FEDERALIST No.26 The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense C

To the People of the State of New York：

IT WAS a thing hardly to be expected that in a popular revolution the minds of men should stop at that happy mean which marks the salutary boundary between POWER and PRIVILEGE， and combines the energy of government with the security of private rights. A failure in this delicate and important point is the great source of the inconveniences we experience， and if we are not cautious to avoid a repetition of the error in our future attempts to rectify and ameliorate our system we may travel from one chimerical project to another; we may try change after change; but we shall never be likely to make any material change for the better.

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