Essay On Anti Federalist

The Anti Federalist The anti-federalist papers were written document about why the idea of federalist is bad. three problems they had with the Constitution were the president as military king, what congress can do; what a state can not, bill of rights. These were only three of the issues I found that the anti-federalist had with the constitution. The first paper I found was the The President As Military King, anti-federalist paper #74. In this anti-federalist paper Thomas Paine argues that they should not let their president be like a military king. They did not want the president to have to much power, but Hamilton wrote in the federalist paper #74 that the president would not have that much power unless there was a war. This was so that decisions could be made. A quote from the anti-federalist paper was “The President-general, who is to be our king after this government is established, is vested with powers exceeding those of the most despotic monarch we know of in modern times.” which shows their

This was found in the Freeman’s journal. This paper is a response to federalist paper #44 which was written by Madison. The anti-federalist paper stated what congress could do and what state can not do. While the federalist paper was about what the restrictions a state had. A quote from the anti-federalist article is that “Congress may, even in time of peace, raise an army of 100,000 men”, But they can not train militia. A quote from the federalist paper was "No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make any thing but gold and silver a legal tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex-post-facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts; or grant any title of nobility.” Which meant that states would have to follow one system under the