Blog 5: Anti-Federalists

                As an anti-federalists, we believe that the constitution will give too much power to a central government.  With this power, the central government may try to take away the states’ powers or interfere with individual’s liberties.  We also think that since the central government will be relatively far away from much of the population, it could easily become corrupt.  The only connection that we would have was one representative for every thirty thousand people, which was a much greater proportion than with the current state confederation.  That one representative could never know the wants and needs of that many people.  With this representative so far away from the people he represented, it would be tough for him to actually know what is going on in the place that he represents.  This is unlike the current situation where the representatives only have to travel short distances and are with his “subjects” often.  We anti-federalists are most fearful of losing state power and personal liberty to a more powerful central government.