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FEDERALIST PAPER NO. 67: “THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT The purpose of the Federalist papers was to convince the citizens of the state of New York to approve the Constitution, as the citizens of New York were worried about giving too much power to what they thought had the possibility developing into another monarchy. In Federalist Paper no. 67, the writer of the paper, Alexander Hamilton, tried to explain and defend the suggested future role of the Executive Branch, namely the position of the President of the United States of America. Hamilton wrote to defend the role of the President of the United State against false pretenses, invalidate incorrect similarities that were made of it to previous unpopular monarch roles, and to clear up the …show more content…

He mentions how certain people, trying to sway the public opinion, have falsely claimed that the role of the President of the United States would be no different from the monarch of England, which the people relatively recently broke away from. They took into consideration the people’s dislike of monarchy, and using that made this comparison. An example Hamilton gave was from the governor of New York, who had a lot of power over the people. Hamilton states people were given the false impression that the power given to the President would be no different to the power of a king with extreme wealth and unregulated power. Hamilton continues, then, to address a specific sample issue which antifederalists had picked out, misinterpreted, and then delivered that misinterpretation to the public. This misinterpretation, as Hamilton states, was that the President had the power to fill empty spots in the Senate if someone were to go missing. This, the misinterpretation gives, is unregulated power and control over positions meant to be given to the representatives of every state, and an intrusion of …show more content…

Firstly, he states that the President and Senate have the common power, together, to make appointments, and the decision would only be left to the President if the matter was pertinent. Secondly, Hamilton reinforces that the first point limits the power of the president to fill the empty vacancies of the Senate. The appointments made by the President will expire in the next session of the Senate, keeping the branches, executive and legislative, separate. Thirdly, Hamilton stresses the situation in which the President would appoint someone would only happen in a recess of the Senate, till the end of the next session. Lastly Hamilton states that the power to appoint people in empty spots in the Senate belongs to the Senate, and is only left to the President in situations where the Senate is not meeting and therefore cannot make a permanent

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Even though Hamilton wasn’t one of our presidents, he showed great leadership throughout his terms in the secretary of treasury, he practiced law after the wars, and he also showed leadership being one of our Founding Fathers (who were responsible winning our wars against England.) After Hamilton was drafted for the Constitutional Convention by New Year, Hamilton got to attend a meeting in Philadelphia. While Alexander was in Philadelphia he had little to no impact on the convention because he didn’t fully represent New York. Even though Hamilton didn’t represent the Federalist (who strongly opponents to sign the new constitution), Hamilton signed the new constitution as an individual. Then after Hamilton signed the for the new constitution, he got to write “at least two-thirds of the essays” that included some of the most important ones that would explain the powers of each of the branches.

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(1).” This group did not the Constitution did not properly state the rights and powers of the three branches of government, states’ rights, etc. In order to please the Anti-federalists, the Preamble was put into place to allow American citizens know the central government’s rights, and states’ rights. Lecture 15 “Questions to Consider #1”: In what ways does the modern American economy resemble the plan set out in Hamilton’s three great reports?

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Federalist Paper 69, written by Alexander Hamilton in 1788, addresses the topic of the presidency. Its purpose was to illustrate to the people of New York what the real character of the executive would be. The subject matter and time period of this essay allow for speculation that the people of that time were concerned that ratifying a constitution with a president at the head of government would have been willingly putting themselves beneath a tyrannical ruler, after having recently gained independence from tyrannical King George III. Throughout this essay, Hamilton adamantly stressed the fact that the president would not be likened unto the king of Great Britain, but rather unto the governor of New York. The president would be an elected

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The topic I would be doing would be on/about Alexander Hamilton in regards to The Federalist Papers. This topic is significant, because it draws on the Founding Father whose writing influenced/shaped the composition of the Early American Republic, and has given rise to many institutions/developments that can be traced to this day. As quite a controversial and well-debated document, The Federalist Papers was designed as a series of essays used to defend the Constitution—upon which we still call upon today. The five sources that provide a basic foundation to begin the project are: “To Begin the World Anew” by Bernard Bailyn, “The Political Psychology of the Federalist” by Daniel Walker Howe, “Ethos in Law and History: Alexander Hamilton,

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On September 17, 1787, The Philadelphia Convention emitted their own new constitution to the states for ratification. Instead, The Federalist profoundly accepted the Constitution for several reasons, which included that this new constitution allowed for higher and further central government, that was formerly undermined under the Articles of Confederation. In the other hand, The Anti-Federalist, did not want a authoritative and dominant central government, but instead, powerful state governments; in response to the new constitution, many of the Anti-Federalists began writing different essays and creating pamphlets as a means of arguing against it. In retaliation to the Anti-Federalists experiment at earning states to not rarify the Constitution, many federalists advanced a group of essays known as the Federalist Papers, which argued for the ratification of the new law system.

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He argued against the ratification of the United States Constitution as it would derange the distribution of power between the federal and state governments. Throughout the entirety of the essay, he discussed how “a country of such immense extent” could not operate as a single government. A free republic governing over the vast area would fail to “attend to the various concerns and wants of its different parts," while the people fail to come together to discuss, conceive and decide on their wills. The extent of the United States prevents satisfaction to the citizens’ wills, further complicating the duties of the representatives. Substantially, the number of citizens would increase over time, challenging representatives to “declare the sentiments of the people” without arousing conflicts.

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The campaign for the Constitution was a long one and during it Hamilton, along with John Jay and James Madison, took up the pseudonym “Publius” and wrote essays to newspapers across the nation, encouraging the public to vote in favor of ratifying the Constitution. In all, there were eighty-five essays that came to be known as “The Federalist Papers.” John Jay wrote two, Madison wrote thirty-two, and Hamilton wrote all of the remaining fifty-one. The most well known essay of the collection was Federalist No. 84, written by Hamilton, which first proposed the addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution in ensure the rights of the states were honored (Foner Web; Witten Web; Hamilton Print). After the Constitution was ratified in 1787 and George Washington was elected as President in 1789, Hamilton was appointed as his Secretary of the Treasury, making him the first to hold the position.

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Hamilton nearly killed himself fulfilling these requests, but he did so brilliantly and completely, in turn exhausting congress going through them meticulously. He dazzled them with his brilliance and many were simply intellectually incapable of comprehending his plans. Not content to establish the customs service and the coast guard, and create a stable monetary system for the new government, Hamilton also dabbled in the affairs of state, much to the chagrin of Thomas Jefferson. He was once again an indefatigable assistant to Washington. Hamilton left the cabinet after Washington’s first term, returning to his New York law practice to repair his family finances, but Washington continued to rely upon him, as did many other cabinet members.

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