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Contents.
| Essay. | Page | |
| c. because of the necessary plurality of the military establishments, | No. XIII. | 83 |
| 10. the objection which has been drawn from the extent of territory which the Union occupies, answered, | XIV. | 83 |
| A. the distinction between a republic and a democracy noticed, | 84 | |
| B. the errors of political writers concerning the turbulence in the ancient republics, | 84 | |
| C. practicability of extending the limits of a republic, | 85 | |
| D. the territory of the United States not too extended for their proper government, | 85 | |
| E. the territory of the United States compared with those of some European nations, | 86 | |
| F. the jurisdiction of the United States limited to objects of general interest, | 86 | |
| G. the objects of the proposed Constitution are to secure the union of the thirteen primitive States, and to add to their number, | 87 | |
| H. the intercourse between the States will be daily facilitated by improvements for transit of passengers, etc., | 87 | |
| I. almost every State being a frontier State, all will be exposed to foreign aggression, and all, alike, need protection, | 87 | |
| J. an appeal to the People of New York to avoid disunion, | 88 | |
| III. "THE INSUFFICIENCY OF THE PRESENT CONFEDERATION TO PRESERVE THAT UNION," | XV. | 90 |
| 1. introductory remarks, | 90 | |
| 2. the proposition neither controverted nor doubted, | 91 | |
| 3. disastrous result of its inefficacy, | 91 | |
| 4. an appeal to the People to "break the charm" of the confederation, | 93 | |
| 5. the character of the opposition to the Constitution, and its inconsistency, | 93 | |
| 6. the character of the defects in the confederacy, | 94 | |
| A. the legislation for States, in their corporate capacity, | 94 | |
| a. the bad effect of this evil in raising men and money, | 94 | |
| b. the opposition to the new system, because it deviates from this principle, considered generally, | 94 | |
| c. the peculiarities of a simple league between independent nations, considered, | 94 | |
| d. the effect of a simple league, as the bond of union between the States, considered generally, | 95 | |
| e. such a bond of union inconsistent with the organization of "a superintending power, under the direction of a common council," | 96 | |
| f. it is also inconsistent with the authority, over the persons of the citizens, which is necessary in the establishment of a government, | 96 | |
| a. the purposes of government considered generally, | 96 |
