Constitutional Convention: Federalists v. Anti-Federalists

it is I George Washington president of the Constitutional Convention our new nation the United States of America declared its independence from Britain on July 2nd 1776 and earned its freedoms as the fruits of victory in a Revolutionary War but then came the hard part once Britain was defeated we will now test with ruling ourselves our first attempt of government was the Articles of Confederation but it failed miserably no army no Navy no power to tax no leader the weaknesses go on and on for five months during this year of 1787 from May to September we have met in secret at Independence Hall in during the sweltering Philadelphia heat to create a new document all together the United States Constitution and after much debate and compromise our new government is ready to be unveiled to the American people for ratification by the thirteen states however two groups have emerged with opposing views on this new government the Congress in favor of this new constitution we represent the urban city dwellers and are led by James Madison Alexander Hamilton and Jean J our best and brightest minds have thought long and hard to combine the best elements from the best governments of the past to create a unique government the world has never seen we have written 85 essays called the Federalist Papers to explain our Constitution and encourage ratification not so fast not all are in favor of this constitution we are the anti-federalists members of the Congress who are against the Constitution we represent the farmers and are led by Thomas Jefferson Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams the Constitution renders our federal government or the central government way too strong the power should remain with us and the states the limitation of government is the surest record of the happiness of the people you have witnessed the failure of the Articles of Confederation a failure that can be attributed to our government being too weak and possessing too little power only a strong federal government can fix the problems caused by the Articles only a strong federal government can get us out of the debt from the Revolutionary War nothing is more certain than the need for government hah how fast you Federalists forget long have we endured the powerful British government under the tyranny of King George and after so recent a triumph over the British king after blood has been spent it is truly astonishing that a set of men among our Americans would champion a government that would destroy our liberties you will bring back little powerful monarchy ha ha ha how short-sighted you anti-federalist all the safeguards we have placed in our constitution the checks and balances the separation of powers will never allow our government to grow to the injurious size of Britain we cannot listen to 13 separate voices like it or not the government must be more powerful than the States the people must give to the government some of their natural rights in order to provide it with power we will not ratify this Constitution without a Bill of Rights or a list of the rights of all citizens guaranteeing that they will never be violated by our government the Constitution is sufficient enough as written to protect individual rights gentlemen please we will not ratify the Constitution without a bill of rights or fine we will add your Bill of Rights as the first 10 amendments to the Constitution to ensure the liberties that you believe the Constitution violated any bright ideas oh I don't Oh freedom of speech religion the press General Assembly you know what neighbor right we should add it it is now 1790 it took three full years after Congress completed the constitution for all 13 states to ratify it would take another year before we ratified the Bill of Rights Delaware signed it first and Rhode Island signed it last and the Constitution is now the new government the law of the land this constitution created the position of President and I happily served the first two terms to lead our nation however the debate over the Constitution and the role of government is far from over the rivalry of the Federalists versus the anti-federalists will continue all the way to present day in the form of our political parties I tried to warn against this in my farewell address but America has always seemed to ignore my advice you you

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Published: Wed Mar 27 2019