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Eber Quintanilla
9/10/14
Pd: 1
H US History
During the time of the newly born America, many disputed over the way the country should be ran. There were those who favored a federalist government and those who opposed it. George Clinton held a very strong position to why he was antifederalist ultimately believing that a weak central government would allow the voice of the people to be heard better while James Madison favored the federalist government because of the capability of equal representation. Although at first glance the positions these two have seem similar, there are very distinctive rationales to why they had to separate opinions. Since paragraph one, George Clinton establishes that he is antifederalist. He begins stating that those who consider the different situations within a society such as climate, economy, number of inhabitants, and moral beliefs can never find justice, prosperity, and tranquility in a republic government. George Clinton first says this in order to captivate the entire nations attention. He includes all these reasons that are supposedly what a federalist government will achieve and after destroys them by saying that it is not possible to do this. George Clinton uses the example of Sparta stating, “Sparta continued with the same extent of territory after all its war.” People understood that Sparta was a very successful city-state and uses that prior knowledge of the public to indirectly imply that Sparta’s success came from their ability to keep their city small in order to hear the opinions of the citizens. However, that really doesn’t adhere to the position that Clinton considered the opinion of the people but it does firstly create a sense that a smaller government can create greater success because of the ability that the people have of being heard. Secondly, Clinton uses an example of the south stating, “From the southern states, will these men be as tenacious of liberties and interests of the more northern states?” He
9/10/14
Pd: 1
H US History
During the time of the newly born America, many disputed over the way the country should be ran. There were those who favored a federalist government and those who opposed it. George Clinton held a very strong position to why he was antifederalist ultimately believing that a weak central government would allow the voice of the people to be heard better while James Madison favored the federalist government because of the capability of equal representation. Although at first glance the positions these two have seem similar, there are very distinctive rationales to why they had to separate opinions. Since paragraph one, George Clinton establishes that he is antifederalist. He begins stating that those who consider the different situations within a society such as climate, economy, number of inhabitants, and moral beliefs can never find justice, prosperity, and tranquility in a republic government. George Clinton first says this in order to captivate the entire nations attention. He includes all these reasons that are supposedly what a federalist government will achieve and after destroys them by saying that it is not possible to do this. George Clinton uses the example of Sparta stating, “Sparta continued with the same extent of territory after all its war.” People understood that Sparta was a very successful city-state and uses that prior knowledge of the public to indirectly imply that Sparta’s success came from their ability to keep their city small in order to hear the opinions of the citizens. However, that really doesn’t adhere to the position that Clinton considered the opinion of the people but it does firstly create a sense that a smaller government can create greater success because of the ability that the people have of being heard. Secondly, Clinton uses an example of the south stating, “From the southern states, will these men be as tenacious of liberties and interests of the more northern states?” He