Anti-Federalist : An Abridgment of the Complete Anti-Federalist

by Storing, Herbert J.

• ISBN13: 9780226775654
• ISBN10: 0226775658
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

Herbert J. Storing'sComplete Anti-Federalist, hailed as "a civic event of enduring importance" (Leonard W. Levy,New York Times Book Review), indisputably established the importance of the Anti-Federalists' writings for our understanding of the Constitution. As Storing wrote in his introduction, "If the foundation of the American polity was laid by the Federalists, the Anti-Federalist reservations echo through American history; and it is in the dialogue, not merely in the Federalist victory, that the country's principles are to be discovered." This one-volume edition presents the essence of the other side of that crucial dialogue. It can be read as a genuine counterpart to theFederalist Papers; as an original source companion to Storing's brilliant essayWhat the Anti-Federalists Were For(volume I ofThe Complete Anti-Federalist, available as a separate paperback); or as a guide to exploring the full range of Anti-Federalist writing.The Anti-Federalistmakes a fundamental source of our political heritage accessible to everyone.

Author Biography

Herbert J. Storing (1928-77), who spent most of his professional life at the University of Chicago, was, at the time of his death, Robert K. Gooch Professor of Government and the director of the Program on the Presidency, White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. Murray Dry, who prepared this abridgment, is the Charles A. Dana Professor of political science at Middlebury College.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Murray Dry
Introduction	I
Centinel, Letter I
Observations Leading to a Fair Examination of the System of Government Proposed by the Late Convention: Letters from	7	(96)
The Federal Farmer, I--VII and XVI--XVII	23	(80)
Essays of Brutus	103	(96)
Pennsylvania
Introduction	199	(2)
The Address and Reasons of Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of Pennsylvania to Their Constituents	201	(24)
Massachusetts
Introduction	225	(2)
Letters of Agrippa, I--XI	227	(28)
Maryland
Introduction	255	(2)
A Farmer, Essay V	257	(16)
Virginia
Introduction	273	(2)
The Impartial Examiner, Essay I	275	(18)
Speeches of Patrick Henry in the Virginia State Ratifying Convention	293	(36)
New York
Introduction	329	(2)
Speeches	331	(30)
Melancton Smith
Bibliography	361	(4)
Index	365