Framer's View On Federalism

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The name, Anti-Federalists is not the best-suited name for what they truly are, or what they believe in. “They are called the Anti-Federalists, but it should be made clear at once that they were not Anti-Federal at all.” (Main xi) Originally, the word federalist, meant anyone who supported the Articles of Confederation. The term “Anti-Federalist” was placed on them to portray them as people who did not agree with the Federal Government, which was exactly opposite of what they are.

Madison in Federalist No. 10 (Page 131) also supports the view of the Framers to have “great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular to the State legislatures”. Madison expounds further in Federalist No. 39 (Page 135) about the constitutional limits of government to “certain enumerated objects only,” and the states being delegated the remaining “objects”. Federalism was created in the Constitution and while it seems a difficult concept U.S. Attorney General, Edwin Meese’s definition is very simply put “institution design was to divide sovereignty between two different levels of political entities, the nation and the states”. (American Vision and Values, Page 62).

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Federalism is a compound way of governing, with a central government, also known as a federal government, and a local government. Each government had their own powers, but to accomplish the bigger goals the key was to have cooperation and teamwork to solve the issue. The federal government’s powers were solely focused on war, money and relations with other countries and states outside of the United States. In accordance, the local government took care of the more specific things going on in that certain state. For example, they took care of things such as elections, constructing schools, and passing laws for marriage and divorce. This helps to guard against having a government ruled over by a tyrant by having the more sizable powers given to the higher-up individuals in the government, and the locals governments dealt with the laws that pertained to their specific state. “In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments” (Document A). The governments are ruled this way because if one government had all the power, they would surely use it unfairly, as all that power would get to their head. “Hence a double security rises to the rights of the people” (Document A). This would in fact raise the rights that the people had because they would have a

The Federalist Papers Ten and Fifty-One were the ideal papers written by Madison to support th¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬e ratification of the Constitution. Out of all the federalist papers, these are two of the most important federalist papers. So what were the federalist papers? They were 85 essays written by three gentlemen: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay that explained particular provisions of the Constitution in detail. Alexander Hamilton goes on to be the first treasury secretary, James Madison goes on to be the fourth president and John Jay the first chief justice in US history. So what was the purpose of these papers? Well, they were written to gain support for the US Constitution, especially in New York. While many people might see it as inevitable, the Constitution was a revolutionary step. Because of the revolutionary nature of the new constitution, arguments were necessary to rationalize it. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, and New York were the states critical to the success or failure of the Constitution. Of these four states, New York by far was the state where the success of the constitution was in the most doubt. Quickly, Alexander Hamilton decided that a massive propaganda campaign was necessary in New York, more than in any other state. So with the help of James Madison and John Jay, he published several essays in different newspapers in New York. There is really little

Federalism splits the power between the state and federal government. “The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several states will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement and prosperity of the State.” (Federalist Paper #45) This shows that the federalists believe that giving most power to the central government is important, but so is reserving power for the

Then there were Anti- Federalists who believed that the bulk of duties should continue to be left to each state's own discretion, so that there would be no misrepresentation of the people it governed. It's left to say that neither side saw eye to eye, but would eventually reach a "compromise", the Federalists would institute their version of the Constitution which had a clear notion of Central Government and it's duties. The Anti-Federalists would receive an additional amendment to the Constitution (The Bill of Rights), which would protect the personal liberties they were convinced a Central Government would revoke. Both sides seemed fairly satisfied with the outcome, though there was still fear of that popular tyranny from the outside. But the act of tyranny they should have feared was their own, for the Framer's motives for creating a new constitution was really protecting the few (the rights of the Wealthy) against the many (the non-elite).

(Document 2) This quote illustrates that there was no way to prevent the branches (executive, judicial, legislative) from abusing their powers. The anti-federalists feared what this strong central government would become. Reasonably, if the constitution was ratified, the federalists would have endless control. The anti federalists feared the government would become a monarchy. Perhaps the biggest argument was mentioned in The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the adoption of the Federal Constitution, “it is the opinion of this convention that certain amendments and alterations in the said Constitution would remove the fears and quiet the apprehensions of many of the good people of the commonwealth….powers not expressly delegated by the constitution… are reserved to several states.” (Document 6) This quote states that the powers that were not given to the original constitution would now be given to the states. Basically, if there was any right or law not originally in the constitution the states were given the right to adjust and look after it.

According to James Madison in the Federalist Paper number fifty-one, Madison stated that there will be powers given to the states and to the central government and powers given that both will share (Doc. A). The central government can regulate trade, conduct foreign relations and declare war, while the states can set up local governments, hold elections and establish schools. All together, they can both tax, borrow money and make laws. This way, the state and the central government will be able to be controlled by itself but also control each other at the same time. Federalism created a compromise between the federalists and the anti-federalists, who opposed the Constitution. It did so by adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution that listed specific prohibitions on governmental power. As a result, individuals and states are protected against what might be too much government power even up until

The 23rd Federalist Paper discusses how to protect and defend Americans from exotic aggression. Hamilton believed that even the Articles of Confederation showed how important the military was because they were providing Congress to make unlimited requests for men and money to direct their operations. He made the essentials clear for a new constitution. In that constitution, the three branches needed to be sufficient in order to do the people’s job. Those jobs were preserve peace, regulate commerce and diplomacy. It states that the Federal Gov’t should be responsible in raising and supporting the armies, the judiciary, and regulation of commerce while arguing that a vibrant government with the powers must provide the means to achieve them in

Federalist papers are one of the most important series of essays government papers and are being used against the Anti-federalist that are trying to ratify the constitution. Madison has written Federalist 10 for main purpose of discussing the word “factions”. What madison says in any government, “people are going to inevitably join factions and have common interest”. What madison fears is that the largest faction of them all, equal distribution of property and he is saying because of the division of property and a few with a lot and a lot without anything and the largest faction is going to be the poor. Since the majority is the poor working class men this might create tension and a disagreement of ideas that are dissimilar then the wealthy few. Madison says there is only two things you can

The most critical decision made by the Framers in terms of their impact on the future of Federalism is by creating a federalist government. They were familiar with the arguments of earlier political thinkers who claimed that government protection of individual rights would have to be small scale and cover a geographically limited jurisdiction. However, their own experiences suggested problems with this arrangement. They wanted a government that would be able to unify a belief within the states without diminishing each states ability to control itself. They did not trust the government operations and the way the government worked to take power completely away from the people. However, they did have an understanding of the government system

Federalism was an inevitable and paramount mechanism to creation the of the Union. Therefore, it is acceptable that its governing principles would define and refine a majority of the nation’s history. Shaping the government, laws, and politics of the current and future generations during the creation of the Constitution, federalism permanently altered the life of every American. Federalism and the Constitution were derived from a similar ideal: endurance of free society had to be preserved by a sense of unity that acted as a safeguard against prevalent dangers, advanced the common good while still maintaining responsiveness to the diversity of the nation (Wechsler, 1954). The Constitution established a central government that possessed the capacity to interpret its

Federalism was incorporated in the constitution for many different reasons. One of the main reasons federalism was added was to prevent the new form of government in the United States after the Articles of Confederation of abusing its powers. Under federalism, state governments and the national governments would have specific limit, and rights. Some of the limits and rights on the national government were the right of habeus corpus, and control of interstate commerce. States could not tax imports and exports, could not impair obligation of contracts. Federalism was created to ensure both separate governments certain privileges. The Framers of the Constitution believed that the competition between both of the governments would create an effective limitation on each governments power.