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| and the House a security against an improper exercise of this authority, | No. LIX. | 417 |
| iv. there can be no conceivable motive for such an attempt on the part of Congress, | 418 | |
| v. inquiry concerning the relative weight of influence possessed by different classes of the People, | 419 | |
| vi. the qualifications, both of the electors and the elected, being controlled exclusively by the State governments, no favor can be extended to any particular class by the Congress, | 421 | |
| vii. the certainty of a general revolt against such an assumption of authority further discussed, and the necessity of a military power to insure success to the attempt considered, | 422 | |
| e. objection, that this provision should have been accompanied by a provision that all elections shall be held within the counties where the electors reside, considered, | LX. | 423 |
| i. such a provision would be harmless, | 423 | |
| ii. it would afford no security from the danger apprehended, | 423 | |
| iii. the provision compared with provisions concerning elections in the State constitutions, | 424 | |
| i. those in the constitution of New York particularly examined, | 424 | |
| ii. defects in the State constitutions no apology for defects in the proposed Constitution, considered, | 425 | |
| f. the probability that such authority in the Congress, to fix uniform days of election, may be very important to the public welfare, | 426 | |
| i. the want of any provision in the proposed Constitution, fixing a particular day for the election, considered, | 427 | |
| ii. concluding remarks, | 427 | |
| c. the Senate | LXI. | 428 |
| A. "the qualifications of senators" considered, | 428 | |
| B. "the appointment of senators by the State legislatures" considered, | 429 | |
| C. "the equality of representation in the Senate" considered, | 429 | |
| a. the mixed character of the Fœderal government requires a mixed representation, | 429 | |
| b. the equal representation in the Senate a recognition of sovereignty in the States, | 430 |
