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 |