The farmer from the second passage was most likely
Read these two passages from 1788, which are related
to the debate over the ratification of the Constitution.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
... you must first enable the government to control the
governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
A dependence on the people is ... the primary control on
the government.
-Federalist 51, 1788
an abolitionist.
O an anti-Federalist.
a Federalist.
O a slaveholder.
In a national government, unless cautiously and
fortunately administered, the disputes will be the deep-
rooted differences of interest, where part of the empire
must be injured by the operation of general law.
A Maryland farmer, 1788
