September 27 marks the anniversary of the publication of the first of the Antifederalist Papers in 1789. The Antifederalists were opponents of ratifying the US Constitution. They feared that it would create an overbearing central government, while the Constitution's proponents promised that this would not happen. As the losers in that debate, they are largely overlooked today. But that does not mean they were wrong or that we are not indebted to them.Much maligned and forever misunderstood the “antifederalist” were indeed the real federalists and the “federalists” it seems were only just nationalists in disguise. The Federalist Papers were undoubtedly the best piece of political propaganda ever written. They were well put together, appealed to men of learning and knowledge but were within the grasp of the ordinary man.
Read this piece it is good.
Here is a blogger dedicated to antifederalism.
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