The American people have long struggled with compromise between the two parties, thus leading to an enormous upset with all parties. The main goal should be to gather unto a compromise rather than grabbing arms and fighting with each owns beliefs. The collection and security of peoples rights also is thrown into play with the debate of anti-federalist and federalists. Liberty of the people is a sacred belief to many of these people and must be achieved and protected.
The American republic has stood out amongst other republics, and its smaller sibling, democracy, as the longest lasting and most successful republic in recorded history. If one were to ask any American or foreigner as to why this is the case, most of the time, they would give …show more content…
In the case of the United States, there exists a constitutional republic in which the Constitution rules as the supreme law of the land and the Constitution empowers and limits those in office. Both the federalists and anti-federalists agreed on the fact that indeed, liberty and security of rights should be the end goal of this new republic, but disagreed on how this government should go about achieving that goal. The new constitutional republic presented two major contentions to the anti-federalists: 1. This new form of government had too strong of a national character and threatened the sovereignty of the individual states simply due to the enormous size of the proposed republic. 2. With such a large republic, the beliefs and the wills of the people would be drowned out and be left unrepresented. To understand why the anti-federalists held these fears in such high regard, the effects of having more national government on security of rights, virtues, and true representation must be analyzed, along with the possible alleviation of this issue with the addition of the Bill of …show more content…
Only from the protection of freedom and rights does a virtuous people form (Agrippa I, 1787), and from a virtuous people does a republic function effectively. A man by the name Thomas Jefferson, though not an anti-federalist, shares what constitutes virtue in citizenry: a focus on agriculture and protection of equal property rights, and a focus on education. These two features can only be provided if states are allowed their sovereignty and liberties are protected, as per anti-federalist
The American republic has stood out amongst other republics, and its smaller sibling, democracy, as the longest lasting and most successful republic in recorded history. If one were to ask any American or foreigner as to why this is the case, most of the time, they would give …show more content…
In the case of the United States, there exists a constitutional republic in which the Constitution rules as the supreme law of the land and the Constitution empowers and limits those in office. Both the federalists and anti-federalists agreed on the fact that indeed, liberty and security of rights should be the end goal of this new republic, but disagreed on how this government should go about achieving that goal. The new constitutional republic presented two major contentions to the anti-federalists: 1. This new form of government had too strong of a national character and threatened the sovereignty of the individual states simply due to the enormous size of the proposed republic. 2. With such a large republic, the beliefs and the wills of the people would be drowned out and be left unrepresented. To understand why the anti-federalists held these fears in such high regard, the effects of having more national government on security of rights, virtues, and true representation must be analyzed, along with the possible alleviation of this issue with the addition of the Bill of …show more content…
Only from the protection of freedom and rights does a virtuous people form (Agrippa I, 1787), and from a virtuous people does a republic function effectively. A man by the name Thomas Jefferson, though not an anti-federalist, shares what constitutes virtue in citizenry: a focus on agriculture and protection of equal property rights, and a focus on education. These two features can only be provided if states are allowed their sovereignty and liberties are protected, as per anti-federalist