The Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist PapersHackett Publishing, 15. sep. 2003 - 392 strani Here, in a single volume, is a selection of the classic critiques of the new Constitution penned by such ardent defenders of states' rights and personal liberty as George Mason, Patrick Henry, and Melancton Smith; pro-Constitution writings by James Wilson and Noah Webster; and thirty-three of the best-known and most crucial Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The texts of the chief constitutional documents of the early Republic are included as well. David Wootton's illuminating Introduction examines the history of such American principles of government as checks and balances, the separation of powers, representation by election, and judicial independence—including their roots in the largely Scottish, English, and French new science of politics. It also offers suggestions for reading The Federalist, the classic elaboration of these principles written in defense of a new Constitution that sought to apply them to the young Republic. |
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... Union as a Safeguard against Domestic Faction and Insurrection (November 21, 1787) [Hamilton] The Same Subject Continued (November 22, 1787) [Madison] The Utility of the Union in Respect to Revenue (November 27, 1787) [Hamilton] An ...
... union . . .” Between them, the living out of a revolution. One names a political entity that as yet scarcely exists and is intended to serve only limited purposes. In the other, that entity finds its voice. Its first word is “We ...
... union would have agreed to this measure at that period, had it not been for the extravagant terms in which it was demanded. The requisition was new molded in the year 1783, and accompanied with an additional demand of certain ...
... Union is gone—or, that the Union will be gone: Is not this trifling with the judgment of their fellow citizens? Until they tell us the ground of their fears, I will consider them as imaginary: I rose to make inquiry where those dan ...
... Union, that in case Virginia shall not make punctual payment, the control of our custom houses, and the whole regulation of trade, shall be given to Congress, and that Virginia shall depend on Congress even for passports, until Virginia ...