Talk:Federalist Papers
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I'm rather curious to know why there is no mention to the Anti-Federalist Papers, not even a wikipedia entry on them. These papers were written in response to the Federalists Papers (along with other pro-ratification speeches) and were just as important to the adoption of the Constitution for the United States of America and the Bill of Rights. [Constitution.org (http://www.constitution.org/afp.htm)] has some of the Anti-Federalist Papers for reference. KeoniPhoenix 15:05, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Does anyone else find it odd that the german version of this article (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Papers) is about twice as long as the english one?--64.80.226.186 17:04, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
this article needs to emphasize that these men wrote the Federalist papers under a pseudonym. also, please explain why they were written under a pseudonym, and how they chose the false name. Also, the story needs to be told about how these men designed it so their names would be revealed after their deaths. Kingturtle 16:48, 19 Oct 2003 (UTC)
There is a large table in the middle of this article: in the external links section there are two links to a similar table but also with links to each paper. I would suggest that this table takes up a lot of space, maybe should be made it's own article with each line formign a link to a stub. What do you think?--68.121.144.176 03:04, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
The TOC for this was listed under VfD. I moved it here in case anyone wants to do anything with it (such as link it to a series of articles) in the future.
This is a listing of the Federalist Papers.
| 1 | General Introduction |
| 2-7 | Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence |
| 8 | The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States |
| 9-10 | The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection |
| 11 | The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy |
| 12 | The Utility of the Union in Respect to Revenue |
| 13 | Advantage of the Union in Respect to Economy in Government |
| 14 | Objections to the Proposed Constitution from Extent of Territory Answered |
| 15-20 | The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union |
| 21-22 | Other Defects of the Present Confederation |
| 23 | The Necessity of a Government as Energetic as the One Proposed to the Preservation of the Union |
| 24-25 | The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered |
| 26-28 | The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered |
| 29 | Concerning the Militia |
| 30-36 | Concerning the General Power of Taxation |
| 37 | Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government |
| 38 | The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed |
| 39 | The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles |
| 40 | The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained |
| 41-43 | General View of the Powers Conferred by the Constitution |
| 44 | Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States |
| 45 | The Alleged Danger From the Powers of the Union to the State Governments Considered |
| 46 | The Influence of the State and Federal Governments Compared |
| 47 | The Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power Among Its Different Parts |
| 48 | These Departments Should Not Be So Far Separated as to Have No Constitutional Control Over Each Other |
| 49 | Method of Guarding Against the Encroachments of Any One Department of Government by Appealing to the People Through a Convention |
| 50 | Periodic Appeals to the People Considered |
| 51 | The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments |
| 52-53 | The House of Representatives |
| 54 | The Apportionment of Members Among the States |
| 55-56 | The Total Number of the House of Representatives |
| 57 | The Alleged Tendency of the Plan to Elevate the Few at the Expense of the Many Considered in Connection with Representation |
| 58 | Objection that the Number of Members Will Not Be Augmented as the Progress of Population Demands Considered |
| 59-61 | Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members |
| 62-63 | The Senate |
| 64-65 | The Powers of the Senate |
| 66 | Objections to the Power of the Senate To Set as a Court for Impeachments Further Considered |
| 67-77 | The Executive Department |
| 78-83 | The Judiciary Department |
| 84 | Certain General and Miscellaneous Objections to the Constitution Considered and Answered |
| 85 | Concluding Remarks |
