In the present state of mankind, and of conducting war, the government of every nation must have power to raise and keep up regular troops. The question is, how shall this power be lodged? In an entire government, as in Great Britain, where the people assemble by their representatives in one legislature, there is no difficulty; it is of course properly lodged in that legislature. But in a confederated republic, where the organization consists of a federal head, and local governments, there is no one part in which it can be solely, and safely lodged. By Art. 1. , Sect. 8. , “congress shall have power to raise and support armies,” etc. By Art. I. , Sect. 10. , “no state, without the consent of congress, shall keep troops, or ships of war, in time of peace. ” It seems fit the union should direct the raising of troops, and the union may do it in two ways: by requisitions on the states, or by direct taxes. The first is most conformable to the federal plan, and safest; and it may be improved, by giving the union power, by its own laws and officers, to raise the state’s quota that may neglect, and to charge it with the expense; and by giving a fixed quorum of the state legislatures power to disapprove the requisition. There would be less danger in this power to raise troops, could the state governments keep a proper control over the purse and over the militia.   Continue reading “Anti-Federalist Paper No. 41-43B – “The Quantity Of Power The Union Must Possess Is One Thing; The Mode Of Exercising The Powers Given Is Quite A Different Consideration””

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Anti-Federalist No. 40 is a compilation of articles.

It was a common saying among many sensible men in Great Britain and Ireland, in the time of the war, that they doubted whether the great men of America, who had taken an active part in favor of independence, were influenced by pure patriotism; that it was not the love of their country they had so much at heart, as their own private, interest; that a thirst after dominion and power, and not to protect the oppressed from the oppressor, was the great operative principle that induced these men to oppose Britain so strenuously. Continue reading “Anti-Federalist Paper No. 40 – On The Motivations And Authority Of The Founding Fathers”

This essay was published in either the (Philadelphia) Freeman’s Journal; or, The North-American Intelligencer, January 16, 1788.

The Congress under the new Constitution have the power “of organizing, arming and disciplining the militia, and of governing them when in the service of the United States, giving to the separate States the appointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress. ” Let us inquire why they have assumed this great power. Continue reading “The Anti-Federalist Paper No. 28 – The Use Of Coercion By The New Government (Part 3)”

“JOHN HUMBLE’s,” following piece was published in the Independent Gazetteer, October 29, 1787.

The humble address of the low-born of the United States of America, to their fellow slaves scattered throughout the world – greeting:

Whereas it hath been represented unto us that a most dreadful disease hath for these five years last past infected, preyed upon and almost ruined the government and people of this our country; and of this malady we ourselves have had perfect demonstration, not mentally, but bodily, through every one of the five senses. Continue reading “The Anti-Federalist Paper No. 27 – The Use Of Coercion By The New Government (Part 2)”

“A FARMER AND PLANTER” had his work printed in The Maryland Journal, and Baltimore Advertiser, April 1, 1788.

The time is nearly at hand, when you are called upon to render up that glorious liberty you obtained, by resisting the tyranny and oppression of George the Third, King of England, and his ministers. The first Monday in April is the day appointed by our assembly, for you to meet and choose delegates in each county, to take into consideration the new Federal Government, and either adopt or refuse it. Let me entreat you, my fellows, to consider well what you are about. Read the said constitution, and consider it well before you act. Continue reading “Anti-Federalist Paper No. 26 – The Use Of Coercion By The New Government (Part 1)”

From The Boston Gazette and Country Journal, November 26, 1787.

I am pleased to see a spirit of inquiry burst the band of constraint upon the subject of the NEW PLAN for consolidating the governments of the United States, as recommended by the late Convention. If it is suitable to the GENIUS and HABITS of the citizens of these states, it will bear the strictest scrutiny.   Continue reading “Anti-Federalist Paper No. 1 – A Dangerous Plan Of Benefit Only To The “Aristocratick Combination””

“MONTEZUMA,” regarded as a Pennsylvanian, wrote this essay which appeared October 17, 1787 in the Independent Gazetteer.

We the Aristocratic party of the United States, lamenting the many inconveniences to which the late confederation subjected the well-born, the better kind of people, bringing them down to the level of the rabble – and holding in utter detestation that frontispiece to every bill of rights, “that all men are born equal” – beg leave (for the purpose of drawing a line between such as we think were ordained to govern, and such as were made to bear the weight of government without having any share in its administration) to submit to our Friends in the first class for their inspection, the following defense of our monarchical, aristocratical democracy.   Continue reading “Anti-Federalist Paper No. 9 – A Consolidated Government Is A Tyranny”

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The Hill – by Bradford Richardson

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to bring a lawsuit challenging rival Ted Cruz’s eligibility to serve as president — unless the Texas senator “clean[s] up his act.”

“If [Ted Cruz] doesn’t clean up his act, stop cheating, & doing negative ads, I have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen,” Trump said in a tweet.    Continue reading “Trump: ‘I have standing’ to sue Cruz over citizenship”

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The Daily Caller – by Derek Hunter

Though Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary in a landslide over Hillary Clinton, he will likely receive fewer delegates than she will.

Sanders won 60 percent of the vote, but thanks to the Democratic Party’s nominating system, he leaves the Granite State with at least 13 delegates while she leaves with at least 15 delegates.   Continue reading “After Crushing Defeat, DNC Quirk Still Gives Hillary More New Hampshire Delegates Than Sanders”