Federalist Versus Anti-Federalist in America
Founding-Era Essays on Ratification, Liberty, Federal Power, and the Bill of RightsBy Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Patrick Henry, Samuel Bryan
Length20h 47m
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Federalist Versus Anti-Federalist in America assembles the foundational arguments surrounding the ratification of the United States Constitution, revealing nationhood as an unsettled intellectual and political experiment. Through essays, speeches, letters, and polemical reflections, the volume ranges from constitutional theory and practical statecraft to warnings about centralized power, representation, taxation, and liberty. Canonical defenses of the proposed federal system stand alongside forceful dissent, allowing readers to encounter the period's argumentative urgency rather than a simplified story of inevitable constitutional consensus. The collection brings together Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay—principal architects of the Federalist case—with Patrick Henry and Samuel Bryan, influential voices of Anti-Federalist resistance. Their writings emerge from the turbulent political culture of the Revolutionary and early national eras, when Americans debated whether republican government could flourish across an extensive union. Federalist confidence in an energetic national framework meets Anti-Federalist concern for local authority, civic accountability, and individual rights, illuminating the pressures that helped shape the Bill of Rights and enduring American political discourse. Ideal for students, historians, and readers of political thought, this volume offers an exceptional opportunity to compare rival constitutional imaginations in their own rhetoric. Its varied forms and perspectives make it both an instructive introduction to the ratification debate and a rich source for considering the continuing tension between national power and democratic self-government.
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GenrePolitics and Government, Literary Classics
Length20 hrs 47 mins
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Publish dateDec 13, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chartism (Annotated)
26Federalist XXXIII
2Need for Stronger Union
27Federalist XXXV
3Federalist I
28Federalist XXXVI
4Federalist II
29Federalist XXXIX
5Federalist III
30Federalist XLV
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6Federalist IV
31Federalist LXXXV
7Federalist V
32Brutus I
8Federalist VI
33Extended Republics, Taxation
9John Dewitt I
34Federalist VII
10John Dewitt II
35Federalist X
11Bill of Rights
36Federalist XIV
12Federalist LXXXIV
37Federalist XXXV
13John Dewitt II
38Federalist XXXVI
14Nature and Powers of the Union
39Federal Farmer I
15Federalist I
40Federal Farmer II
16Federalist XIV
41Broad Construction, Taxing Powers
17Federalist XV
42Federalist XXIII
18Patrick Henry June 5, 1788
43Federalist XXX
19Responsibility and Checks in Self-government
44Federalist XXXI
20Federalist X
45Federalist XXXII
21Federalist LI
46Federalist XXXIII
22Centenel I
47Federalist XXXIV
23Extent of Union, States' Rights, Bill of Rights, Taxation
48Brutus VI
24Federalist X
49Defense, Standing Armies
25Federalist XXXII
50Federalist XXIV
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