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| D. it might afford temptation for invading the constitutional authority of the Union, | No. XXV. | 163 |
| b. the provisions of the Articles of Confederation on State military and naval establishments, referred to, | 164 | |
| e. the impropriety of restraining the discretion of Congress, on keeping up armies, further considered, | 164 | |
| a. the uncertainty of the period or extent of the danger to be guarded against, | 164 | |
| b. it presumes a possibility of collusion between the Congress and the executive, in schemes of usurpation, | 165 | |
| f. the impropriety of restraining Congress in raising armies in times of peace considered, | 165 | |
| g. the objection that "the militia of the country is its natural bulwark," considered, | 166 | |
| a. it often wants "vigor and stability," | 166 | |
| b. it is not the most economical, | 166 | |
| c. standing armies sometimes necessary in times of external peace, | 167 | |
| A. instance of Pennsylvania, notwithstanding her Bill of Rights, | 167 | |
| B. instance of Massachusetts, notwithstanding the Articles of Confederation, | 167 | |
| h. the danger of "fettering the government with restrictions" considered, | 167 | |
| i. "the idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defence," further considered, | XXVI. | 169 |
| a. its origin | 169 | |
| b. it never found much favor in America, | 169 | |
| j. "the idea which aims at the exclusion of military establishments in times of peace," further considered, | 170 | |
| a. its origin and progress, | 170 | |
| b. vesting authority on the subject in the Congress, a sufficient safeguard, | 171 | |
| A. because the subject must be reconsidered every two years, | 173 | |
| B. because "schemes to subvert the liberties of a people require time to mature them for execution," which cannot be secured, | 174 | |
| C. objection, that the executive may seize supplies, answered, | 175 | |
| D. an appeal for the Union based on this objection, | 175 | |
| B. concerning the administration of the laws, | XXVII. | 176 |
| a. the assertion that the laws which the Constitution authorizes cannot be executed without the aid of a military force, considered, | 176 |
