While I take your point, and it is a good point about power never decreasing once it as been granted, I see why the anti-federalist papers never took off. Brutus is an attrocious writer by comparison with Madison or Hamilton or Jay, whose writing styles were the equal of any man in any time and place. After a grossly grandiloquent introduction Brutus then raises rather abstract objections which lack the crispness, clarity, precision, and concreteness of the Federals authors. The latter you immediately get, wherever you start reading. This is turgid.
Interesting analysis on Brutus and on post #36. Thanks for that information.