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Constitutional Code
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Art 1. Federal Constitution
may be described
analytically or synthetically
Art 2 Analytically
conceive a number
of sub-legislatures
supreme as to certain
points not subordinate
to the legislature
Art 3 Synthetically
conceive a number
of independent
republics subordinate
as to certain
points to a central
legislature the members
of which are
deputed from such
several republics
Art 4 Of these two
forms the analytical
the most simple
& the easiest
conceived
Exceptions excepted.
Art 5 In no instance
the federal preferable
to the non federal.
Reasons
1. Complicatedness
2. Difficulty of creation
& preservation.
3. Difficulty of effecting
the constitutive
agreement
4. Difficulty of expressing
such
agreement
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5. Danger of discord.
Art 6 Exception necessity
of eventually resisting
hostilities or conquest
from a powerful
nation.
Art 7 Supposing the
necessity established
an additional reason
is security against commencement
of hostility
between the states proposed
to be confederated.
Art 8 At present it is
doubtful whether
any such demand
has place.
Art 9 In respect of security
against hostility
no clear demand
comparison had to
other means
Art 10 Evils of a federal
constitution in comparison
of separateness
1 Magnitude of territory,
thence of distance
& tardiness of communication
with the
central seat of government.
This tardiness more
obvious in the judiciary
than in the
administrative department.
True it is that by
the registration &
publication system
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of this pannomion
the evil is minimized
yet the quantity
would still
constitute a serious
and preponderant
objection
Art 11 States proposed
for federation will
of course be conterminous
Art 12 In such cases
subject matters of
consideration are
1. Adjustment of
territorial limits
as between State &
State
2. Adjustment of
limits as to territory
of uncivilized tribes
which may in future
be added to the confederating
States
3 Litis adjustment
as to trading with
uncivilized tribes
Art 13 Note Sooner
or later uncivilized
tribes will disappear
by extirpation or
by absorption.
Means of extirpation
by the hands of conterminous
civilized
intoxicating linqors,
or by the hands of
other uncivilized
tribes, of absorption
by civilization of
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tribes families or
individuals or by
conversion to a civilized
life
Art 14 Litis adjustment
as to use of waters.
Examples of such use
1 Fishing
2 Irrigation
3 Navigation for
either of the above
purposes
4 Warlike Navigation
Art 15 These matters
adjusted a permanent
international
judicatory established
no further probability
of continuance of
amity secured by
federation
Art 16 Since the dismemberment
of
the Spanish colonies
several federations
have been formed.
In no instance has
the union been
made for the purpose
of any preponderant
good to the
many. The more
natural cause the
increase of power
to the central government
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