From the New York Packet Tuesday, January 1, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: IN DISQUISITIONS of every kind, there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasonings must depend. These contain an internal evidence which, antecedent to all reflection or combination, commands the assent of the…
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Federalist No 30, Concerning the General Power of Taxation
From the New York Packet Friday, December 28, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: IT HAS been already observed that the federal government ought to possess the power of providing for the support of the national forces; in which proposition was intended to be included the expense of raising troops, of…
Federalist No 27, Restraining the Legislative Authority, Continued
From the New York Packet Tuesday, December 25, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: IT HAS been urged, in different shapes, that a Constitution of the kind proposed by the convention cannot operate without the aid of a military force to execute its laws. This, however, like most other things that…
Federalist No 25, The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense, Continued
From the New York Packet Friday, December 21, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: IT MAY perhaps be urged that the objects enumerated in the preceding number ought to be provided for by the State governments, under the direction of the Union. But this would be, in reality, an inversion of…
Federalist No 23, The Necessity of a Government as Energetic…
…as the One Proposed to the Preservation of the Union From the New York Packet Tuesday, December 18, 1787 To the People of the State of New York: THE necessity of a Constitution, at least equally energetic with the one proposed, to the preservation of the Union, is the point at the examination of which…