The Federalist Papers - Alexander Hamilton [351]
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Index of Ideas
administration, of finances, importance of too good government, see executive power, Presidency
agriculture, importance of, in relation to commerce, supervision of, a State affair, see "landed interest"
alliances, see confederacies, disunion, federalism
ambassadors, power to receive, power to send
amending process
America, United States of, dimensions, essential unity of, future of, isolated position of, mission in world, relations of with Europe, troubles of, under Articles of Confederation, see people, American; Union
anarchy, causes of, see disorder, instability, rebellion
anti-Federalists, see Constitution, opponents of
appointments, power to make
appointments, recess
apportionment of Representatives
appropriations, military, two-year limit on
aristocracy, see classes, elite aristocracy, natural, see elite, leadership
armies, see defense, standing armies, war powers
Articles of Confederation, condemned, "great and radical vice," as source of Constitution, troubles of United States under
Asia, trade with
assemblies, popular, improper bodies to conduct foreign affairs, improper bodies to write a constitution, natural ascendancy over second chambers, their tendency to oligarchy, their tendency to passion and instability, see democracy, legislatures
attainder, bills of, prohibited
bankruptcy, power to regulate
bicameralism, case for
bill of rights, in State constitutions, why not placed in Constitution
Bill of Rights (British)
Blackstone, William
Canada
census, decennial
centralization, fear of, derided
checks and balances, see bicameralism; government, limited; judicial review, veto
Chief Justice
citizens, American, defined
classes, social, aristocracy, "the mob," the poor, professional men, representation of, see aristocracy, faction, people
colonies, American
commander-in-chief clause
commerce, American progress in, federal power to regulate, as source of strife, State power to regulate, see economy, industry
commerce clause
common sense, appeal to, as guide to decision
compromise, in Constitution, as political value
confederacies, distinguished from federal union, historical examples, two or three of them only alternative to Union, unity of, weakness of, see alliances, disunion, federalism
Congress length of sessions, limited authority of, members ineligible for civil office, power to regulate election of own members, probable parochialism of, relations to President, see assemblies, House of Representatives, legislatures, Senate
Congress, powers of, in commerce, in defense, in diplomacy, in elections, over judiciary, miscellaneous, "necessary and proper," taxation
Congress, Revolutionary
Congress (under Articles of Confederation), provincialism of
Connecticut, constitution
consent, as basis of government, see contract, social; people
Constitution, admitted imperfections of, as alternative to chaos, amending process, as