Anti Federalist
... Earlier you said that the British king was greedy and that’s why he took over but look who the federalist are? ... We are afraid that if the Constitution is accepted you, the federalist, will take advantage of us. ... Anti-federalists were people who opposed the ratification of the Constitution because: It gave too much power to the national government at the expense of the state governments. ... Anti-federalists believed that the check and balances were not enough because it nowhere contained ironclad guarantees that the new government would protect the liberties of individuals or the states. Anti-federalist felt that the state governments would become too weak and the national government not stabled enough from local conditions, resulting in a loss of freedom.