Federalist No. 19 is an essay by James Madison, the nineteenth of The Federalist Papers. It was first published by The Independent Journal (New York) on December 8, 1787, under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist papers were published. No. 19 addresses the failures of the Articles of Confederation to satisfactorily govern the United States; it is the fifth of six essays on this topic. It is titled "The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union". Contemporary comparisons are made with "the Germanic body" (the Kingdom of Germany), a community of sovereigns that support a feeble and precarious union; Poland, unfit for self-government and self-defense; and Switzerland, in practice a severed league due to differences of religion.

Federalist No. 19
James Madison, author of Federalist No. 19
AuthorJames Madison
Original titleThe Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Federalist
PublisherThe Independent Journal
Publication date
December 8, 1787
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeNewspaper
Preceded byFederalist No. 18 
Followed byFederalist No. 20 
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