“Brutus” was the pseudonym for one of the most forceful Anti-Federalist voices during the ratification debates over the U.S. Constitution. While scholars still debate the author of the …

Jan 27, 2016 · “Brutus,” a New York Antifederalist, or opponent of the proposed Constitution (generally assumed to have been Robert Yates, a New York delegate to the Constitutional …

The first of these essays, Brutus No. 1, seized the initiative, being published about two weeks before Alexander Hamilton published Federalist No. 1 to defend the proposed Constitution …

Brutus was the pen name of an Anti-Federalist in a series of essays designed to encourage New Yorkers to reject the proposed Constitution. His essays are considered among the best of …

The Anti-Federalist papers were written by a variety of authors in opposition to the ratification of the Constitution. Those that were written under the pen name of Brutus are arguably the most …

This version of Brutus 1 is taken from the book Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Held in the Year 1788, and which Finally Ratified the …

Among the many illustrious authorities which might be produced to this point, I shall content myself with quoting only two. The one is the baron de Montesquieu, spirit of laws, chap. xvi. …

Aug 18, 2025 · What Did Brutus 1 Say About the U.S. Constitution? Explore Brutus No. 1's profound Anti-Federalist critique of the U.S. Constitution, revealing its deep skepticism about …

Brutus No. 1 is an influential anti-Federalist essay written in 1787 that argues against the proposed U.S. Constitution, warning that a strong central government could threaten individual …

These are some of the reasons by which it appears, that a free republic cannot long subsist over a country of the great extent of these states. If then this new constitution is calculated to …