[The observations made on the subject of taxation apply with greater
force to the case of the militia. For however different the rules of
discipline may be in different States, they are the same throughout each
particular State; and depend on circumstances which can differ but
little in different parts of the same State.][E1]
[With regard to the regulation of the militia, there are scarcely any
circumstances in reference to which local knowledge can be said to be
necessary. The general face of the country, whether mountainous or level,
most fit for the operations of infantry or cavalry, is almost the only
consideration of this nature that can occur. The art of war teaches
general principles of organization, movement, and discipline, which
apply universally.][E1]
The attentive reader will discern that the reasoning here used, to prove
the sufficiency of a moderate number of representatives, does not in any
respect contradict what was urged on another occasion with regard to the
extensive information which the representatives ought to possess, and
the time that might be necessary for acquiring it. This information, so
far as it may relate to local objects, is rendered necessary and
difficult, not by a difference of laws and local circumstances within a
single State, but of those among different States.
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