| Introduction | |
| Understanding the Constitution | |
| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
| Notes on the Authors and Texts | |
| The Anti-Federalists | |
| Objections to the Constitution of Government Formed by the Convention | p. 1 |
| Address of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention | p. 3 |
| Speech of Patrick Henry before the Virginia Ratifying Convention | p. 25 |
| Speeches of Melancton Smith before the New York Ratifying Convention | p. 42 |
| Letters of Cato (4 and 5) | p. 58 |
| Letters of Centinel (1) | p. 65 |
| Essays of Brutus (6, 11, 12, 15) | p. 74 |
| The Constitution Defended | p. 97 |
| Speech of James Wilson before the Pennsylvania Convention | p. 97 |
| An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution | p. 110 |
| The Federalist | p. 140 |
| Introduction | p. 140 |
| Concerning the Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence | p. 143 |
| Concerning the Dangers from War between the States | p. 147 |
| The Subject Continued and Particular Causes Enumerated | p. 152 |
| The Effects of Internal War in Producing Standing Armies and Other Institutions Unfriendly to Liberty | p. 158 |
| The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard against Domestic Faction and Insurrection | p. 162 |
| The Same Subject Continued | p. 167 |
| The Utility of the Union in Respect to Revenue | p. 174 |
| An Objection Drawn from the Extent of Country Answered | p. 179 |
| Concerning the Defects of the Present Confederation in Relation to the Principle of Legislation for the States in Their Collective Capacities | p. 183 |
| The Same Subject Continued in Relation to the Same Principle | p. 190 |
| The Necessity of a Government at Least Equally Energetic with the One Proposed | p. 195 |
| The Subject Continued with an Answer to an Objection Concerning Standing Armies | p. 199 |
| The Same Subject Concluded | p. 203 |
| [Concerning Taxation]: The Same Subject Continued | p. 207 |
| The Same Subject Continued | p. 211 |
| The Same Subject Continued | p. 214 |
| Concerning the Difficulties Which the Convention Must Have Experienced in the Formation of a Proper Plan | p. 219 |
| The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles: An Objection in Respect to the Powers of the Convention Examined | p. 225 |
| The Meaning of the Maxim, Which Requires a Separation of the Departments of Power, Examined and Ascertained | p. 231 |
| The Same Subject Continued with a View to the Means of Giving Efficacy in Practice to That Maxim | p. 237 |
| The Same Subject Continued with the Same View | p. 241 |
| The Same Subject Continued with the Same View and Concluded | p. 245 |
| Concerning the House of Representatives, with a View to the Qualifications of the Electors and Elected, and the Time of Service of the Members | p. 250 |
| The Same Subject Continued in Relation to the Total Number of the Body | p. 254 |
| The Same Subject Continued in Relation to the Supposed Tendency of the Plan of the Convention to Elevate the Few above the Many | p. 258 |
| Concerning the Constitution of the Senate with Regard to the Qualifications of the Members, the Manner of Appointing Them, the Equality of Representation, the Number of the Senators, and the Duration of Their Appointments | p. 263 |
| A Further View of the Constitution of the Senate in Regard to the Duration of Appointment of Its Members | p. 268 |
| [Concerning the Constitution of the President]: The Same Subject Continued in Relation to the Unity of the Executive, with an Examination of the Project of an Executive Council | p. 275 |
| A View of the Constitution of the Judicial Department in Relation to the Tenure of Good Behavior | p. 283 |
| A Further View of the Judicial Department in Relation to the Trial by Jury | p. 289 |
| Concerning Several Miscellaneous Objections | p. 301 |
| Conclusion | p. 310 |
| The Constitiutional Documents | p. 317 |
| Articles of Confederation | p. 317 |
| The Virginia Plan | p. 324 |
| Constitution of the United States of America | p. 326 |
| Bill of Rights | p. 337 |
| Index | p. 339 |
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