Breaking Down The Federalist Papers
Part 1: The Union
1-14
15-22
23-26
Introduction and Argument for Union
(“the utility of the UNION to your political prosperity”)
Defects of the Articles of Confederation
(“The insufficiency of the present Confederation to preserve that Union”)
The Need for an Energetic Government
(“The necessity of a government at least equally energetic with the one
proposed, to the attainment of this object”)
Part 2: The Constitution’s Merits
“The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government”
37-40
The delicate work of the convention and the “general form” of the proposed
government (i.e. its republicanism and federalism)
41-46
The “quantity” or “general mass of power” invested in the government and
whether this is dangerous to the states
47-84
The Government’s Structure and Distribution of Powers
47-51
Separation of Powers & Checks and Balances
52-58
House of Representatives
59-61
The Regulation of Elections
62-66
The Senate
67-77
The Executive (Presidency)
78-83
The Judiciary
84
85
Misc. Objections (No Bill of Rights…)
Conclusion including…
The Constitution’s “analogy to your own state constitution” and “the
additional security which its adoption will afford to the preservation of that
[republican] species of government, to liberty, and to property.”