37-40: The delicate work of the Convention and the “ general form” of the proposed government (i.e., its republicanism and federalism) The Merits of This Constitution or “ The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government” 23-36: “ The necessity of a government at least equally energetic with the one proposed, to the attainment of this object” 15-22: “ The insufficiency of the present Confederation to preserve that Union” 1-14: Introduction and “ the utility of the UNION to your political prosperity” 1, as well as the division Hamilton used to publish the papers in two volumes, Martin Diamond offered an outline of the work, further divided (for papers 37 – 84) by Charles Kesler. ![]() Following the plan set forth in Federalist No. In order to appreciate the complete vision and argument of The Federalist, it is useful to try to discern its underlying structure. Publius offers us a political education in “the true principles of republican government” (No. Publius does more than merely defend the Constitution he guides us in understanding its meaning, purposes, and virtues. The papers attempt to make sense of the Constitution’s various features, to make the best case for them, and to respond to the best arguments of those who opposed the Constitution, the Anti-Federalists. Once they were completed, he published them all together in two volumes. Although directed to the people of New York, Hamilton also had the papers published in newspapers across the country. Its authors-Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay-collaborated under one name, Publius, the Roman hero who helped found and preserve its republic. It falls somewhere between a work of statesmanship and a work of political philosophy. In offering guidance for reflection, then, The Federalist makes an argument about good government that is both particular and universal. It is “to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force” (No. The full task of the papers, however, is much grander. Its eighty-five papers were written to support pro-ratification candidates in the election of members to the New York ratifying convention: the papers began to appear in newspapers in October 1787. It includes letters, records of debates, and case law.The Federalist sets out to defend the proposed U.S. The Founders’ Constitutionis an anthology of political and legal writings relating to Federal Constitution. Melancton Smith’s speeches are considered part of the Anti-Federalist Papers and he may have been the author of the “Federal Farmer” articles. The sixteen “Brutus” letters, addressed to the Citizens of the State of New York and published in the New-York Journal and the Weekly Register, closely paralleled the “Publius” newspaper articles and Justice Robert Yates, is the presumed author. ![]() ![]() “Cato”, thought to have been New York Governor George Clinton, wrote a further six letters. In New York, a letter written by “Cato” appeared in the New-York Journal within days of submission of the new constitution to the states, led to the Federalists publishing the “Publius” letters. ![]() Rather, the essays–– written under many pseudonyms and often published first in states other than New York - represented diverse elements of the opposition and focused on a variety of objections to the new Constitution. Unlike the Federalist, the 85 articles written in opposition to the ratification of the 1787 United States Constitution were not a part of an organized program.
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