FEDERALIST No.21 Other Defects of the Present Confederation

To the People of the State of New York：

HAVING in the three last numbers taken a summary review of the principal circumstances and events which depict the genius and fate of other confederate governments， I shall now proceed in the enumeration of the most important of those defects which have hitherto disappointed our hopes from the system established among ourselves. To form a safe and satisfactory judgment of the proper remedy， it is absolutely necessary that we should be well acquainted with the extent and malignity of the disease.

The next most palpable defect of the existing Confederation is the total want of a SANCTION to its laws. The United States as now composed have no powers to exact obedience， or punish disobedience to their resolutions， either by pecuniary mulcts， b ......     （共10141字）    [阅读本文]>>