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This 6 page paper takes the form of a letter from a Massachusetts farmer to his wife, explaining his anti-federalist stand, and how he finally voted on the matter of ratification. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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thing; and arguments for and against it raged for several years. Some of the most notable appeared in The Federalist Papers in which such men as John Jay and James
Madison argued in favor of the document. This paper takes the form of a letter from a Massachusetts farmer to his wife, explaining his anti-federalist stand, and how he finally
voted on the matter of ratification. The Letter My Dear, I have read the proposed new Constitution carefully and find myself somewhat puzzled by it. Until my anxieties are relieved,
I propose to vote against it, as I explained before I left. There are three great issues that I fear will not be addressed sufficiently in the document as it
stands now. The first of these is the most basic: the creation of a powerful federal government. I remain unconvinced that a government located in New York or Philadelphia can
possibly have the interests of the citizens of Massachusetts at heart, no matter how well-disposed it may be. The great distances between our state and the seat of government will
make it impossible for the President to understand what the issues confronting us locally truly are. I am very concerned that a strong central government such as Mr. Jefferson proposes
will keep many of the rights to itself that should in actuality devolve upon the states. However, as I write this I hear that Massachusetts has put forward a proposal
that "it be explicitly declared that all Powers not expressly delegated by the aforesaid Constitution are reserved to the several States to be by them exercised" (Ratification of the Constitution
by the State of Massachusetts; February 6, 1788). Notwithstanding the stodgy language of the Proposal, if it is accepted it will certainly ease my mind. We shall see. I am
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