The Federalist Papers

Federalist No. 1

General Introduction

To the People of the State of New York:

AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of…

Federalist No. 27

The Same Subject Continued: The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered

Federalist No. 25

The Same Subject Continued: The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered

To the People of the State of New York:

Federalist No. 10

The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection

To the People of the State of New York:

Federalist No. 26

The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered

To the People of the State of New York:

Federalist No. 11

The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy

To the People of the State of New York:

THE importance of the Union, in a commercial light, is one of those points about which…

Federalist No. 18

The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union

By Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

Federalist No. 19

The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union

by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

Federalist No. 23

The Necessity of a Government as Energetic as the One Proposed to the Preservation of the Union

To the People of the State of New York:

Federalist No. 13

Advantage of the Union in Respect to Economy in Government

To the People of the State of New York:

As CONNECTED with the subject of revenue, we may with propriety consider that of economy. The money saved…