A concise review of the events that have attended confederate governments, will further illustrate this important doctrine; an inattention to which has been the great source of our political mistakes^ and has given our jealousy a direction to the wrong side. This review shall form the subject of some ensuing papers.
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BY JAMES MADISON.
The Suhject continued, with further Mxamples.
AMONG the confederacies of antiquity, the most considerable was that of the Grecian republics, associated under the Amphjctionie council. From thebest accounts transmitted of tliis celebrated institution, it bore a very instructive analogy to the present confederation of tine American states.
The members retained the character of independent and sovereign states, and had equal votes in the federal council. This council bad a general authority to propose and resolve whatever it judged necessary for the common welfare of Greece; to declare and carry on war; to decide, in the last resort, all controversies between the members ; to line ilie j^£':£;ress!ng party ; to employ the whole force of the confederacy against the disobedient ; to admit new members. The Aniphyctioiis were the guardians of religion, and of the iaimense riches be- longing to the ienipie of Belphos, where they had the right of jiirisdic-iion in controversies between the inha- biiaitts and those who came to conguU the oracle. As a further provision f(U' the efficacy of the federal powers, they took an oath motiially to defend and protect the
- The suhject of tlijs anrl the two following numbefs happened to be taken tip
by both Mv. H. &n( Mr. M. Wiint hc>.;i ly.m prepared by Mr. H. who bad entered i)»ore brielly into the subject, was 1 :;(> 'vith Mr. M. on JtK appeai'ljia: that the latter •was engan;crt in it, with lar.^'cr materi:l£, anrl ,vith a view to a i«ore precise delinea- tipn ; and from the pen of the latter, the several paper i went to the Press.
[The above note ironithe per. of Jlr. Madison was v.Titten on the margin of the leaf, commencing; with thii prcsf-nt number, in the copy of the Federalist loaned by hini to the publisher.]
