The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed

About “The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed”

Federalist No. 38 is an essay written by James Madison, the thirty-eighth in the series of The Federalist Papers. It was first published on January 12, 1788, in The Independent Journal under the pseudonym Publius, which was used for all the essays. Building on the topic from Federalist No. 37, Madison addresses the political questions discussed at the constitutional convention. The essay's title is "The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed." In it, Madison defends the Constitution against its critics, asserting that it represents a significant and necessary improvement over the Articles of Confederation. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)