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    9 months ago

    to oblige the great body of the yeomantry, and of the other classes of citizens, to be under arms for the purposes of going through military exercises and evolutions,

    Weird you highlighted right after the states purpose.

    would be a real grievance to the people, and serious public inconvenience and loss.

    And stopped before the fun parts. Literally the rest of that sentence, lol.

    Also you left out the commitments by the same methodology.

    and in order to see that this be not neglected, it will be necessary to assemble them once or twice in the course of a year.

    When you do this, it seems like haven’t read the Federalist Papers, just found parts in them that align with your view. I’m sure that’s not true, but it’s what it seems like.

    This paragraph just straight up does not mean what you’re implying it means