Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to The Federalist
- Other Volumes in the Series of Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
- The Cambridge Companion to The Federalist
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Publius and the Anti-Federalists:
- 2 John Jay, The Federalist, and the Constitution
- 3 “A Vigorous National Government”: Hamilton on Security, War, and Revenue
- 4 “The Known Opinion of the Impartial World”
- 5 The Federalist’s New Federalism
- 6 The Political Psychology of Publius
- 7 Montesquieu, Hume, Adam Smith, and the Philosophical Perspective of The Federalist
- 8 Madison’s Republican Remedy
- 9 The Republicanism of Publius
- 10 “The Interest of the Man”: James Madison’s Constitutional Politics
- 11 Politics Indoors and Out-of-Doors
- 12 “The Cool and Deliberate Sense of the Community”
- 13 Publius on Monarchy
- 14 The Genius of Hamilton and the Birth of the Modern Theory of the Judiciary
- 15 Publius’s Political Science
- 16 The Republican Form of Government in The Federalist
- Index
- Other Volumes in the Series of Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
2 - John Jay, The Federalist, and the Constitution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2020
- The Cambridge Companion to The Federalist
- Other Volumes in the Series of Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
- The Cambridge Companion to The Federalist
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Publius and the Anti-Federalists:
- 2 John Jay, The Federalist, and the Constitution
- 3 “A Vigorous National Government”: Hamilton on Security, War, and Revenue
- 4 “The Known Opinion of the Impartial World”
- 5 The Federalist’s New Federalism
- 6 The Political Psychology of Publius
- 7 Montesquieu, Hume, Adam Smith, and the Philosophical Perspective of The Federalist
- 8 Madison’s Republican Remedy
- 9 The Republicanism of Publius
- 10 “The Interest of the Man”: James Madison’s Constitutional Politics
- 11 Politics Indoors and Out-of-Doors
- 12 “The Cool and Deliberate Sense of the Community”
- 13 Publius on Monarchy
- 14 The Genius of Hamilton and the Birth of the Modern Theory of the Judiciary
- 15 Publius’s Political Science
- 16 The Republican Form of Government in The Federalist
- Index
- Other Volumes in the Series of Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
Summary
On October 22, 1787, five days before the appearance of the first Federalist paper, John and Sarah Jay hosted a dinner party in New York City whose guests included Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. Hamilton had recently returned from Albany, where he had pled before the state supreme court, while Madison was attending the moribund Continental Congress. John Jay’s hosting duties represented the social side of his official role as secretary for foreign affairs under the Articles of Confederation, but on this occasion his guests were all men of affairs, and politics could hardly be avoided in the charged atmosphere created by the recently proposed Constitution. While it is tempting to picture Jay, Hamilton, and Madison – the future Publius – finalizing their plans over Madeira and rum punch, the secrecy of the project makes it unlikely that it was openly discussed.
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- The Cambridge Companion to The Federalist , pp. 52 - 81Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020