No |
Author/No. |
Title |
Yr |
Mo |
Da |
1 |
A Federalist |
General Introduction: A Dangerous Plan of
Benefit only to the "Aristocratick Combination" |
1787 |
Nov |
26 |
2 |
William Grayson |
"We have been told of Phantoms" |
1788 |
Jun |
11 |
3 |
Unsigned |
New Constitution Creates a National
Government, Will not Abate Foreign Influence, Dangers of Civil War and
Despotism |
1788 |
Mar |
7 |
4 |
Patrick Henry |
Foreign Wars, Civil Wars, and Indian Wars
Three Bugbears |
1788 |
Jun |
5 |
5 |
An Observer |
Scotland and England A Case in
Point |
1787 |
Dec |
3 |
6 |
Centinel #11 |
The Hobgoblins of Anarchy and Dissentions
Among the States |
1788 |
Jan |
16 |
7 |
Philanthropos |
Adoption of the Constitution Will Lead to
Civil War |
1787 |
Dec |
6 |
8 |
A Federal Republican |
"The Power Vested in Congress of
Sending Troops for Suppressing Insurrections Will Always Enable Them to
Stifle the First Struggles of Freedom" |
1788 |
Mar |
5 |
9 |
Montezuma |
A Consolidated Government is a Tyranny |
1787 |
Oct |
17 |
10 |
A Farmer |
On the Preservation of Parties, Public
Liberty Depends |
1788 |
Mar |
18 |
11 |
Agrippa |
Unrestricted Power Over Commerce Should
not be Given the National Government |
1787 |
Dec |
14-28 |
12 |
Cincinnatus |
How Will the New Government Raise Money? |
1787 |
Nov |
29 |
13(1) |
A Farmer |
The Expense of the New Government (Part 1) |
1788 |
Jan |
11 |
13(2) |
Unsigned |
The Expense of the New Government (Part 2) |
1787 |
Oct |
17 |
14 |
Cato #3 |
Extent of Territory Under Consolidated
Government Too Large to Preserve Liberty or Protect Property |
1787 |
Oct |
25 |
15 |
Unsigned |
Rhode Island is Right! |
1787 |
Dec |
7 |
16 |
Alfred |
Europeans Admire and Federalists Decry the
Present System |
1787 |
Dec |
25 |
17 |
Brutus |
Federalist Power Will Ultimately Subvert
State Authority |
|
|
|
18-20 |
An Old Whig |
What Does History Teach? (Part 1) |
1787 |
Nov |
27 |
18-20 |
A Newport Man |
What Does History Teach? (Part 2) |
1788 |
Mar |
17 |
21 |
Centinel |
Why the Articles Failed |
1787 |
Oct |
5 |
22 |
Candidus |
Articles of Confederation Simply Requires
Amendments, Particularly for Commercial Power and Judicial Power;
Constitution Goes Too Far |
1787 |
Dec |
6 |
23(1) |
Brutus #7 |
Certain Powers Necessary for the Common
Defense, Can and Should be Limited (Part 1) |
1788 |
Jan |
3 |
23(2) |
Brutus #8 |
Certain Powers Necessary for the Common
Defense, Can and Should be Limited (Part 2) |
1788 |
Jan |
10 |
24 |
Brutus #9 |
Objections to a Standing Army (part 1) |
1788 |
Jan |
17 |
25 |
Brutus #10 |
Objections to a Standing Army (part 2) |
1788 |
Jan |
24 |
26 |
A Farmer and Planter |
The Use of Coercion by the New Government
(Part 1) |
1788 |
Apr |
1 |
27 |
John Humble |
The Use of Coercion by the New Government
(Part 2) |
1787 |
Oct |
29 |
28 |
Unsigned |
The Use of Coercion by the New Government
(Part 3) |
1788 |
Jan |
16 |
29(1) |
A Democratic Federalist |
Objections to National Control of the
Militia (Part 1) |
1787 |
Oct |
23 |
29(2) |
Pennsylvania Minority |
