Anti-Federalist Papers is the collective name given to the works written by the Founding Fathers who were opposed to, or concerned with, the merits of the United States Constitution of 1787.

Antifederalist No. 2 "WE HAVE BEEN TOLD OF PHANTOMS" This essay is an excerpted from a speech of William Grayson, June 11, 1788, in Jonathan Elliot (ed.), The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal

“Brutus” was the pseudonym for one of the most forceful Anti-Federalist voices during the ratification debates over the U.S. Constitution. While scholars still debate the author of the Brutus Essays , most believe that they were written by New York Anti-Federalist Robert Yates.

2017年9月27日 · Their collected speeches, essays, and pamphlets later became known as the “Anti-Federalist Papers.” While each of the Anti-Federalists had their own view for what a new constitution for the United States should look like, they generally agreed on a few things.

2022年4月27日 · What the anti-Federalists were for -- v. 2. Objections of non-signers of the Constitution and Major series of essays at the outset -- v. 3. Pennsylvania -- v. 4. Massachusetts and New England -- v. 5. Maryland and Virginia and the South -- v. 6. New York and conclusion -- …

Over the course of six months, Brutus would publish sixteen essays that presented counter-arguments to The Federalist Papers. The first of these essays, Brutus No. 1, seized the initiative, being published about two weeks before Alexander Hamilton published Federalist No. 1 to defend the proposed Constitution under the pseudonym, Publius.

Unlike the Federalist, the 85 articles written in opposition to the ratification of the 1787 United States Constitution were not a part of an organized program. Rather, the essays–– written under many pseudonyms and often published first in states other than New York — represented diverse elements of the opposition and focused on a ...

The arguments against ratification appeared in various forms, by various authors, most of whom used a pseudonym. Collectively, these writings have become known as the Anti-Federalist Papers. We here present some of the best and most widely read of these.

2021年9月21日 · The collection of anti-federalist papers spoke on several common themes. These include the need for a stronger union, the need for responsibility and checks in self-government, taxation, states’ rights, defense of the union, ideas regarding how Congress should be formed, and executive power.

The Anti-Federalist papers were written by a variety of authors in opposition to the ratification of the Constitution. Those that were written under the pen name of Brutus are arguably the most cohesive of these documents.