![]() James Madison, author of Federalist No. 14 | |
Author | James Madison |
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Original title | Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered |
Language | English |
Series | The Federalist |
Publisher | New York Packet |
Publication date | November 30, 1787 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Newspaper |
Preceded by | Federalist No. 13 |
Followed by | Federalist No. 15 |
Federalist No. 14 is an essay by James Madison titled "Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered". This essay is the fourteenth of The Federalist Papers. It was first published in The New York Packet on November 30, 1787 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist papers were published. It addresses a major objection of the Anti-Federalists to the proposed United States Constitution: that the sheer size of the United States would make it impossible to govern justly as a single country. Madison touched on this issue in Federalist No. 10 and returns to it in this essay.