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Jan 10, 2002 · The Federalist Number 14. [30 November 1787] We have seen the necessity of the union as our bulwark against foreign danger, as the conservator of peace among ourselves, as the guardian of our commerce and other common interests, as the only substitute for those military establishments which have subverted the liberties of the old world, and as ...
Federalist No. 14 is an essay by James Madison titled " Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered ". This essay is the fourteenth of The Federalist Papers. It was first published in The New York Packet on November 30, 1787 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist papers were published.
It is, that in a democracy, the people meet and exercise the government in person; in a republic, they assemble and administer it by their representatives and agents. A democracy, consequently, will be confined to a small spot. A republic may be extended over a large region.
Error arises from not properly distinguishing a democracy—direct government—from a republic—representative government. The error which limits republican government to a narrow district has been unfolded and refuted in preceding papers.
Dec 20, 2021 · FEDERALIST No. 13. Advantage of the Union in Respect to Economy in Government . FEDERALIST No. 14. Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered . FEDERALIST No. 15. The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union . FEDERALIST No. 16.
Federalist No. 14. Objections to the Proposed Constitution from Extent of Territory Answered. Author: James Madison. To the People of the State of New York: WE HAVE seen the necessity of the Union, as our bulwark against foreign danger, as the conservator of peace among ourselves, as the guardian of our commerce and other common interests, as ...
Jan 27, 2016 · The communication between the Western and Atlantic districts, and between different parts of each, will be rendered more and more easy by those numerous canals with which the beneficence of nature has intersected our country, and which art finds it so little difficult to connect and complete.
