Note 4
THE FEDERALIST. No. XXII.
Add New York and Connecticut to the foregoing seven, and they will be less than a majority.
…st unequal dimensions and populousness; nor is the inference accurate in point of fact; for we can enumerate nine States which contain less than a majority of the people;[4] and it is constitutionally possible that these nine may give the vote. Besides, there are matters of considerable moment determinable by a bare majority; and there are others, concerning which doubts have been entertained, which, if interpreted in favor of…
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