answer to an objection concerning standing armies 168
25. The subject continued with the same view 173
26. The subject continued with the same view 177
27. The subject continued with the same view 182
28. The same subject concluded 185
29. Concerning the militia 189
30. Concerning taxation 194
31. The same subject continued 198
32. The same subject continued 202
33. The same subject continued 205
34. The same subject continued 209
35. The same subject continued 214
36. The same subject continued 219
37. Concerning the dificulties which the Convention must have experienced in the formation of a proper plan 225
38. The subject continued and the incoherence of the objections to the plan exposed 231
39. The conformity of the plan to republican principles: an objection in respect to the powers of the Convention examined 238
40. The same objection further examined 244
41. General view of the powers proposed to be vested in the Union 251
42. The same view continued 258
43. The same view continued 265
44. The same view continued and concluded 272
45. A further discussion of the supposed danger from the powers of the Union to the State governments 279
46. The subject of the last paper resumed with an examination of the comparative means of influence of the federal and State governments 284
47. The meaning of the maxim, which requires a separation of the departments of power, examined and ascertained 290
48. The same subject continued with a view to the means of giving efficacy in practice to that maxim 296
49. The same subject continued with the same view 300
50. The same subject continued with the same view 304
51. The same subject continued with the same view and concluded 307
52. Concerning the House of Representatives, with a view to the qualifications of the electors and elected, and the time of service of the members 311
53. The same subject continued with a view of the term of the service of the members 315
54. The same subject continued with a view to the ratio of representation 320
55. The same subject continued in relation to the total number of the body 324
56. The same subject continued in relation to the same point 329
57. The same subject continued in relation to the supposed tendency of the plan of the Convention to elevate the few above he many 332
58. The same subject continued in relation to the future augmentation of the members 337
59. Concerning the regulation of elections 342
60. The same subject continued 346
61. The same subject continued and concluded 351
62. Concerning the constitution of the Senate with regard to the qualifications of the members, the manner of appointing them, the quality of representation, the number of the senators and the duration of their appointments 354
63. A further view of the constitution of the Senate in regard to the duration of appointment of its members 360
64. A further view of the constitution of the Senate in regard to the power of making treaties 366
65. A further view of the constitution of the Senate in relation to its capacity as a court for the trial of impeachments 371
66. The same subject continued 376
67. Concerning the constitution of the President: a gross attempt to misrepresent this part of the plan detected 381
68. The view of the constitution of the President continued in relation to the mode of appointment 385
69. 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 388
70. The same view continued in relation to the unity of the executive, with an examination of the project of an executive council 394
71. The same view continued in regard to the duration of the office 401
72. The same view continued in regard to the re-eligibility of the President 405
73. The same view continued in relation to the provision concerning support and the power of the negative 410
74. The same view continued in relation to the command of the national forces and the power of pardoning 415
75. The same view continued in relation to the power of making treaties 417
76. The same view continued in relation to the appointment of the officers of the government 421
77. 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 425
78. A view of the constitution of the judicial department in relation to the tenure of good behaviour 430
79. A further view of the judicial department in relation to the provisions for the support and responsibility of the judges 436
80. A further view of the judicial department in relation to the extent of its powers 439
81. A further view of the judicial department in relation to the distribution of its authority 444
82. A further view of the judicial department in reference to some miscellaneous questions 453
83. A further view of the judicial department in relation to the trial by jury 456
84. Concerning several miscellaneous objections 468
85. Conclusion 477
Appendix: The Constitution of the United States (1787 and 1791) 484
Explanatory Notes 498
Thematic Index 518
A 518
B 518
C 518
D 518
E 519
F 519
G 519
H 519
I 519
J 519
L 519
M 519
N 520
O 520
P 520
Q 520
R 520
S 521
T 521
U 521
V 521
W 521