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40 On the Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained For the New York Packet. Friday, January 18, 1788. MADISON To the People of the State of New York: THE SECOND point to be examined is, whether the convention were authorized to frame and propose this mixed Constitution. BER FORTY THE POWERS OF THE CONVENTION TO FORM A MIXED GOVERNMENT EXAMINED AND SUSTAINED FROM THE NEW YORK PACKET FRIDAY JANUARY EIGHTEENTH SEVENTEEN EIGHTY EIGHT JAMES MADISON TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK THE SECOND POINT TO BE EXAMINED IS WHETHER THE CONVENTION WERE AUTHORIZED TO FRAME AND PROPOSE THIS MIXED CONSTITUTION
f the convention is not founded on either of these principles. In requiring more than a majority, and principles. In requiring more than a majority, and particularly in computing the proportion by STATES, not by CITIZENS, it departs from the NATIONAL and advances towards the FEDERAL character; in rendering the concurrence of less than the whole number of States sufficient, it loses again the FEDERAL and partakes of the NATIONAL character. The proposed Constitution, therefore, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal Constitution, but a composition of both. In its foundation it is federal, not national; in the sources from which the ordinary powers of the government are drawn, it is partly federal and partly national; in the operation of these powers, it is national, not federal; in the extent of them, again, it is federal, not national; and, finally, in the authoritative mode of introducing amendments, it is neither wholly federal nor wholly national. PUBLIUS FEDERALIST No.   THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDED BY JASON'S ANTHOPOLIS NASHVILLE TENNESSEE AUGUST TWO THOUSAND SIX THE FEDERALIST PAPERS FEDERALIST NUMBER FORTY BY JAMES MADISON FEDERALIST NUM
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