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| B. the entire confidence of Publius in the arguments which recommend the proposed system, | No. LXXXV. | 610 |
| 2. the conceded imperfections of the system no cause for delay in adopting it, | 610 | |
| A. the extent of these concessions has been greatly exaggerated, | 610 | |
| a. "that it is radically defective" denied, | 610 | |
| b. "that without material alterations the rights and interests of the community cannot be safely confided to it" denied, | 610 | |
| c. although not perfect, it is upon the whole a good plan, | 611 | |
| B. the precarious state of the country forbids delay for the only purpose of engaging in the chimerical pursuit of a perfect plan of government, | 611 | |
| a. the improbability of assembling a new convention with the same success as that which attended the last, | 611 | |
| b. more easy to obtain amendments subsequent to the adoption of the Constitution than previous thereto, | 612 | |
| c. no plan can be proposed which will be satisfactory to all the States, in every respect, | 612 | |
| d. supposed obstacles in the way of making subsequent amendments considered, | 612 | |
| e. the ease with which a Fœderal convention may be called for the amendment of the Constitution, under the provisions of the proposed Constitution, | 613 | |
| 3. concluding remarks, | 614 |