Objections to National Control of the
Militia (Part 2) |
1787 |
Dec |
12 |
30-31 |
Cato Uticensis |
A Virginia Antifederalist on the Issue of
Taxation |
1787 |
Oct |
31 |
32 |
Brutus #5 |
Federal Taxation and the Doctrine of
Implied Powers (Part 1) |
1787 |
Dec |
13 |
33 |
Brutus #6 |
Federal Taxation and the Doctrine of
Implied Powers (Part 2) |
1787 |
Dec |
27 |
34 |
Patrick Henry |
The Problem of Concurrent Taxation |
1788 |
Jun |
5 |
35 |
George Mason |
Federal Taxing Power Must be Restrained |
1788 |
Jun |
4 |
36 |
Federal Farmer |
Representation and Internal Taxation |
|
|
|
37 |
Federal Farmer |
Factions and the Constitution |
|
|
|
38(1) |
Brutus Junior |
Some Reactions to Federalist Arguments
(Part 1) |
1787 |
Nov |
8 |
38(2) |
A Countryman |
Some Reactions to Federalist Arguments
(Part 2) |
1788 |
Jan |
10 |
38(3) |
A Countryman |
Some Reactions to Federalist Arguments
(Part 3) |
1788 |
Feb |
14 |
39 |
A Farmer |
Appearance and Reality The Form is
Federal; The Effect is National |
1788 |
Apr |
15 |
40(1) |
Philadelphiensis |
On the Motivations and Authority of the
Founding Fathers (1) |
|
|
|
40(2) |
An American |
On the Motivations and Authority of the
Founding Fathers (2) |
|
|
|
40(3) |
A Farmer and Planter |
On the Motivations and Authority of the
Founding Fathers (3) |
|
|
|
40(4) |
Patrick Henry |
On the Motivations and Authority of the
Founding Fathers (4) |
|
|
|
40(5) |
Centinel |
On the Motivations and Authority of the
Founding Fathers (5) |
|
|
|
40(6) |
Yeomanry of Massachusetts |
On the Motivations and Authority of the
Founding Fathers (6) |
|
|
|
41-43 |
Federal Farmer |
"The Quantity of Power the Union Must
Possess is One Thing, the Mode of Exercising the Powers Given is Quite a
Different Consideration" (Part 1) |
|
|
|
41-43 |
Federal Farmer |
"The Quantity of Power the Union Must
Possess is One Thing, the Mode of Exercising the Powers Given is Quite a
Different Consideration" (Part 2) |
|
|
|
44 |
Deliberator |
What Congress Can Do; What a State Can Not |
1788 |
Feb |
20 |
45 |
Sydney |
Powers of National Government Dangerous to
State Government; New York as an Example |
1788 |
Jun |
13 |
46 |
An Old Whig |
"Where Then is the Restraint?" |
1788 |
Nov |
2 |
47 |
Centinel |
"Balance" of Departments not
Achieved under New Constitution |
1787 |
Oct |
5,24 |
48 |
Leonidas |
No Separation of Departments Results in No
Responsibility |
1788 |
Jul |
30 |
49 |
Massachusettensis |
On Constitutional Conventions (Part 1) |
1788 |
Jan |
29 |
50 |
An Old Whig |
On Constitutional Conventions (Part 2) |
1787 |
Nov |
27 |
51 |
Aristocrotis |
Do Checks and Balances Really Secure the
Rights of the People? |
1788 |
|
|
52 |
Consider Arms, ... |
On the Guarantee of Congressional Biennial
Elections |
1788 |
Apr |
9 |
53 |
Amicus |
A Plea for the Right of Recall |
1788 |
Aug |
28 |
54(1) |
Brutus #3 |
Apportionment and Slavery: Northern and
Southern Views (1) |
|
|
|
54(2) |
Rawlins Lowndes |
Apportionment and Slavery: Northern and
Southern Views (2) |
1788 |
Jan |
