Still considering the criticism of maintaining the national forces from Federalist No. 24, Publius now turns to the criticism that the States should provide for the national forces, rather than the Union as has been proposed. Publius states that this would undermine the purpose of creating a Union, because it would rely on the individual members to support the Union's common defense. He claims that this would be "oppressive to some States, dangerous to all, and baneful to the Confederacy."