The Prophetic Anti-Federalist Warnings About Constitutional Taxing Power
In June 1794 the United States Congress passed a tax on the ownership of carriages. The tax called for a levy, “Upon all carriages for the conveyance of persons, which shall be kept by or for any person for his or her own use, or to be let out to hire or for the...
Anti-Federalists Strike Back: More Responses to James Wilson’s State House Speech
The Constitution was signed and presented to the world on September 17, 1787. Not everybody was thrilled with the proposed changes to the American system of government. Anti-Federalists wasted no time in denouncing the Constitution. The first stand-alone counterattack...
Federalist #9: What We Have Today Was Not the Plan
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the ninth in a series of articles giving an introduction to the Federalist Papers, a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States...