It was generally agreed that the objects of the union could not be secured by any system founded on the principle of a confederation of sovereign states. a voluntary observance of the federal law by all the members, could never be hoped for. in this passage, madison discusses the decision to write a new constitution. madison suggests that the states

would not cooperate with each other voluntarily.

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"the land of the dead"

on november 6 and 7, 1917 (or october 24 and 25 on the julian calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the october revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by bolshevik party leader vladimir lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the duma's provisional government.