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| Essay. | Page | |
| will be a refusal by the House to vote the supplies, | No. LVII. | 406 |
| 6. the Senate will be more ready to yield, in such a contest, than the House, | 407 | |
| iv. considerations against a numerous House of Representatives, | 408 | |
| v. objection that a majority of the members of each House shall form quorums, and majorities of quorums enact laws, considered, | 409 | |
| F. the authority vested in the Congress to regulate, in the last resort, the election of the members of the House of Representatives, considered, | LVIII. | 410 |
| a. introductory remarks, | 410 | |
| b. "every government ought to contain in itself the means of its own preservation," | 411 | |
| i. the different depositaries of power to control the elections, considered, | 411 | |
| ii. the exact character and extent of the delegated power considered, | 411 | |
| c. "the existence of the Union would be entirely at the mercy of the State governments," if the regulation of elections for the Fœderal government is left entirely in their hands, | 411 | |
| i. the right of self-preservation in the State governments is unimpaired, | 412 | |
| ii. objection, that the retention of authority in the State governments to control the election of senators is equally dangerous, considered, | 413 | |
| i. it is necessary from the character of the States, as constituent bodies, | 413 | |
| ii. it is less hazardous, from the peculiar organization of the Senate, | 414 | |
| iii. objection, that the interest of each State to be represented in the House will be sufficient security against an abuse of power by its government, considered, | 415 | |
| d. objection, the Congress may thereby "promote the election of some favorite class of men in exclusion of others," considered, | LIX. | 416 |
| i. the improbability that such a purpose would be carried out through this channel, discussed, | 416 | |
| ii. the certainty that, if attempted, it would be corrected by "an immediate revolt of the great body of the People, headed and directed by the State governments," averred and discussed, | 417 | |
| iii. the dissimilarity of the organization of the Senate |
