General introduction -- Concerning dangers from foreign force and influence -- Concerning dangers from dissensions between the States -- The consequences of hostilities between the States -- The Union as a safeguard against domestic faction and insurrection -- The utility of the Union in respect to commercial relations & Navy -- The utility of the Union in respect to revenue -- Advantage of the Union in respect to economy in government -- Objections to the proposed Constitution from extent of territory answered -- The insufficiency of the present Confederation to preserve the Union -- Other defects of the present Confederation -- The necessity of a government as energetic as the one proposed to the preservation of the Union -- The powers necessary to the Common Defense further considered -- The idea of restraining the legislative authority in regard to the Common Defense considered -- Concerning the Militia -- Concerning the general power of taxation -- Concerning the difficulties of the convention in devising a proper form of government -- The same subject continued, and the incoherence of the objection to the new plan exposed -- The conformity of the plan to Republican principles -- The powers of the convention to form a mixed government examined and sustained -- General view of the powers conferred by the Constitution -- The powers conferred by the Constitution further considered -- Restrictions on the authority of the several States -- The alleged danger from the powers of the Union to the state governments considered -- The influence of the State and Federal governments compared.

The particular structure of the new government and the distribution of power among its different parts -- These departments should not be so far separated as to have no constitutional control over each other -- Method of guarding against the encroachments of any one department of government by appealing to the people through a convention -- Periodic appeals to the people considered -- The structure of the government must furnish the proper checks and balances between the different departments -- The House of Representatives -- The apportionment of members among the States -- The total number of the House of Representatives -- The alleged tendency of the new plan to elevate the few at the expense of the many considered in connection with representation -- Objection that the number of members will not be augmented as the progress of population demands considered -- Concerning the power of Congress to regulate the election of members -- The Senate -- The powers of the Senate -- Objections to the power of the Senate to set as a court for impeachments further considered -- The Executive Department -- The mode of electing the President -- The real character of the Executive -- The Executive Department further considered -- The duration in office of the Executive -- The same subject continued, and re-eligibility of the Executive considered -- The provision for the support of the Executive, and the veto power -- The command of the military and Naval Forces, and the pardoning power of the Executive -- The treaty making power of the Executive -- The appointing power of the Executive -- The Judiciary Department -- The powers of the Judiciary -- The Judiciary continued, and the distribution of the Judicial Authority -- The Judiciary continued in relation to trial by jury -- Certain general and miscellaneous objections to the Constitution considered and answered -- Concluding remarks.

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