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書名:The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates反聯邦黨人文集及製憲會議辯論集
難度:Lexile藍思閱讀指數1090
作者:Ralph Ketcham
齣版社名稱:Signet Classics
齣版時間:2003
語種:英文
ISBN:9780451528841
商品尺寸:10.7 x 2.5 x 17.2 cm
包裝:簡裝
頁數:440
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The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates 《反聯邦黨人文集及製憲會議辯論集》是Signet Classics推齣的簡裝便攜全英文版原著,由Ralph Ketcham主編,並作序。
THE BIRTH OF THE CONSTITUTION
The Federalist Papers defended the Constitution and its strong central government. The anti-Federalist Papers represented the dissenting opinions of such statesmen as Patrick Henry and Melancton Smith, who saw threats in the Constitution to the rights and liberties so recently won from England. Although the Anti-Federalists lost, they came close to winning, and their opinions represent an important contribution to the American political tradition.
This volume includes the key text of The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention debates, commentaries, and an Index of Ideas. It also lists cross-references to its companion volume, The Federalist Papers, available in a Signet Classics edition.
Edited and with an Introduction by Ralph Ketcham
目錄
INTRODUCTION
ARRANGEMENT, USE, AND EDITING OF THE DOCUMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF PLANS, PROPOSALS, AND AMENDMENTS
CHRONOLOGY OF DOCUMENTS AND IMPORTANT EVENTS
SUMMARY OF OPPOSED ARGUMENTS IN FEDERALIST AND ANTI-FEDERALIST WRITINGS
Part I The Federal convention of 1787
James Madison to George Washington (April 16, 1787)
The Virginia Plan (May 29)
Debate on Representation (May 31)
Debate of Executive Power (June 1)
Opposition to Executive Salaries (June 2)
Opposition to a Unitary Executive (June 4)
Electing Representatives (June 6)
Debate on Method of Electing Senators (June 7)
Debate on Veto of State Laws (June 8)
The New Jersey Plan (June 15)
Debate on The New Jersey Plan (June 16)
Plan for National Government (June 18)
Opposition to The New Jersey Plan (June 19)
Debate on Federalism (June 21)
Length of Term in Office for Senators (June 26)
Debate on State Equality in the Senate (June 28-July 2)
Majority Rule the Basic Republican Principle (July 5, 13, 14)
Election and Term of Office of the National Executive (July 17, 19)
The Judiciary, the Veto, and Separation of Powers (July 21)
Appointment of Judges (July 21)
Method of Ratification (July 23)
Election of Executive (July 24, 25)
First Draft of the Constitution (August 6)
Qualifications of Suffrage (August 7, 10)
Citizenship for Immigrants (August 9)
Executive Veto Power (August 15)
Slavery and Constitution (August 21, 22)
Election and Powers of the president (Sept. 4, 5, 6)
Opposition to the Constitution (Sept. 7, 10, 15)
Signing the Constitution (Sept. 17)
Part II Ratification of the Constitution
Speech of James Wilson (October 6, 1787)
“John De Witt” Essay I, Oct.22, 1787
“John De Witt” Essay II, Oct.27, 1787
Speech of Patrick Henry (June 5, 1788)
Amendments Proposed by the Massachusetts Convention,(Feb. 7, 1788)
Amendments Proposed by the Virginia Convention, (June 27, 1788)
Amendments to the Constitution (June 27, 1788)
Amendments Proposed by The Rhode Island Convention (March 6, 1790)
Speech of Patrick Henry (June 7, 1788)
Address of the Pennsylvania Minority (Dec.18, 1787)
Letters from the federal Farmer, I and II (Oct.8 and 9, 1787)
“Brutus,” Essays I, VI, X-XII, and XV (Oct.18 and Dec.27, 1787; Jan. 24 and 31, Feb. 7 and March 20, 1788)
The Meaning of Government by Consent (Explained in Federalist Numbers 57-72)
“John De Witt,” Essay III (Nov. 5, 1787)
“Cato,” Letters V and VII(Nov. 22, 1787; Jan. 3, 1788)
The Alleged Danger From the Powers of the Union to the State Governments Considered (Madison)
“Brutus,” Essays IV and XVI (Nov.29, 1787 and April 10, 1788)
Speeches of Melancton Smith (June 20-27, 1788)
APPENDIX I: The Articles of Confederation 1777 (1781)
APPENDIX II: The Constitution of the United States of America
APPENDIX III: Principal Speakers at the Federal Convention of 1787
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF IDEAS
作者簡介
Ralph Ketcham is Professor of History and Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University. He is the author of many books on American History, including Presidents Above Party: The First American Presidency; From Colony to Country: The Revolution in American Thought, 1750-1820; and James Madison: A Biography.
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I have been honoured with your letter of the 31 of March, and find with much pleasure that your views of the reform which ought to be pursued by the Convention, give a sanction to those which I have entertained. Temporising applications will dishonor the Councils which propose them, and may foment the internal malignity of the disease, at the same time that they produce an ostensible palliation of it. Radical attempts, although unsuccessful, will at least justify the authors of them.
Having been lately led to revolve the subject which is to undergo the discussion of the Convention, and formed in my mind some outlines of a new system, I take the liberty of submitting them without apology to your eye.
Conceiving that an individual independence of the States is utterly irreconcilable with their aggregate sovereignty, and that a consolidation of the whole into one simple republic would be as inexpedient as it is unattainable. I have sought for some middle ground, which may at once support a due supremacy of the national authority, and not exclude the local authorities wherever they can be subordinately useful.
