The Anti-Federalist Papers Index

#1:

A Dangerous Plan of Benefit Only to the Aristocratick Combination

#2:

"We Have Been Told of Phantoms"

#3:

New Constitution Creates a National Government; Will Not Abate Foreign Influence; Dangers of Civil War and Despotism

#4:

Foreign Wars, Civil Wars, and Indian Wars - Three Bugbears

#5:

Scotland and England - A Case in Point

#6:

The Hobgoblins of Anarchy and Dissensions Among The States

#7:

Adoption of the Constitution Will Lead to Civil War

#8:

The Power Vested in Congress of Sending Troops for Suppressing Insurrections Will Always Enable Them to Stifle the First Struggles of Freedom

#9:

A Consolidated Government is a Tyranny

#10:

On the Preservation of Parties, Public Liberty Depends

#11:

Unrestricted Power Over Commerce Should Not Be Given the National Government

#12:

How Will the New Government Raise Money?

#13:

The Expense of the New Government

#14:

Extent of Territory Under Consolidated Government Too Large to Preserve Liberty or Protect Property

#15:

Rhode Island is Right!

#16:

Europeans Admire and Federalists Decry the Present System

#17:

Federalist Power Will Ultimately Subvert State Authority

#18-20a:

What Does History Teach? (Part I)

#18-20b:

What Does History Teach? (Part II)

#21:

Why the Articles Failed

#22:

Articles of Confederation Simply Requires Amendments, Particularly for Commercial Power and Judicial Power; Constitution Goes Too Far

#23:

Certain Powers Necessary for the Common defense, Can and Should be Limited

#24:

Objections to a Standing Army (Part I)

#25:

Objections to a Standing Army (Part II)

#26:

The Use of Coercion by the New Government (Part I)

#27:

The Use of Coercion by the New Government (Part II)

#28:

The Use of Coercion by the New Government (Part III)

#29:

Objections to National Control of the Militia

#30-31:

A Virginia Antifederalist on the Issue of Taxation

#32:

Federal Taxation and the Doctrine of Implied Powers (Part I)

#33:

Federal Taxation and the Doctrine of Implied Powers (Part II)

#34:

The Problem of Concurrent Taxation

#35:

Federal Taxing Power Must be Restrained

#36:

Representation and Internal Taxation

#37:

Factions and The Constitution

#38:

Some Reactions to Federalist Arguments

#39:

Appearance and Reality - The Form is Federal; The Effect is National

#40:

On the Motivations and Authority of the Founding Fathers

#41-43:

"The Quantity of Power the Union Must Possess is one Thing; The Mode of Exercising the Powers Given is Quite a Different Consideration" - Part I

#41-43:

"The Quantity of Power the Union Must Possess is One Thing; The Mode of Exercising the Powers Given is Quite a Different Consideration" - Part II

#44:

What Congress Can Do; What A State Can Not

#45:

Powers of National Government Dangerous to State Governments; New York as an Example

#46:

"Where Then is the Restraint?"

#47:

"Balance" of Departments not Achieved Under New Constitution

#48:

No Separation of Departments Results in No Responsibility

#49:

On Constitutional Conventions - Part I

#50:

On Constitutional Conventions - Part II

#51:

Do Checks and Balances Really Secure the Rights of the People?

#52:

On the Guarantee of Congressional Biennial Elections

#53:

A Plea for the Right of Recall

#54:

Apportionment and Slavery: Northern and Southern Views

#55:

Will The House of Representatives be Genuinely Representative? - Part I

#56:

Will The House of Representatives be Genuinely Representative? - Part II

#57:

Will The House of Representatives be Genuinely Representative? - Part III

#58:

Will The House of Representatives be Genuinely Representative? - Part IV

#59:

The Danger of Congressional Control of Elections

#60:

Will the Constitution Promote the Interests of Favorite Classes?

#61:

Questions and Comments on the Constitutional Provisions Regarding the Election of Congressmen

#62:

On the Organization and Powers of the Senate - Part I

#63:

On the Organization and Powers of the Senate - Part II

#64

On the Organization and Powers of the Senate - Part III

#65:

On the Organization and Powers of the Senate - Part IV

#66:

From North Carolina

#67:

Various Fears Concerning the Executive Department

#68:

On the Mode of Electing the President

#69:

The Character of the Executive Office

#70:

The Powers and Dangerous Potentials of His Elected Majesty

#71:

The Presidential Term of Office

#72:

On the Electoral College; On Re-eligibility of the President

#73:

Does the Presidential Veto Power Infringe on the Separation of Departments?

#74:

The President as Military King

#75:

A Note Protesting the Treaty-making Provisions of the Constitution

#76-77:

An Antifederalist View of the Appointing Power Under the Constitution

#78-79:

The Power of the Judiciary - Part I

#80:

The Power of the Judiciary - Part II

#82:

The Power of the Judiciary - Part III

#83:

The Federal Judiciary and the Issue of Trial by Jury

#84:

On the Lack of a Bill of Rights