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The Antifederalist Papers

by Morton Borden. 260 pgs.

Contributors:

   Morton Borden

Publisher:

   Michigan State University Press

Place of Publication:

  East Lansing, MI  

Publication Year:

  1965

Subjects:

Constitutional History--United States, United States--History--Confederation, 1783-1789

	Contents
	Introduction	viii
	Antifederalist No.
1.	General Introduction: A Dangerous Plan of Benefit Only to the "Aristocratick Combination"	1
2.	"We Have Been Told of Phantoms . . ."	2
3.	New Constitution Creates a National Government; Will Not Abate Foreign Influence; Dangers of Civil War and Despotism	6
4.	Foreign Wars, Civil Wars, and Indian Wars--Three Bugbears	8
5.	Scotland and England--A Case in Point	12
6.	The Hobgoblins of Anarchy and Dissensions Among the States	14
7.	Adoption of the Constitution Will Lead to Civil War	16
8.	"The Power Vested in Congress of Sending Troops for Suppressing Insurrections Will Always Enable Them to Stifle the First Struggles of Freedom"	18
9.	A Consolidated Government Is a Tyranny	20
10.	On the Preservation of Parties, Public Liberty Depends	23
11.	Unrestricted Power Over Commerce Should Not Be Given the National Government	27
12.	How Will the New Government Raise Money?	30
13.	The Expense of the New Government	33
14.	Extent of Territory Under Consolidated Government Too Large to Preserve Liberty or Protect Property	36
15.	Rhode Island Is Right!	39
16.	Europeans Admire and Federalists Decry the Present System	40
17.	Federalist Power Will Ultimately Subvert State Authority	42
	18-20. What Does History Teach? (I)	45
	18-20. What Does History Teach? (II)	48
21.	Why the Articles Failed	51
22.	Articles of Confederation Simply Requires Amendments, Particularly for Commercial Power and Judicial Power; Constitution Goes Too Far	54
23.	Certain Powers Necessary for the Common Defense, Can and Should Be Limited	57
24.	Objections to a Standing Army (I)	62
25.	Objections to a Standing Army (II)	66
26.	The Use of Coercion By the New Government (I)	70
27.	The Use of Coercion By the New Government (II)	73
28.	The Use of Coercion By the New Government (III)	74
29.	Objections to National Control of the Militia	77
	30-31. A Virginia Antifederalist on the Issue of Taxation	79
32.	Federal Taxation and the Doctrine of Implied Powers (I)	82
33.	Federal Taxation and the Doctrine of Implied Powers (II)	86
34.	The Problem of Concurrent Taxation	92
35.	Federal Taxing Power Must Be Restrained	93
36.	Representation and Internal Taxation	95
37.	Factions and the Constitution	98
38.	Some Reactions to Federalist Arguments	101
39.	Appearance and Reality--The Form Is Federal; The Effect Is National	104
40.	On the Motivations and Authority of the Founding Fathers	107
	41-43. "The Quantity of Power the Union Must Possess Is One Thing; the Mode of Exercising the Powers Given Is Quite a Different Consideration" (I)	112
	41-43. "The Quantity of Power the Union Must Possess Is One Thing; the Mode of Exercising the Powers Given Is Quite a Different Consideration" (II)	117
44.	What Congress Can Do; What a State Can Not	122
45.	Powers of National Government Dangerous to State Governments; New York as an Example	126
46.	"Where Then Is the Restraint?"	131
47.	"Balance" of Departments Not Achieved Under New Constitution	133
48.	No Separation of Departments Results in No Responsibility	136
49.	On Constitutional Conventions (I)	138
50.	On Constitutional Conventions (II)	141
51.	Do Checks and Balances Really Secure the Rights of the People?	143
52.	On the Guarantee of Congressional Biennial Elections	149
53.	A Plea for the Right of Recall	152
54.	Apportionment and Slavery: Northern and Southern Views	154
55.	Will the House of Representatives Be Genuinely Representative? (I)	158
56.	Will the House of Representatives Be Genuinely Representative? (II)	162
57.	Will the House of Representatives Be Genuinely Representative? (III)	165
58.	Will the House of Representatives Be Genuinely Representative? (IV)	169
59.	The Danger of Congressional Control of Elections	173
60.	Will the Constitution Promote the Interests of Favorite Classes?	175
61.	Questions and Comments on the Constitutional Provisions Regarding the Election of Congressmen	177
62.	On the Organization and Powers of the Senate (I)	180
63.	On the Organization and Powers of the Senate (II)	183
64.	On the Organization and Powers of the Senate (III)	188
65.	On the Organization and Powers of the Senate (IV)	191
66.	The Provisions for Impeachment	195
67.	Various Fears Concerning the Executive Department	196
68.	On the Mode of Electing the President	199
69.	The Character of the Executive Office	201
70.	The Powers and Dangerous Potentials of His Elected Majesty	203
71.	The Presidential Term of Office	205
72.	On the Electoral College; on Reeligibility of the President	207
73.	Does the Presidential Veto Power Infringe on the Separation of Departments?	209
74.	The President as Military King	212
75.	A Note Protesting the Treaty-Making Provisions of the Constitution	214
	76-77. An Antifederalist View of the Appointing Power Under the Constitution	216
	78-79. The Power of the Judiciary (I)	222
80.	The Power of the Judiciary (II)	226
81.	The Power of the Judiciary (III)	230
82.	The Power of the Judiciary (IV)	236
83.	The Federal Judiciary and the Issue of Trial By Jury	241
84.	On the Lack of a Bill of Rights	242
85.	Concluding Remarks: Evils Under Confederacy Exaggerated; Constitution Must Be Drastically Revised Before Adoption	247

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