The FederalistNo competing edition of The Federalist offers nearly as much help in grasping Publius' arguments in defense of the new but unratified United States Constitution of 1787 as this new annotated edition by J. R. Pole. Essay by essay--with ample cross-references and glosses on 18th-century linguistic usage--Pole's commentary lays bare the intellectual background and assumptions of Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay; explicates and critiques The Federalist's central concepts, rhetorical strategies, and arguments; and points up the international, national, and local facts on the ground relevant to Confederation Era New Yorkers, the constituency to which The Federalist was originally addressed. Pole's Introduction, a brief chronology of political events from 1688 to 1791, a brief overview of the themes of the essays, the text of the Constitution cross-referenced to The Federalist, and an index of proper names, concepts, and themes that also functions as a glossary further distinguish this edition. |
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... independent after 1775; New York was occupied by the British throughout the war. There were few who would have been able to record the moment at which they felt they had achieved the freedom they had fought for; and after that momentous ...
... independent. If this happened, it was likely that they would collide with each other in the drive to settle the west; to use modern language, the American continent might become “balkanized.” Europe would watch with predatory interest ...
... independent Scottish parliament (restored, 1999). Scotland retains own legal system; also Presbyterian Church order. 1708 Queen Anne exercises last royal veto. 1712 Board of Trade reverses attempt by Pennsylvania assembly to limit slave ...
... independent America was not composed of detached and distant territories, but that one connected, fertile, wide spreading country was the portion of our western sons of liberty. Providence has in a particular manner blessed it with a ...
... independent courts and judges appointed by different and independent governments, as from the different local laws and interests which may affect and influence them. The wisdom of the convention in committing such questions to the ...
Contents
Federalist 47 | 261 |
Federalist 48 | 268 |
Federalist 49 | 273 |
Federalist 50 | 277 |
Federalist 51 | 280 |
Federalist 52 | 285 |
Federalist 53 | 290 |
Federalist 54 | 295 |
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Federalist 14 | 69 |
Federalist 15 | 74 |
Federalist 16 | 82 |
Federalist 17 | 87 |
Federalist 18 | 92 |
Federalist 19 | 98 |
Federalist 20 | 105 |
Federalist 21 | 110 |
Federalist 22 | 115 |
Federalist 23 | 124 |
Federalist 24 | 128 |
Federalist 25 | 133 |
Federalist 26 | 138 |
Federalist 27 | 144 |
Federalist 28 | 148 |
Federalist 29 | 152 |
Federalist 30 | 159 |
Federalist 31 | 164 |
Federalist 32 | 168 |
Federalist 33 | 172 |
Federalist 34 | 176 |
Federalist 35 | 181 |
Federalist 36 | 186 |
Federalist 37 | 192 |
Federalist 38 | 199 |
Federalist 39 | 206 |
Federalist 40 | 212 |
Federalist 41 | 219 |
Federalist 42 | 227 |
Federalist 43 | 234 |
Federalist 44 | 243 |
Federalist 45 | 250 |
Federalist 46 | 255 |
Federalist 55 | 300 |
Federalist 56 | 305 |
Federalist 57 | 309 |
Federalist 58 | 314 |
Federalist 59 | 319 |
Federalist 60 | 323 |
Federalist 61 | 328 |
Federalist 62 | 331 |
Federalist 63 | 337 |
Federalist 64 | 344 |
Federalist 65 | 349 |
Federalist 66 | 354 |
Federalist 67 | 359 |
Federalist 68 | 363 |
Federalist 69 | 367 |
Federalist 70 | 374 |
Federalist 71 | 382 |
Federalist 72 | 386 |
Federalist 73 | 391 |
Federalist 74 | 396 |
Federalist 75 | 399 |
Federalist 76 | 403 |
Federalist 77 | 407 |
Federalist 78 | 411 |
Federalist 79 | 419 |
Federalist 80 | 422 |
Federalist 81 | 428 |
Federalist 82 | 437 |
Federalist 83 | 441 |
Federalist 84 | 452 |
Federalist 85 | 461 |
Articles of Confederation | 467 |
The Constitution of the United States | 474 |
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States | 486 |
Index | 495 |
Back cover | 513 |
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