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Federalist

he Constitution an objectionable force against the way that the government is supposed to work.States appointed individuals as delegates to attend the Philadelphia convention. The delegates once at the convention failed to notify their states of the new purpose to create the Constitution. If the states had known of the plan to create a new government, their response would have been different. The new government under the Constitution was larger and more powerful. States at this time felt threatened by a large central government because during this time they were in control. By not notifying the states of what they were doing, the delegates were no longer working under the will of their states but under their own will and for their own benefit. In taking this power away from the states and placing it in their own hands, the Constitution created by the delegates goes against what a republic is when representatives no longer represent what they are appointed to.Clinton argues, that because the delegates took power into their own hands, the Constitution was created tainted and should be opposed. The delegates made the Constitution with their own self-interest in mind. The delegates took the job that was to be done by Congress and created a new government. The delegates created a tainted document when they took power away from the states and congress. They created a document that they had no authority to create and wanted it implemented. Clinton strongly opposed this....

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