Arguments Against Federalism

I have chosen to take the stance as Federalist. As a Federalist, the federal government should have a strong hold and have a control of the land. The constitution should be implemented because it gives the central government the power to do what is necessary without taking away the ability of the states to govern themselves, they however must obey the supreme law of the land.

The two opposing forces that fought for or against the constitution fought for it by making arguments for different things. Federalists believed that the government should have a strong hold on the states, but still allow them to maintain some independence of each other. They wanted a central currency and, by consequence have the ability to tax the nation because without it, the country falls apart,”Money is, with propriety, considered as the vital principle of the body politic; as that which sustains its life and motion, and enables it to perform its most essential functions.” As well, federalists believed that representation should be proportional to the state being represented. “...that the ratio between the representatives and the people ought not to be the same where the latter are very numerous as where they are very few.”

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They can fund a military as well as pay to educate along with many other things when there is a national currency and the government can tax the people. In addition to that, the greatest populations have the greatest amount of representation, allowing the word of the greatest majority to be heard and recognized. Underneath anti-federalists, the government would have no control and a military would not exist due to a sever lack of funding because the country would be so split along state lines, no one would be able to contribute either because their currencies were so different or their laws would be so