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| c. the learned professions form no distinct class in society, | No. XXXIII. | 219 |
| d. the landholders will be well represented by those in whom they have most confidence, without regard to the extent of their property, | 220 | |
| e. the good effects of a mixed representation, and the impracticability of special delegations from particular classes, | 220 | |
| f. men possessing the most extensive information will best represent all classes, | 221 | |
| g. men of strong minds, who belong to no particular class, will sometimes command the attention which is due to their merit, | XXXIV. | 222 |
| h. men of different trades will seldom possess greater sympathy for each other than the merchant will for both, | 222 | |
| n. objection, that a power of internal taxation in the Fœderal Congress cannot be exercised with advantage for the want of sufficient knowledge of local circumstances, considered, | 224 | |
| a. the members from each State can obtain the necessary information, | 224 | |
| b. systems of finance are usually framed by a few persons, | 224 | |
| c. local disabilities may be easily ascertained and understood, | 225 | |
| d. the assessment of property to be taxed will devolve on discreet persons who are acquainted with "local details," | 225 | |
| e. "the National legislature can make use of the system of each State within that State," | 226 | |
| f. the proportion of taxes among the States is fixed, and is "to be determined by the numbers of each State," respectively, | 226 | |
| g. if this power should prove "to be really inconvenient," it need not be used, and requisitions may be resorted to, | 226 | |
| A. "why not omit that ambiguous power, in the first instance, and rely on requisitions?" answered, | 227 | |
| a. because, if convenient, this mode will be preferable, | 227 | |
| b. because the existence of such authority will give greater efficacy to requisitions, | 227 | |
| o. clashing of authority concerning taxation, State and Fœderal, cannot occur, | 227 | |
| p. minor objections to the delegation of authority to levy taxes considered, | 227 |
