Initially when the constitution was drafted, the anti federalists opposed it on the grounds that it gave too much power to the national government. ... Thus, James Madison argued in Federalist no. 10 that it would be in a large Federalist republic such as the United States, that one would find the greatest opportunity for all relevant interests to be heard. ...
John Adams filled the posts all with Federalists in order to maintain a "balance" of power which actually would give the Federalists an advantage on a national level. ... The main issue is if the contract entered by Fletcher and Peck was protected or not under Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution and if it could be scrapped by the new law passed by the Georgia legislature. Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution deals with the Legislative branch and powers denied to the states. ...
As Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist #74, "The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the power of directing and employing the common strength, forms a usual and essential part in the definition of the executive authority"6. ... But when under conditions of modern warfare our shores are threatened by hostile forces, the power to protect must be commensurate with the threatened danger"10. ...
