The Founders warned about placing too much power in the hands of
too few people. This book explains the warnings of the
Antifederalists, in their own words, simplified into modern
English. In its pages you will read some of the most important
writings from America's Founders--important but forgotten. It is
the greatest case of to the victor go the spoils in American
history. The advocates of the United States Constitution won,
narrowly, and the counter-argument of the opponents became the
losing argument and up until now the lost argument, much to our
loss. Why would anyone be opposed to the Constitution, and who were
they? A couple of the names of those opponents will be familiar:
George Mason for his namesake university's winning basketball team
and Patrick Henry for saying "Give me liberty or give me death "
But how many people know that these Founders were opposed to the
U.S. Constitution? Does anyone know their reasons for opposing it?
They will after reading this book Included here are some of the
most widely read, most significant, and most famous essays,
speeches, and letters from the opponents of the Constitution at the
time. These writings deserve a much wider audience. They help us
know the intended direction for a federated republican government
and warn us about the risk of a national government growing out of
control. Knowing how we got here requires knowing where we have
been. The U.S. as it stands today would certainly be unrecognizable
to the Founders in 1787 not just because the U.S. today has 78
times as many people as it did then, but because the federal
government probably has much more power than what even the fiercest
nationalist at the time could have imagined. In these pages, you
will get an idea of just how bitterly the Founders fought over
giving power to the new national government. How much more bitterly
would they have fought had they known where we would end up today?
I had heard that the three most important documents in America's
history are the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and
the Federalist Papers. So after reading the first two, I dutifully
grabbed a copy of the Federalist Papers (a free copy downloaded to
my iPhone) and started reading. I got through about the third
paragraph and gave up. This was not reading, after all, it was a
laborious translation process. Those guys 225 years ago sure had a
way with words Fortunately, I came across some versions of the
Federalist Papers that had been rephrased for the 21st century.
Making these pro-Constitution essays much easier to read was a
great idea. But the Federalist Papers only tell one side of the
story. Another very important side to it was completely missing. I
immediately set out to tell that other side. This is their story...
Marking the 225th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution on
September 17, 1787, this book reveals the most influential writings
and speeches of those Founders who spoke out against the new
Constitution of the United States and warned of the big government
that would follow. Find out why George Mason, Patrick Henry, and
many other prominent Founders opposed the U.S. Constitution Here
are their reasons, translated into modern English. This book
includes essays from George Mason, Patrick Henry, Luther Martin,
Elbridge Gerry, Edmund Randolph, Mercy Otis Warren, Melancton
Smith, Richard Henry Lee, Agrippa, Brutus, Cato, Centinel,
Cincinnatus, Federal Farmer, John DeWitt, An Old Whig, and many
more. An Essays RePhrased production. My hope is that I have made
these important works readable, enjoyable, and informative. They
contain valuable lessons that we today should unlock once again for
the good of "We, the People," or as Patrick Henry says in his
speech, "We, the States."
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