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General Introduction: A Dangerous Plan of Benefit Only to the "Aristocratick Combination" |
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The Boston Gazette and Country Journal |
Thursday, November 26, 1787 |
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"We Have Been Told of Phantoms" |
William Grayson |
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Wednesday, June 11, 1788 |
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New Constitution Creates a National Government; Will Not Abate Foreign Influence; Dangers of Civil War and Despotism |
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Maryland Gazette and Baltimore Advertiser |
Friday, March 7, 1788 |
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Foreign Wars, Civil Wars, and Indian Wars - Three Bugbears |
Patrick Henry |
Elliot's Debates |
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Scotland and England - A Case in Point |
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American Herald |
Monday, December 3,1787 |
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The Hobgoblins of Anarchy and Dissensions Among the States |
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Independent Gazetteer |
Wednesday, January 16, 1788 |
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Adoption of the Constitution Will Lead to Civil War |
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The Virginia Journal and Alexandria Advertiser |
Thursday, December 6, 1787 |
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"The Power Vested in Congress of Sending Troops for Suppressing Insurrections Will Always Enable Them to Stifle the First Struggles of Freedom" |
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The Norfolk and Portsmouth Register |
Wednesday, March 5, 1788 |
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A Consolidated Government Is a Tyranny |
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Independent Gazetteer |
Wednesday, October 17, 1787 |
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On the Preservation of Parties, Public Liberty Depends |
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Maryland Gazette and Baltimore Advertiser |
Tuesday, March 18, 1788 |
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Unrestricted Power Over Commerce Should Not Be Given the National Government |
James Winthrop |
The Massachusetts Gazette |
Friday, December 14, 1787 |
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How Will the New Government Raise Money? |
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The New-York Journal |
Sunday, November 29, 1787 |
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The Expense of the New Government |
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The Feeeman's Oracle and New Hampshire Advertiser |
Friday, January 11, 1788 |
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Extent of Territory Under Consolidated Government Too Large to Preserve Liberty or Protect Property |
George Clinton |
The New-York Journal |
Thursday, October 25, 1787 |
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Rhode Island Is Right! |
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The Massachusetts Gazette |
Friday, December 7, 1787 |
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Europeans Admire and Federalists Decry the Present System |
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The New-York Journal |
Tuesday, December 25, 1787 |
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Federalist Power Will Ultimately Subvert State Authority |
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What Does History Teach? (Part 1) |
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The Massachusetts Gazette |
Friday, November 27, 1787 |
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What Does History Teach? (Part II) |
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The Newport Mercury |
Monday, March 17, 1788 |
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What Does History Teach? (Part II) |
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Why the Articles Failed |
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Independent Gazetteer |
Friday, October 5, 1787 |
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Articles of Confederation Simply Requires Amendments, Particularly for Commercial Power and Judicial Power; Constitution Goes Too Far |
Benjamin Austin |
Independent Chronicle |
Thursday, December 6, 1787 |
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Certain Powers Necessary for the Common Defense, Can and Should Be Limited |
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The New-York Journal |
Thursday, January 3, 1788 |
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Objections to a Standing Army (Part I) |
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The New-York Journal |
Thursday, January 17, 1788 |
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Objections to a Standing Army (Part II) |
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The New-York Journal |
Thursday, January 24, 1788 |
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The Use of Coercion by the New Government (Part I) |
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The Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser |
Tuesday, April 1, 1788 |
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The Use of Coercion by the New Government (Part II) |
John Humble |
Independent Gazetteer |
Monday, October 29, 1787 |
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The Use of Coercion by the New Government (Part III) |
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Freeman's Journal or North-American Intelligencer |
Wednesday, January 16, 1788 |
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Objections to National Control of the Militia |
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Wednesday, December 12, 1787 |
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A Virginia Antifederalist on the Issue of Taxation |
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Freeman's Journal or North-American Intelligencer |
Wednesday, October 31, 1787 |
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A Virginia Antifederalist on the Issue of Taxation |
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Freeman's Journal or North-American Intelligencer |
Wednesday, October 31, 1787 |
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Federal Taxation and the Doctrine of Implied Powers (Part I) |
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The New-York Journal |
Thursday, December 13, 1787 |
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Federal Taxation and the Doctrine of Implied Powers (Part II) |
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The New-York Journal |
Thursday, December 27, 1787 |
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The Problem of Concurrent Taxation |
Patrick Henry |
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Thursday, June 5, 1788 |
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Federal Taxing Power Must Be Restrained |
George Mason |
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Wednesday, June 4, 1788 |
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Representation and Internal Taxation |
Richard Henry Lee |
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Factions and the Constitution |
Richard Henry Lee |
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Some Reactions to Federalist Arguments |
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The New-York Journal |
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Appearance and Reality - The Form Is Federal; the Effect Is National |
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Independent Gazetteer |
Tuesday, April 15, 1788 |
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On the Motivations and Authority of the Founding Fathers |
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"The Quantity of Power the Union Must Possess Is One Thing; the Mode of Exercising the Powers Given Is Quite a Different Consideration" |
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"The Quantity of Power the Union Must Possess Is One Thing; the Mode of Exercising the Powers Given Is Quite a Different Consideration" |
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"The Quantity of Power the Union Must Possess Is One Thing; the Mode of Exercising the Powers Given Is Quite a Different Consideration" |
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What Congress Can Do; What a State Can Not |
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Powers of National Government Dangerous to State Governments; New York as an Example |
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"Where Then Is the Restraint?" |
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"Balance" of Departments Not Achieved Under New Constitution |
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No Separation of Departments Results in No Responsibility |
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On Constitutional Conventions (Part I) |
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On Constitutional Conventions (Part II) |
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Do Checks and Balances Really Secure the Rights of the People? |
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On the Guarantee of Congressional Biennial Elections |
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A Plea for the Right of Recall |
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Apportionment and Slavery: Northern and Southern Views |
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Will the House of Representatives Be Genuinely Representative? (Part I) |
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Will the House of Representatives Be Genuinely Representative? (Part II) |
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Will the House of Representatives Be Genuinely Representative? (Part III) |
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Will the House of Representatives Be Genuinely Representative? (Part IV) |
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The Danger of Congressional Control of Elections |
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Will the Constitution Promote the Interests of Favorite Classes? |
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Questions and Comments on the Constitutional Provisions Regarding the Election of Congressmen |
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On the Organization and Powers of the Senate (Part I) |
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On the Organization and Powers of the Senate (Part II) |
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On the Organization and Powers of the Senate (Part III) |
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On the Organization and Powers of the Senate (Part IV) |
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From North Carolina |
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Various Fears Concerning the Executive Department |
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On the Mode of Electing the President |
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The Character of the Executive Office |
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The Powers and Dangerous Potentials of His Elected Majesty |
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The Presidential Term of Office |
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On the Electoral College; on Reelgibility of the President |
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Does the Presidential Veto Power Infringe on the Separation of Departments? |
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The President as Military King |
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A Note Protesting the Treaty-Making Provisions of the Constitution |
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An Antifederalist View of the Appointing Power Under the Constitution |
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An Antifederalist View of the Appointing Power Under the Constitution |
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The Power of the Judiciary (Part I) |
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The Power of the Judiciary (Part I) |
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The Power of the Judiciary (Part II) |
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The Power of the Judiciary (Part III) |
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The Power of the Judiciary (Part IV) |
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The Federal Judiciary and the Issue of Trial by Jury |
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On the Lack of a Bill of Rights |
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Concluding Remarks: Evils Under Confederation Exaggerated; Constitution Must Be Drastically Revised Before Adoption |
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