Federalist versus Anti-Federalist

In September of 1787 the Constitutional Convention meeting held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania had finally came to a close after critical Federalist debates between had taken place in determining balancing power between State and Federal Governments.

Patrick Henry expressed how the Confederation had been carried through the war rendering victory in what Henry called a, “bloody conflict with a powerful nation,” but yet he could not understand how that same government that was so strong during those times, would be accused of “imbecility” and abandoned for want of energy. He also went on to inform the Federalist that if the ratification ...