A review of the seven Anti-Federalist Papers written by an anonymous author under the pseudonym Cato.
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A review of the seven Anti-Federalist Papers written by an anonymous author under the pseudonym Cato.
Cato VII is an Anti-Federalist Paper that focuses on Congress’ ability to control the time, place and mode of elections.
In Cato VI an Anti-Federalist author discusses issues with the apportionment of taxes and representation in the US Constitution.
In Cato V, an Anti-Federalist author completes his discussion on the presidency and moves on to criticize both houses of Congress.
In Cato IV an Anti-Federalist author attacks the office of President under the US Constitution as dangerous and potentially monarchical.
In Cato III an Anti-Federalist author (probably George Clinton) argues that the US Constitution creates a government that encompasses too many people who are spread too far apart.
Cato was the pseudonym of an anonymous Anti-Federalist author publishing in New York during the Constitution’s Ratification Debates.
An overview of the Essays of Federal Farmer, one of the most important Anti-Federalist during the Constitution’s Ratification Debates.
In Federal Farmer XIII an Anti-Federalist closes out his series of Observations with a lengthy discussion of the dangers of a Federal City.
The Anti-Federalists played a larger role in framing the Government of the United States than most people realize.
In Federal Farmer XII, an Anti-Federalist author discusses the mode of elections under the US Constitution.
In Federal Farmer XI an Anti-Federalist author recommends changes to the US Senate.
Federal Farmer X is an Anti-Federalist Paper that questions the role of the State Governments under the US Constitution.
Federal Farmer IX is an Anti-Federalist Paper which focuses on types of politicians and the number of Representatives under the Constitution.
In Federal Farmer VIII an Anti-Federalist author compares England to Rome in an attempt to analyze how representation should work in a free society.
In Federal Farmer VII an Anti-Federalist author asks just how representative the House of Representatives actually is.
In Federal Farmer VI, the Anti-Federalist Farmer returns after a lengthy hiatus to give a general (if somewhat rambling) review of the Constitution and the problems of ratification.
In Federal Farmer V, an Anti-Federalist author concludes his first round of observations with a plea to the Ratification Conventions to propose Amendments if they accept the Constitution.
The Federal Farmer IV is a response to James Wilson's Statehouse Yard Speech.
In the Federal Farmer III an anonymous Anti-Federalist author discusses at length the reasons why the Constitution’s framework proves that a Federal Government can’t work on such a large scale.