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and the House a security against an improper exercise of this authority,	No. LIX.	417
iv. there can be no conceivable motive for such an attempt on the part of Congress,		418
v. inquiry concerning the relative weight of influence possessed by different classes of the People,		419
vi. the qualifications, both of the electors and the elected, being controlled exclusively by the State governments, no favor can be extended to any particular class by the Congress,		421
vii. the certainty of a general revolt against such an assumption of authority further discussed, and the necessity of a military power to insure success to the attempt considered,		422
e. objection, that this provision should have been accompanied by a provision that all elections shall be held within the counties where the electors reside, considered,	LX.	423
i. such a provision would be harmless,		423
ii. it would afford no security from the danger apprehended,		423
iii. the provision compared with provisions concerning elections in the State constitutions,		424
i. those in the constitution of New York particularly examined,		424
ii. defects in the State constitutions no apology for defects in the proposed Constitution, considered,		425
f. the probability that such authority in the Congress, to fix uniform days of election, may be very important to the public welfare,		426
i. the want of any provision in the proposed Constitution, fixing a particular day for the election, considered,		427
ii. concluding remarks,		427
c. the Senate	LXI.	428
A. "the qualifications of senators" considered,		428
B. "the appointment of senators by the State legislatures" considered,		429
C. "the equality of representation in the Senate" considered,		429
a. the mixed character of the Fœderal government requires a mixed representation,		429
b. the equal representation in the Senate a recognition of sovereignty in the States,		430