To: Remedy
2. The Federalist Papers Why did Hamilton conceal his authorship of the Federalist Papers?
Why did roughly half of the delegates to Constitutional Convention walk out?
Why did Patrick Henry when nominated to the Constitutional Convention refuse to attend saying, "Because I smelt a rat" ?
3 posted on
05/30/2003 11:53:19 AM PDT by
AdamSelene235
(Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear....)
To: AdamSelene235
Anti-Federalist papers SHOULD have been included.
4 posted on
05/30/2003 11:54:34 AM PDT by
Remedy
To: AdamSelene235
I never knew Patrick Henry said that. My admiration for him just went up tenfold.
To: AdamSelene235
It was customary for the writers of that era to use pen names. Hamilton had a variety of them: Continentalist, Julius Caesar, Pacificus, the Advocate and half dozen more.
He, Madison and Jay all use Publicus for the FP. He was not trying to hide his identity and anyone who was interested knew who was writing them.
Anti-federalists were opposed to a nation and a federal government so they walked. They were irrelevent to history anyway and their leaving didn't matter maybe helped. They thought that would torpedo the CC but didn't count on Washington, Madison and Hamilton's genius.
Patrick Henry was not a nationalist and did not want a government strong enough to create a more perfect union. After a great start he too wound up on History's Loser List.
37 posted on
05/30/2003 12:18:53 PM PDT by
justshutupandtakeit
(RATS will use any means to denigrate George Bush's Victory.)
To: AdamSelene235
Not related to this thread, but over lunch I found five L. Neil Books for $15. Some of us understand freedom.
Cheers!
Brady
To: AdamSelene235
bump
252 posted on
11/03/2003 8:51:10 PM PST by
Centurion2000
(Resolve to perform what you ought, perform without fail what you resolve.)
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