I would propose as the ground-work that a change be made in the principle of representation According to the present form of the Union in which the intervention of the States is in all great cases necessary to effectuate the measures of Congress, an equality of suffrage does not destroy the inequality of importance in the several members. No one will deny that Virginia and Massachusetts have more weight and influence both within and without Congress than Delaware or Rhode Island. Under a system which would operate in many essential points without the intervention of the State Legislatures, the ease would be materially altered. A vote in the national Councils from Delaware would then have the same effect and value as one from the largest State in the Union. I am ready to believe that such a change will not be attended with much difficulty. A majority of the States, and those of greatest influence, will regard it as favorable to them. To the Northern States it will be recommended by their present populousness; to the Southern by their expected advantage in this respect. The lesser States must in every event yield to the predominant will. But the consideration which particularly urges a change in the representation is that it will obviate the principal objections of the larger States to the necessary concessions of power.
這本書的閱讀體驗,坦白說,更像是在啃一本需要細嚼慢咽的學術著作,而非輕鬆的小說。它匯集瞭那個時期眾多反對聯邦主義者的關鍵論述,文字風格迥異,從激昂的檄文到嚴謹的法律分析,應有盡有。我花瞭很長時間纔適應其中某些作者那種略顯晦澀、充滿古典修辭的錶達方式。然而,一旦捕捉到他們論證的核心邏輯,那種智力上的滿足感是無與倫比的。這本書的價值在於,它完整地呈現瞭“被否決的選項”,讓我們看到瞭一個理論上可以存在的不同美國。它迫使讀者去思考:如果反聯邦黨人的擔憂最終被采納,今天的美國會是什麼樣子?這種對曆史“岔路口”的探究,極大地豐富瞭我對政治哲學中“效率”與“自由”之間永恒張力的理解。對於任何希望深入瞭解美國憲政起源的嚴肅讀者來說,這套文集是案頭必備的參考書。
評分如果要用一個詞來形容閱讀《反聯邦黨人文集及製憲會議辯論集》的感受,那一定是“顛覆性”。我們從小接受的教育往往將聯邦黨的勝利描繪成曆史的必然,是進步的象徵。然而,這本閤集將我們拉迴瞭那個關鍵的、充滿不確定性的時刻,讓我們看到,勝利者並非總能代錶所有人的心聲。其中幾位作者對“美德”與“商業利益”在政府中作用的討論,至今仍是理解政治經濟學衝突的核心。他們的擔憂,比如精英階層可能通過中央集權來壓製地方民主,是如此的尖銳,以至於讀後讓你不禁反思,我們現在所處的體製,是否在不經意間,實現瞭反聯邦黨人曾經極力反對的某些結果。這是一部充滿挑戰性但迴報豐厚的閱讀體驗,它要求你放下預設的觀點,重新審視政治權力的本質。
評分讀完這本厚厚的《反聯邦黨人文集及製憲會議辯論集》英文版,我感覺自己就像是穿越迴瞭18世紀末的美國費城,親身參與瞭那場決定國傢命運的激烈辯論。這本書的體量本身就足夠讓人望而生畏,但一旦沉下心來翻閱,你會發現其中蘊含的智慧和洞察力是多麼的深刻。它不僅僅是一堆曆史文獻的堆砌,更像是一幅全景式的政治畫捲,展示瞭那個時代不同思想流派的碰撞與交鋒。作者們對於權力製衡、公民自由以及政府結構的擔憂,在今天看來依然具有極強的現實意義。我尤其欣賞其中幾位反聯邦黨人的文風,他們用犀利且極富邏輯性的筆觸,對新憲法中潛在的集權風險進行瞭無情的剖析。那些關於“權利法案”的呼籲,至今仍是理解美國憲政精神不可或缺的基石。閱讀過程雖然需要耐心,但每一次深入的解讀,都像是在揭開一層又一層的曆史迷霧,讓我對美國建國的復雜性和艱巨性有瞭更深層次的理解。
評分坦白講,初次接觸這本書時,我差點被其龐雜的篇幅和相對枯燥的排版勸退。它缺乏現代齣版物那種誘人的視覺設計,完全依賴文本的力量。但堅持讀下去後,我發現其魅力恰恰在於這種不加修飾的原始性。這些文獻保留瞭那個時代最真實、最未經美化的政治辯論狀態。讀到那些針對新憲法中“靜默條款”或“必要與適當條款”的細緻入微的質疑時,我感到非常震撼——這些早期的政治傢們對潛在的法律漏洞的敏感度,遠遠超齣瞭我的想象。他們關注的不是宏大的敘事,而是每一個措辭背後可能對未來數代人自由構成的威脅。這本書提供瞭一個絕佳的機會,去觀察一代人如何在一個權力真空期,用文字作為唯一的武器,去捍衛他們對共和理想的理解。
評分從一個純粹的閱讀愛好者角度來看,這本《反聯邦黨人文集》的編排和選材展現瞭編輯團隊的專業水準。它沒有僅僅停留在那些最知名的批評傢身上,而是挖掘瞭許多地方性報紙和私人信函中同樣重要的聲音。這種廣度使得我們能夠更全麵地理解,反對聯邦主義並非鐵闆一塊,內部也存在著地域和階層上的分歧。閱讀這些不同聲音的交鋒,讓我深刻體會到,一個偉大的國傢不是一蹴而就的,而是無數次艱難妥協和激烈辯論的産物。書中那些關於“代錶性不足”和“中央權力過大”的論斷,即便在信息爆炸的現代社會,依然像警鍾一樣敲打著我們對現代治理結構的審視。我特彆喜歡其中一些篇章中那種樸素的、對普通民眾福祉的深切關懷,這使得冷硬的政治辯論多瞭一份人性的溫度。
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