
"Brutus," Essays IV and XVI (Nov.America’s Four Republics The More or Less United States.The Alleged Danger From the Powers of the Union to the State Governments Considered (Madison) Letters from the federal Farmer, I and II (Oct.8 and 9, 1787).Address of the Pennesylvania Minority (Dec.18, 1787).Amendments Proposed by The Rhode Island Convention (March 6, 1790).Amendments to the Constitution (June 27, 1788).Amendments Proposed by the Virginia Convention, (June 27, 1788).Amendments Proposed by the Massachusetts Convention,(Feb.Speech of James Wilson (October 6, 1787).17) - (Franklin, Gorham, George Washington, William Blount, Gerry) 4, 5, 6) - (Morris, Maison, Butler, Pinckney, Williamson, Baldwin, Wilson, Randolph, George Clymer, Hamilton) Election and Powers of the president (Sept.Slavery and Constitution (August 21, 22) - (Martin, Rutledge, Ellsworth, Pinckney, Abraham Baldwin, Wilson, Gerry, Dickson, Williamson, King, John Langdon).Executive Veto Power (August 15) - (Morris,Sherman, Wilson).Citizenship for Immigrants (August 9) - (Morris,Ellsworth, Mason, Madison, Butler, Franklin, Randolph, Wilson).Qualifications of Suffrage (August 7, 10) - (Wilson, Morris, Ellsworth, Pinckney, Manson, Madison, Franklin, John F.First Draft of the Constitution (August 6) - (Committee on Ditail Rutledge, Chairman).Election of Executive (July 24, 25) - (Gerry, Strong, Williamson, Ellsworth, Wilson, Madison).Method of Ratification (July 23) - (Manson, Ellisworth, Madison).Appointment of Judges (July 21) - (Madison, Pinckney, Randolph, Ellsworth, Morris, Gerry, Mason).The Judiciary, the Veto, and Separation of Powers (July 21) - (Wilson, Nathaniel Gorham, Ellsworth, Madison, Mason, Gerry, Caleb Strong, Morris, Luther Martin).Election and Term of Office of the National Executive (July 17, 19) - (Morris, Sherman, Wilson, Pinckney, Mason, Madison, Gerry).Majority Rule the Basic Republican Principle (July 5, 13, 14) - (Madison, Wilson).Debate on State Equality in the Senate (June 28-July 2) - (Madison, Johnson, Oliver Ellsworth, Wilson, Rufus King, Hamilton, Bedford, Gouverneur Morris).Length of Term in Office for Senators (June 26) - (Madison, Sherman, Read, Hamilton).Debate on Federalism (June 21) - (William S.Opposition to The New Jersey Plan (June 19) - (Madison).Plan for National Government (June 18) - (Alexander Hamilton).Debate on The New Jersey Plan (June 16) - (Paterson, Wilson, Randolph).The New Jersey Plan (June 15) - (William Paterson).Debate on Veto of State Laws (June 8) - (Pinckney, Madison, Hugh Williamson, Gerry, Sherman, Wilson, Dickinson, Gunning Bedford, Pierce Butler).Debate on Method of Electing Senators (June 7) - (Sherman, Charles Pinckney, Dickinson, Wilson, George Read, Madison, Gerry).Electing Representatives (June 6) - Sherman, Gerry, Wilson, Madison, Mason, John Dickinson).Opposition to a Unitary Executive (June 4) - (Mason).Opposition to Executive Salaries (June 2) - (Benjamin Franklin).Debate of Executive Power (June 1) - (Wilson, John Rutledge, Sherman, Gerry, Randolph).Debate on Representation (May 31) - (Roger Sherman, Elbridge Gerry, George Mason, James Wilson, James Madison).The Virginia Plan (May 29) - (Edmund Randolph).James Madison to George Washington (April 16, 1787).The authors did not only discuss the issues of the constitution, many general problems of politics were also put under debate Should the members of the government be elected by direct vote of the people?, Does slavery have any place in a nation dedicated to liberty? etc. The Anti-Federalists saw in the constitution threats to rights and liberties so recently won from England. The Federalist Papers defended the concept of a strong central government with their arguments in favor of the constitution. Along with the Federalist Papers, the Anti-Federalist papers documented the political context in which the Constitution was born. In 1778 the states debated the merits of the proposed Constitution.
