The US is too large to function as a free republic, and under the Constitution the central government would have too much power over the states, and the people
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-Articles of Confederation = govt too many faults and too weak to support the govt
-People however need to be careful how much power they give to the central govt cuz it can't be taken back
-EX: constitution proposed that cent govt can tax/declare war -> that + idea that constitution is supreme law of the land makes it too easy for them to abuse power.
-Ppl should consider how their liberties best stay intact -> a free rep govt wouldn't work cuz historically large free rep govts have turned into tyranny
-Representation should be considered
US too large for free form of Rep Govt
-PPL too spread out to form strong community necessary for free republic (representatives won't know enough about the people they're representing)
-> fragmented country + disunion of states
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-Once the cent govt has power, it can't be taken away
-Taxation is the most important power a govt can have
-A representative govt will prevent efficiency
-Armies that serve a central govt historically result in tyranny
-Due to the size and power if the nation a free republic would also turn into tyranny
-The constitution gives the central government too much power
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"Whether the 13 United States should be reduced to one great republic, governed by one legislature, and under the direction of one executive and judicial; or whether they should continue thirteen confederate republics."
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Presents an argument for both ratifying a constitution, making a stronger national government or continuing to use the Articles of Confederation
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"The power to lay taxes is unlimited.... In the business therefore of laying and collecting taxes, the idea of confederation is totally lost"
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When the national government has the power to lay taxes, local government is lost.
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"The power given by this article are very general and comprehensive, and it may receive a construction to justify passing almost any law."
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The law making power in Article 1 Section 8 of the constitution grants the federal government law making power that could possibly be abused
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"The question then will be, whether a government thus constituted, and founded on such principles, is practicable, and can be exercised over the whole US, reduced into one state?"
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Author asking readers, if the state power is reduced to a single public, will their personal liberties still be maintained
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"The confidence which people have in their rulers, in a free republic, arises from their knowing them... But in a republic of the extent of this continent, the people would be accounted for with very few of their rulers."
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Claims that the govt needs the support of people to function, and that can't happen without their direct involvement in decision making
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