16-18 |
54(3) |
Cato #6 |
Apportionment and Slavery: Northern and
Southern Views (3) |
|
|
|
54(4) |
A Georgian |
Apportionment and Slavery: Northern and
Southern Views (4) |
1787 |
Nov |
15 |
55 |
Federal Farmer |
Will the House of Representatives be
Genuinely Representative? (Part 1) |
|
|
|
56 |
Federal Farmer |
Will the House of Representatives be
Genuinely Representative? (Part 2) |
|
|
|
57 |
Federal Farmer |
Will the House of Representatives be
Genuinely Representative? (Part 3) |
|
|
|
58 |
Federal Farmer |
Will the House of Representatives be
Genuinely Representative? (Part 4) |
|
|
|
59 |
Vox Populi |
The Danger of Congressional Control of
Elections |
1787 |
Oct |
30 |
60 |
John F. Mercer |
Will the Constitution Promote the
Interests of Favorite Classes? |
1788 |
|
|
61 |
Federal Farmer |
Questions and Comments on the
Constitutional Provisions Regarding the Election of Congressmen |
|
|
|
62 |
Brutus #16 |
On the Organization and Powers of the
Senate (Part 1) |
1788 |
Apr |
10 |
63 |
Federal Farmer |
On the Organization and Powers of the
Senate (Part 2) |
|
|
|
64 |
Cincinnatus |
On the Organization and Powers of the
Senate (Part 3) |
1787 |
Nov |
22 |
65 |
Gilbert Livingston, John Lansing |
On the Organization and Powers of the
Senate (Part 4) |
1788 |
Jun |
24 |
66 |
Joseph Taylor, ... |
From North Carolina |
|
|
|
67 |
Cato |
Various Fears Concerning the Executive
Department |
1787 |
Nov |
8 |
68 |
William Grayson |
On the Mode of Electing the President |
1788 |
Jun |
18 |
69 |
Federal Farmer |
The Character of the Executive Office |
|
|
|
70 |
An Old Whig |
The Powers and Dangerous Potentials of His
Elected Majesty |
1787 |
Dec |
11 |
71(1) |
Luther Martin |
The Presidential Term of Office (1) |
|
|
|
71(2) |
Agrippa #18 |
The Presidential Term of Office (2) |
1788 |
Feb |
5 |
71(3) |
A Customer |
The Presidential Term of Office (3) |
1788 |
Mar |
13 |
72 |
Republicus |
On the Electoral College; On Reeligibility
of the President |
1788 |
Mar |
1 |
73 |
William Penn |
Does the Presidential Veto Power Infringe
on the Separation of Departments? |
1788 |
Jan |
3 |
74 |
Philadelphiensis |
The President as Military King |
1788 |
Feb |
6 |
75 |
Hampden |
A Note Protesting the Treaty-Making
Provisions of the Constitution |
1788 |
Feb |
16 |
76-77 |
Federal Farmer |
An Antifederalist View of the Appointing
Power Under the Constitution |
|
|
|
78-79 |
Brutus #15, 16 |
The Power of the Judiciary (Part 1) |
1788 |
Mar |
20 |
80 |
Brutus #11 |
The Power of the Judiciary (Part 2) |
1788 |
Jan |
31 |
81 |
Brutus #12, 14 |
The Power of the Judiciary (Part 3) |
1788 |
Feb |
7,28 |
82 |
Brutus #14, 15 |
The Power of the Judiciary (Part 4) |
1788 |
Mar |
6,20 |
83 |
Luther Martin |
The Federal Judiciary and the Issue of
Trial by Jury |
|
|
|
84 |
Brutus |
On the Lack of a Bill of Rights |
|
|
|
85 |
Plebian |
Concluding Remarks: Evils Under
Confederation Exaggerated; Constitution Must be Drastically Revised
Before Adoption |
|
|
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