07564cam a2200505 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000180009502000160011303500130012903500220014204000790016404100080024304200140025104300120026505000220027708200140029924502110031324600560052424600590058026400490063930000290068833600260071733700280074333800270077149000230079850400670082150547510088852007920563965000660643165000700649765000710656765000720663865100640671065100540677465100510682870000310687970000280691071000560693873000380699483000260703220382050BJBSDDR20250825160050.0ta180228s2018    nyu      b    001 0 eng d  a  2018936418  a9781598535839  a1598535838   a20382050  a(OCoLC)1017577523  aYDXbengcYDXerdadHRFdIG$dOCLCFdOCPdIMDdLGGdOCLCOdTXLAPdISSdDLC  aeng  alccopycat  an-us---14aKF 4515bE78 201800a342.73/0604aThe essential debate on the Constitution :bFederalist and Antifederalist speeches and writings : the brilliant battle of ideas that still shapes the nation /cRobert J. Allison and Bernard Bailyn, editors.30aFederalist and Antifederalist speeches and writings30aBrilliant battle of ideas that still shapes the nation 1aNew York, N.Y. :bLibrary of America,c2018.  axix, 487 pages ;c21 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier1 aLibrary of America  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 454-474) and index.00gPreface /rby Bernard Bailyn --gIntroduction /rby Robert J. Allison --tPart 1: The debate opens. Benjamin Franklin, Speech at the conclusions of the Constitutional Convention, September 17, 1787 --tAlexander Hamilton, Conjectures about the new Constitution, late September 1787 --tJames Wilson, Speech at a public meeting, October 6, 1787 --tBrutus I, October 18, 1787 --tA political dialogue, October 24, 1787 --tJames Madison to Thomas Jefferson, October 24, 1787 --tThomas Jefferson to James Madison, December 20 1787 --tCato III, October 25, 1787 --tPublius (Alexander Hamilton), The Federalist no. I, October 27, 1787 --tPart 2: Opposition organizes. Elbridge Gerry to the Massachusetts General Court, November 3, 1787 --tLetters from the Federal Farmer to The Republican, November 8, 1787 --tThomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, November 13, 1787 --tGeorge Mason, Objections to the Constitution, November 22, 1787 --tRobert Yates and John Lansing, Jr., to Governor George Clinton, January 14, 1788 --tPart 3. Toward a new understanding of politics. Publius (James Madison), The Federalist no. 10, November 22, 1787 --tA Countryman (Roger Sherman) II, November 22, 1787 --tBrutus IV, November 29, 1787 --tAmericanus (John Stevens, Jr.) III, November 30, 1787 --tSamuel Adams to Richard Henry Lee, December 3, 1787 --tA Landholder (Oliver Ellsworth) VII, December 17, 1787 --tPublius (Alexander Hamilton), The Federalist No. 23, December 18, 1787 --tBrutus VII, January 3, 1788 --tPublius (Alexander Hamilton), The Federalist no. 30, December 28, 1787 --tPart 4: Slavery and liberty. Luther Martin, The genuine information VIII, January 22, 1788 --tGiles Hickory (Noah Webster) I, December 1787 --tPublius (James Madison), The Federalist no. 39, January 16, 1788 --tOn the new Constitution, January 28, 1788 --tBrutus XI, January 31, 1788 --tCivis (David Ramsay) to the citizens of South Carolina, February 4, 1788 --tPublius (James Madison), The Federalist no. 54, February 12, 1788 --tPart 5: The future of the American republic. Publius (James Madison), The Federalist no. 51, February 6, 1788 --tBrutus XII, February 7 and February 14, 1788 --tHarry Innes to John Brown, February 20, 1788 --tJoseph Spencer to James Madison, Enclosing John Leland's objections, February 28, 1788 --tPublius (Alexander Hamilton), The Federalist no. 70, March 15, 1788 --tBrutus XV, March 20, 1788 --tPublius (Alexander Hamilton), The Federalist no. 78, May 28, 1788 --tGeorge Washington to John Armstrong, April 25, 1788 --tPart 6: The state ratifying conventions. Pennsylvania. James Wilson, Opening address, November 24, 1787 --tJames Wilson and John Smilie debate the need for a bill of rights, November 28, 1787 --tBenjamin Rush speaks against a bill of rights, November 30, 1787 --tJames Wilson on the slave-trade clause, December 3, 1787 --tRobert Whitehill replies to Wilson on the slave-trade clause, December 3, 1787 --tDissent of the minority of the Pennsylvania Convention, December 18, 1787 --tMassachusetts. Fisher Ames on biennial elections and the "volcano" of democracy, January 15, 1788 --tAn exchange on the powers of Congress and its probable corruption, January 17, 1788 --tAmos Singletary and Jonathan Smith on "Leviathan" and on the danger of anarchy, January 25, 1788 --tDaniel Shute and William Jones on religious tests, January 31, 1788 --tJohn Hancock proposes ratification with recommended amendments, January 31, 1788 --tSamuel Adams supports Hancock's proposition, January 31, 1788 --tJohn Hancock's final observations, "We must all rise or fall together," February 6, 1788 --tThe form of the ratification of Massachusetts, February 6, 1788 --tSouth Carolina. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney explains America's unique "structure of freedom," May 14, 1788 --tPatrick Dollard fears a corrupt and despotic aristocracy, May 22, 1788 --tVirginia. Patrick Henry's opening speech opposing ratification, June 4, 1788 --tPatrick Henry states his main objections, and James Madison responds, June 12, 1788 --tGeorge Mason and James Madison debate the slave-trade clause, June 17, 1788 --tNew York. Robert R. Livingston, Melancton Smith, and John Jay debate aristocracy, representation, and corruption, June 23, 1788 --tMelancton Smith fears the federal taxing power, June 27, 1788 --tNorth Carolina. James Iredell on the presidency and the pardoning power, July 28, 1788 --tJames Iredell on impeachment, July 28, 1788 --tHenry Abbot and James Iredell debate religious tests, July 30, 1788 --tThe Rev. David Caldwell and Samuel Spencer debate religious toleration, July 30, 1788 --tThe Constitution -- Chronology, 1774-1804 --tBiographical notes --tNote on the texts.  a"The threat of foreign and domestic corruption; the balance of power between the federal government and the states and the controversial role of the Supreme Court; the danger of an unrestrained president and the potential remedy of impeachment. During the contest to ratify the Constitution America's founding generation wrestled with key questions and challenges that continue to test our nation today, and their original arguments still have much to teach us. Here are more than sixty newspaper articles, pamphlets, speeches, and private letters from the debate by more than forty writers, including the essential Federalist essays of James Madison and Alexander Hamilton and the insightful, often prophetic Antifederalist writings of "Brutus" and the "Federalist Farmer""--Back cover. 0aConstitutional historyzUnited Statesy18th centuryvSources. 4aHistoria constitucional zEstados Unidos ySiglo XVIII vFuentes  0aFederal governmentzUnited StatesxHistoryy18th centuryvSources. 4aGobierno federalzEstados UnidosxHistoria ySiglo XVIII vFuentes  0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty1783-1789vSources. 4aEstados UnidosxPolítica y gobiernoy1783-1789  0aUnited StatesxHistoryy18th centuryvSources.1 aAllison, Robert Jeeditor 1 aBailyn, Bernardeeditor12aUnited States.tConstitution.iContainer of (work):02aFederalist.iContainer of (work): 0aLibrary of America ;