The Essential Antifederalist

This edited collection of readings from Antifederalist thought was first published in 1985. Here presented with a completely revised and updated interpretive essay from the editors and expanded to cover the period of the founding from 1776-91, this book is the most complete one-volume collection of its kind.

Preface

v

Interpretative Essay

vii

Timeline

xxxii

Origin of Antifederalist Thought

1

(74)

Z

5

(2)

John Lansing, George Mason and Luther Martin, 20 June 1787

7

(5)

Luther Martin, 27-28 June 1787

12

(4)

George Mason, Objections

16

(3)

Richard Henry Lee, Letter to Edmund Randolph, 16 October 1787

19

(5)

Elbridge Gerry, Objections

24

(2)

Cato, Letter III

26

(4)

An Old Whig Essay VII

30

(3)

Pennsylvania Minority Report

33

(14)

Robert Yates and John Lansing, Reasons of Dissent

47

(2)

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Alexander Donald, 7 February 1787

49

(1)

Agrippa, Letters XV and XVI

50

(10)

Sidney, Essay II

60

(3)

A Plebian

63

(12)

Antifederalist Views of Federalism

75

(70)

Federal Farmer, Letters I and XVII

78

(18)

Centinel Letter I

96

(9)

Brutus, Essays I and V

105

(17)

Agrippa, Letter IV

122

(2)

Maryland Farmer Essay III, Part One

124

(3)

Patrick Henry, Virginia Ratifying Convention, 4-5 June 1788

127

(13)

Virginia Ratifying Convention Amendment Proposals

140

(5)

Antifederalist Views of Republicanism

145

(88)

Richard Henry Lee, Letter to George Mason, 1 October 1787

148

(1)

Federal Farmer, Letters, II, III, IV and XII

149

(22)

Old Whig, Essay IV

171

(3)

Brutus, Essays II, IV, XI, XII, XV

174

(26)

Cato, Letters V and VII

200

(5)

John DeWitt, Essay V

205

(6)

James Monroe, Observations on the Constitution

211

(8)

Virginia Ratifying Convention, 18 June 1788

219

(5)

Melancton Smith, New York Ratifying Convention, 20 June 1788

224

(6)

John Lansing, New York Ratifying Convention, 24 June 1788

230

(3)

Antifederalist Views of Capitalism and Democracy

233

(66)

Centinel, Letters, III, IV, VII, VIII

236

(13)

A Georgian

249

(2)

Brutus, Essay III

251

(6)

Cato, Letter VI

257

(3)

Agrippa, Letters VII, IX, XII, XIV

260

(14)

Federal Farmer, Letters VII, IX

274

(7)

Maryland Farmer, Essay III, Part II; and Essay VII, Part I

281

(7)

Mercy Otis Warren, The American Revolution

288

(11)

Appendix

299

(30)

I. Virginia Declaration of Rights and Constitution

299

(8)

II. Articles of Confederation

307

(7)

III. Draft Constitution of 1787

314

(15)

Bibliography

329

(4)

Index

333

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