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SYLLABUS OF THE FEDERALIST
2. Aristocracy has been used to designate governments,
a. Where an independent few possessed sovereignty.
b. Where the representatives of the
people possessed it.
3. Monarchy, where sovereignty is in the hands of a single man.
☞ General idea—Independent in his situation, in any other sense would apply to State of New York.
4. Democracy in my sense, where the whole power of the government is in the people,
a. Whether exercised by themselves, or
b. By their Representatives, chosen by them either mediately or immediately, and legally accountable to them.
5. Aristocracy, where whole sovereignty is permanently in the hands of a few for life or hereditary.
6. Monarchy, where the whole sovereignty is in the hands of one man for life or hereditary.
7. Mixed government, where these three principles unite.
B. I. Consequence, the proposed government a representative democracy.
1. House of Representatives directly chosen by the people for two years.
2. Senate indirectly chosen by them for six years.
3. President indirectly chosen by them for four years.
☞ Thus legislative and executive representatives of the people
