Federal government definition

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Often appears with: state sovereignty and amendment limits · powers of the convention · popular ratification · political legitimacy and consent · forms of government · custom and unwritten law · adequate government for union

Usually: argument (1) · curiosity (1)

The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 1 primary

United States. Constitutional Convention (recorded by James Madison) · 1787 (composed during the convention; Madison’s notes later revised)
part of the Fifth Article of the Confederation of the said > part I was extremely so, for putting my hand in my pocket I (61/72)

Hamilton, in committee on June 18, opposes both plans as inadequate, argues that federal government must ultimately reach individuals, and maintains that states may refer ratification to the people.

MONDAY JUNE 18. IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE on the propositions of M^r Patterson & M^r Randolph. On motion of M^r Dickinson to postpone the 1^{st} Resolution in M^r Patterson's plan, in order to take up the following viz--"that the Articles of Confederation ought to be revised and amended, so as to render the Government of the U. S. adequate to the exigencies, the preservation and the prosperity of the Union" the post…