The Anti-Federalist Papers

     The Anti-Federalist papers were a set of papers with multiple authors that were making the case against the union of states into a federalized government and in some cases the Constitution itself. The authors obviously failed to dissuade the elites who were pushing for this centralized government, and so they have been relegated to the trash heap of history. I hope to change that in this next series. 

     Conservatives love to talk about the Federalist Papers. They will argue the merits of Federal Government all day long citing Hamilton, Jay, or Madison. They will extol the virtues of centralizing the power of the states into a union for which to ensure the blessings of liberty and common defense. They will talk of the current woes we have with the federal government, but rarely, if ever take the time to discuss those who made these calls long before the Constitution was ever ratified or signed. What I have found out going back through these(I read them all a decade ago but was not interested in politics so the meaning was lost on me at the time) is that much of the argument against the creation of the Union has actually come to fruition. The uncanny ability for those who were not considered amongst the “elite” of the time to predict the outcomes, some of which took a century to truly realize, is stunning. 

     In the following blogs I will attempt to summarize the papers into easy to digest points. I highly recommend searching for the anti-federalist papers in your favorite pod catcher. These are in the public domain and can be heard or read by anyone for free. The first blog will be Centinel I if you want to be prepared or you can wait for my simplified break down. See y’all in the next installment. 

In Liberty