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Contents.
| Essay. | Page | |
| A. no other than a strictly republican form of government reconcilable with the genius of the People of America, | No. XXXVIII. | 258 |
| a. what are the distinctive characters of the republican form, considered, | 258 | |
| a. the example of Holland referred to, | 258 | |
| b. the example of Venice referred to, | 258 | |
| c. the example of Poland referred to, | 258 | |
| d the example of England referred to, | 259 | |
| e. the general subject discussed, | 259 | |
| B. the proposed Constitution conforms to the standard here fixed, | 260 | |
| a. in the tenure of its offices, | 260 | |
| b. in its absolute prohibition of titles of nobility, | 261 | |
| c. objection, that it has not preserved the Fœderal form, but provides for a National government, considered, | 261 | |
| a. what is the real character of the proposed government, | 261 | |
| A. it will be founded on the assent and ratification of the People of the several States, as such, | 262 | |
| B. the sources from which its ordinary powers will be drawn, | 263 | |
| a. the House of Representatives, from the People of America, | 263 | |
| b. the Senate, from the States, as such, | 263 | |
| c. the Executive, | 263 | |
| i. immediately from the States in their political characters, | 263 | |
| ii. eventually by the House of Representatives, as representatives of the States, as distinct and coequal bodies politic, | 263 | |
| C. the operation of its ordinary powers, | 263 | |
| D. the extent of its ordinary powers, | 264 | |
| E. the authority by which amendments are to be made, | 265 | |
| F. the subject generally discussed, | 266 | |
| b. was the Convention authorized to frame and propose a mixed system, | XXXIX. | 266 |
| A. the commissions of its members examined, | 266 | |
| B. the recommendatory acts considered, | 266 | |
| C. the authority of the Convention deduced therefrom, | 267 | |
| a. "to establish, in these States, a firm National government," | 267 | |
| b. that government to be "adequate to the exigencies of government, and the preservation of the Union," | 267 | |
| c. these purposes were "to be effected by alterations and provisions in the Articles of Confederation," | 268 | |
| d. these alterations were to be reported to the Congress and to the States, for approval and ratification, | 268 |
