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Often appears with: separation of powers and checks · restraining legislative authority · political legitimacy and consent · new york ratification · military discipline and training · energy of government vs private rights
Usually: argument (1) · detachment (1) · exhortation (1)
In Federalist No. 26, Hamilton addresses New York, arguing that restraining legislative power for defense is a liberty zealotry that produces safer government energy instead of anarchy.
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. The idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defense, is one of those refinements which owe their origin to a zeal for liberty more ardent than enlightened. We have seen, however, that it has not had thu…