When there is gridlock, a leader will be criticized for not getting anything done, so in order to remain popular, leaders will compromise and pass laws that give both sides of an argument part of what they were fighting for. Therefore, giving people a voice in the government.

Also, the system will be nothing like Britain because a president voted in by the people will not be able to abuse his power like a king. A president will be checked by the branches of government and will make decisions for the people that way he gets reelected.

Federalist 51 would stop the government from having too much power. The papers say the central government would be separated into 3 different branches that would balance one another's powers. Each branch would have their own set of of enumerated and implied powers from the Constitution. This would create a system of checks and balances that would limit the power of each branch.

I am not in any way trying to push down my fellow countrymen. We simply have different opinions and I am just trying to support my fellow Federalists. With the Constitution, the people will be able to vote for their representatives. These representatives will not take the power from the people. As a matter of fact, the people will give the government its power by voting for who they want to run the country. The politicians will do things that are popular among citizens in order to get reelected.

This is ridiculous. The anti-federalists would rather have many small state militias, than one strong, unified army that could protect and defend our nation as a whole. With many small militias it would be very easy for disputes among states to turn violent and bring about war and the downfall of our nation. One standing army will unify the republics into one and protect the nation against true enemies, and would not be used against our own citizens. We have learned from the mistakes of Britain and would not allow our central government to abuse its power because the Federalist 51 will give the branches of government checks and balances to limit its powers.

Yes, but sometimes gridlock is good. If one party or idea completely runs the government, we are back at square one with majorities and factions. Gridlock will allow for educated debates and decisions between representatives that will benefit the citizens and the future of the country.

Federalists Rule! Anti-Federalists Drool! The Constitution should be ratified create a strong standing nation. As Federalist 10 says, create a Confederation of Republics.

But this is disproved by Federalist 10. Once there is a large central government, the people of the nation, in this case the farmers and debtors, will have the right to vote for their representatives. This is not a system with King where those in power are in line. Any one person has the ability to run for an office to try to make laws in the system under the Constitution. The people have a say in who represents them. The people give the government its power.

If the Constitution is ratified, the national government will have the power to create a standing army. This would greatly support the nation rather than the state militias of the anti-federalist state governments. If each state has their own militia, it would be very easy for states to get into disputes with one another and choose sides. This would create many wars within the nation causing it to crumble. One national army would stand for the country as a whole and could spring to action much faster with government support to protect the citizens.

I believe so; he is trying to erase major debts that need to be payed, the same way the anti-federalist farmers and debtors tried to do within the local governments.