ate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular to the State Legislatures" (p. 105). The system that the Constitution proposes provides a fair representation of all the citizens of the United States in a central government. These articles all display different views of the Constitution, but they also have some similarities. One common interest in two of the articles, is absolute power. When power is given to a handful of men, it can be easily abused. A good example of this is in "Letters of Brutus," when he states, "Besides, it is a truth confirmed by the unerring experiences of ages, that every man, and every body of men, invested with power, are ever disposed to increase it, and to acquire a superiority over every thing that stands in their way" (p. 96). Patrick Henry also displays his fears on this issue. He claims that it would be very easy for the President to declare himself an absolute leader. Henry also claims that because the President has control of the army, it makes this even easier to take place. Although the Federalists and Anti-Federalists had very opposing views, some of the topics discussed are similar. For Example, Brutus and Madison both discuss the effects of human nature, and how this can effect the government. Sometimes things that men do can not prevented, and because of this, cause problems in governmental activities. Brutus states that it is human nature to want power. This is displayed by going back to the example that Brutus gives about the governments of the Grecian and of the Romans. Because of human nature they extended their empire to be as big and powerful as possible. When power is given to someone, they want to expand it and make it absolute. Brutus uses this to support his view on the Constitution. Having one central government would result in an absolute power. Madison gives some more points on human nature in his paper. He describes that factions are caused by ...
