~1~ |
A Dangerous Plan
of Benefit Only to the Aristocratick Combination |
~2~ |
"We Have Been Told of
Phantoms" |
~3~ |
New Constitution Creates
a National Government; Will Not Abate Foreign Influence; Dangers of Civil
War and Despotism |
~4~ |
Foreign Wars, Civil
Wars, and Indian Wars - Three Bugbears |
~5~ |
Scotland and England - A
Case in Point |
~6~ |
The Hobgoblins of
Anarchy and Dissensions Among The States |
~7~ |
Adoption of the
Constitution Will Lead to Civil War |
~8~ |
The Power Vested in
Congress of Sending Troops for Suppressing Insurrections Will Always
Enable Them to Stifle the First Struggles of Freedom |
~9~ |
A Consolidated
Government is a Tyranny |
~10~ |
On the Preservation of
Parties, Public Liberty Depends |
~11~ |
Unrestricted Power
Over Commerce Should Not Be Given the National
Government |
~12~ |
How Will the New
Government Raise Money? |
~13~ |
The Expense of the New
Government |
~14~ |
Extent of Territory
Under Consolidated Government Too Large to Preserve Liberty or Protect
Property |
~15~ |
Rhode Island is
Right! |
~16~ |
Europeans Admire and
Federalists Decry the Present System |
~17~ |
Federalist Power Will
Ultimately Subvert State Authority |
~18-20a~ |
What Does History
Teach? (Part I) |
~18-20b~ |
What Does History
Teach? (Part II) |
~21~ |
Why the Articles
Failed |
~22~ |
Articles of
Confederation Simply Requires Amendments, Particularly for Commercial
Power and Judicial Power; Constitution Goes Too Far |
~23~ |
Certain Powers
Necessary for the Common defense, Can and Should be
Limited |
~24~ |
Objections to a
Standing Army (Part I) |
~25~ |
Objections to a
Standing Army (Part II) |
~26~ |
The Use of Coercion by
the New Government (Part I) |
~27~ |
The Use of Coercion by
the New Government (Part II) |
~28~ |
The Use of Coercion by
the New Government (Part III) |
~29~ |
Objections to National
Control of the Militia |
~30-31~ |
A Virginia
Antifederalist on the Issue of Taxation |
~32~ |
Federal Taxation and
the Doctrine of Implied Powers (Part I) |
~33~ |
Federal Taxation and
the Doctrine of Implied Powers (Part II) |
~34~ |
The Problem of
Concurrent Taxation |
~35~ |
Federal Taxing Power
Must be Restrained |
~36~ |
Representation and
Internal Taxation |
~37~ |
Factions and The
Constitution |
~38~ |
Some Reactions to
Federalist Arguments |
~39~ |
Appearance and Reality
- The Form is Federal; The Effect is National |
~40~ |
On the Motivations and
Authority of the Founding Fathers |
~41-43~ |
"The Quantity of
Power the Union Must Possess is one Thing; The Mode of Exercising the
Powers Given is Quite a Different Consideration" - Part
I |
~41-43~ |
"The Quantity of
Power the Union Must Possess is One Thing; The Mode of Exercising the
Powers Given is Quite a Different Consideration" - Part
II |
~44~ |
What Congress Can Do;
What A State Can Not |
~45~ |
Powers of National
Government Dangerous to State Governments; New York as an
Example |
~46~ |
"Where Then is the
Restraint?" |
~47~ |
"Balance" of
Departments not Achieved Under New Constitution |
~48~ |
No Separation of
Departments Results in No Responsibility |
~49~ |
On Constitutional
Conventions - Part I |
~50~ |
On Constitutional
Conventions - Part II |
~51~ |
Do Checks and Balances
Really Secure the Rights of the People? |
~52~ |
On the Guarantee of
Congressional Biennial Elections |
~53~ |
A Plea for the Right
of Recall |
~54~ |
Apportionment and
Slavery: Northern and Southern Views |
~55~ |
Will The House of
Representatives be Genuinely Representative? - Part I |
~56~ |
Will The House of
Representatives be Genuinely Representative? - Part II |
~57~ |
Will The House of
Representatives be Genuinely Representative? - Part III |
~58~ |
Will The House of
Representatives be Genuinely Representative? - Part IV |
~59~ |
The Danger of
Congressional Control of Elections |
~60~ |
Will the Constitution
Promote the Interests of Favorite Classes? |
~61~ |
Questions and Comments
on the Constitutional Provisions Regarding the Election of
Congressmen |
~62~ |
On the Organization
and Powers of the Senate - Part I |
~63~ |
On the Organization
and Powers of the Senate - Part II |
~64~ |
On the Organization
and Powers of the Senate - Part III |
~65~ |
On the Organization
and Powers of the Senate - Part IV |
~66~ |
From North
Carolina |
~67~ |
Various Fears
Concerning the Executive Department |
~68~ |
On the Mode of
Electing the President |
~69~ |
The Character of the
Executive Office |
~70~ |
The Powers and
Dangerous Potentials of His Elected Majesty |
~71~ |
The Presidential Term
of Office |
~72~ |
On the Electoral
College; On Re-eligibility of the President |
~73~ |
Does the Presidential
Veto Power Infringe on the Separation of Departments? |
~74~ |
The President as
Military King |
~75~ |
A Note Protesting the
Treaty-making Provisions of the Constitution |
~76-77~ |
An Antifederalist View
of the Appointing Power Under the Constitution |
~78-79~ |
The Power of the
Judiciary - Part I |
~80~ |
The Power of the
Judiciary - Part II |
~82~ |
The Power of the
Judiciary - Part III |
~83~ |
The Federal Judiciary
and the Issue of Trial by Jury |
~84~ |
On the Lack of a Bill
of Rights |