The Federalist
or
The New Constitution

 

Papers by

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

 

Contents

Volume I

      I. General Introduction

     II. Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence

    III. The Same Subject Continued

    IV. The Same Subject Continued

     V. The Same Subject Continued

    VI. Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the Staates

   VII. The Same Subject Contiuned

  VIII. The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States

     IX. The Union as a Safeguard against Domestic Faction and
           Insurrection

      X. The Same Subject Continued

     XI. The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations

           and a Navy

     XII. The Utility of the Union in Respect to Revenue

    XIII. Advantage of the Union in Respect to Economy in Government

    XIV. Objections to the Proposed Constitution from Extent of Territory
             Answered

     XV. The Insufficency of the Present Confederation to Preserve
             the Union

    XVI. The Same Subject Continued

   XVII. The Same Subject Continued

  XVIII. The Same Subject Continued

     XIX. The Same Subject Continued

      XX. The Same Subject Continued

     XXI. Other Defects of the Present Confederation

    XXII. The Same Subject Continued

   XXIII. The Necessity of a Government as Energetic as the One
               Proposed to the Preservation of the Union

   XXIV. The Powers Necessary to the Common Defence Further
               Considered

    XXV. The Same Subject Continued

   XXVI. The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard
               to the Common Defence Considered

  XXVII. The Same Subject Further Considered

 XXVIII. The Same Subject Further Considered

    XXIX. Concerning the Militia

     XXX. Concerning the General Power of Taxation

    XXXI. The Same Subject Continued

   XXXII. The Same Subject Continued

  XXXIII. The Same Subject Continued

  XXXIV. The Same Subject Continued

   XXXV. The Same Subject Continued

  XXXVI. The Same Subject Continued

 XXXVII. Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising
                 a Proper Form of Government

XXXVIII. The Same Subject continued, and the Coherence
                 of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed

   XXXIX. The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles

          XL. The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government
                 Examined and Sustained

         XLI. General View of the Powers Conferred by the Constitution

        XLII. The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered

       XLIII. The Same Subject Continued

       XLIV. Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States

        XLV. The Alledged Danger from the Powers of the Union
                  to the State Governments Considered

       XLVI. The Influence of the State and Federal Governments
                  Compared

 

 

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