The Antifederalist Papers  No. 3 New Constitution Creates a
National Government; Will Not Abate Foreign Influence; Dangers
of Civil War and Despotism  Like the nome de plume "Publius"
used by pro Constitution writers in the Federalist Papers,
several Antifederalists signed their writings "A FARMER." While
the occupation of the writers may not have coincided with the
name given, the arguments against consolidating power in the
hands of a central government were widely read. The following
was published in the Maryland Gazette and Baltimore Advertiser,
March 7, 1788. The true identity of the author is unknown.
There are but two modes by which men are connected in society,
the one which operates on individuals, this always has been, and
ought still to be called, national government; the other which
binds States and governments together (not corporations, for
there is no considerable nation on earth, despotic, monarchical,
or republican, that does not contain many subordinate
corporations with various constitutio