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Contents.

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A. from foreign gold,	No. LIV.	388
B. from other branches of the Fœderal government,		389
ii. "it will be too small to possess a due knowledge of the interests of its constituents," considered,	LV.	391
i. "the representative ought to be acquainted with the interests and circumstances of his constituents," considered,		391
ii. the objects of Fœderal legislation considered,		391
A. "a very few representatives will be very sufficient vehicles of information concerning commerce to the Fœderal councils,"		392
B. the same observations will apply to matters concerning taxation,		393
C. they "will apply also with greater force to the case of the militia,"		393
D. nothing in the above reasons will conflict with the necessity, before referred to, for general information in the representative,		393
iii. the experience of Great Britain referred to,		394
iii. it will tend to the aggrandizement of the few at the expense of the many,	LVI.	396
i. this objection strikes at the root of representative government,		396
ii. the members of the House will be elected by all classes and conditions of citizens,		397
iii. they will be taken from all classes and conditions of citizens,		397
iv. securities to insure their fidelity to their constituents,		397
A. their personal character,		397
B. the honorable position to which they will be called,		398
C. the opportunity which will be afforded to secure honor and distinction,		398
D. the frequent election compelling them to remember their dependence on the People,		398
E. the measures adopted must operate on themselves as well as on the great mass of the society,		399
v. the provisions for electing members, and their qualifications for office, similar to those of the State constitutions for State officers,		400
vi. the relative numbers of the constituencies no