COMPLETE: The Federalist Papers by James Madison, John Jay, et al - jo

Kaffen · Post by **Kaffen** » November 12th, 2021, 2:19 pm

Hamilton let his full lawyer loose in 32; I feel he threw words more to overawe than to convince.
Not my favorite. But, it's done!

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/federalistpapers_32_madison_128kb.mp3

Then, in 33, I sense he seethes at the opposite arguers... so I did, too!

He was so exercised he apparently wrote a second time for the afternoon edition of the same day as the former.
I am AMAZED the man could pump these out daily, and that the poor typesetters could keep up with him!

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/federalistpapers_33_madison_128kb.mp3

DACSoft · Post by **DACSoft** » November 14th, 2021, 2:37 pm

Papers 29, 30, and 31 are PL OK!

Kaffen · Post by **Kaffen** » November 15th, 2021, 3:12 pm

Federalist No. 34 now takes up the cudgel of expenses.

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/federalistpapers_34_madison_128kb.mp3

Kaffen · Post by **Kaffen** » November 16th, 2021, 3:14 pm

Hamilton is teasing a discussion on how many people should constitute the Legislature, but no - then he resumes his discussion on taxes.
And I think he was not far-thinking enough. He assumes that representatives will, with few exceptions, be drawn from merchants, landholders, and professional classes. Today our merchants and landholders are both large corporations, and instead, we have the modern "professional" of "politician." Ah, poor us!

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/federalistpapers_35_madison_128kb.mp3

You get a break at this point. I'll be on a trip through Sunday.

DACSoft · Post by **DACSoft** » November 18th, 2021, 9:58 am

Papers 32, 33, 34, and 35 are PL OK!

Have a good, safe trip!

Kaffen · Post by **Kaffen** » November 24th, 2021, 2:13 pm

Back, and have a new record for you! Hamilton has dipped and dipped his pen - so fired up he has forgotten how to END a sentence - and produced a monster of ... (drum roll) ... 173 words!!!

Anyway, I lived through it and so will you. Barely!

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/federalistpapers_36_madison_128kb.mp3

Kaffen · Post by **Kaffen** » November 27th, 2021, 2:35 pm

Madison finally gives his pen a workout in No. 37, and boy! He also is inflicted with the need for compound compound sentences!

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/federalistpapers_37_madison_128kb.mp3

Kaffen · Post by **Kaffen** » November 29th, 2021, 7:09 pm

Madison makes some pretty good arguments in No. 38, I think!

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/federalistpapers_38_madison_128kb.mp3

Kaffen · Post by **Kaffen** » November 30th, 2021, 2:12 pm

I'm not sure why establishing that the government would be republican in form was of particular concern - but here is a paper devoted to it.

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/federalistpapers_39_madison_128kb.mp3

DACSoft · Post by **DACSoft** » December 1st, 2021, 9:00 pm

Papers 36 and 37 are PL OK!

Kaffen · Post by **Kaffen** » December 2nd, 2021, 2:26 pm

I detect Madison is running out of gas ... or rather, of ink, because he restricts himself to sentences of not more than 115 words, this time, in #40!

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/federalistpapers_40_madison_128kb.mp3

DACSoft · Post by **DACSoft** » December 3rd, 2021, 4:01 pm

Papers 38 and 39 are PL OK!

Kaffen · Post by **Kaffen** » December 8th, 2021, 3:07 pm

The tirade in No. 41 feels redundant; I think much of the ground was covered elsewhere.

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/federalistpapers_41_madison_128kb.mp3

DACSoft · Post by **DACSoft** » December 9th, 2021, 1:19 pm

Paper 40 is PL OK!

Kaffen · Post by **Kaffen** » December 9th, 2021, 4:24 pm

In No. 42 we find that the eventual end of slave importation was contemplated, if set 20 years in the future.

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/federalistpapers_42_madison_128kb.mp3