Too bad the Anti-federalists didn't man up and actually produce their Anti-constitution. I'm sure it would have been the eighth wonder of the world.
It's 2010. The Anti-federalists have produced squat for 223 consecutive years. Will they finally produce this year? You can hold your breath - I won't.
lol. Thanks for showing your true colors.
but never came up with their alternative, their “Anti-constitution” to give it a name for purposes of argument. Since they never came up with their Anti-constitution that left only two choices: The Constitution or nothing, i.e. disunion.
That's nowhere near the truth. For one, we already had a government. Rejection of the Constitution would not have returned them to a state of nature. It would have been just another day under the Articles of Confederation.
The "alternative" to the Constitution is what sent the delegates to Philly in the first place. They were asked to make specific changes to the Articles, but certain delegates, particularly Hamilton and Madison, already had their plan to adopt a new, centralized, national government, and so they seized the opportunity, showing up with a draft already written.
The Anti-federalists have produced squat for 223 consecutive years.
What the antifederalists produced was an accurate critique of the national system created by the Constitution, and some good predictions of the abuses that would follow.
Anyway, I find your hostility and name-calling amusing. Thanks for the entertainment.
Uh, being a student freshly exposed to the roots of our form of government, I must admit that, so far, the Bill of Rights seems to be the child of the Anti-Federalists.
Today, conversation about our form of government is likely, more often than not, to discuss which amendment is being challenged.