“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 Brutus Essays, most …

Jan 27, 2016 · Compare and contrast Brutus’ arguments with those of Publius concerning 1) what is at stake in Federalist 1 (1787), 2) the status of Montesquieu – in Federalist 9 (1787), and 3) the case …

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 under the …

1 The government under the Articles of Confederation was not strong enough to manage some of the problems that the nation has experienced. 2 The Constitution written by the convention in …

It was probably this paragraph that made “Brutus” vulnerable to the charge levied by “Publius” in The Federalist 1, that “Brutus” favored separate confederacies.

With these few introductory remarks, I shall proceed to a consideration of this constitution: The first question that presents itself on the subject is, whether a confederated government be the best for the …

The essays were widely reprinted and commented on throughout the American states. The author is thought by most scholars to have been Robert Yates, a New York judge, delegate to the Federal …

BRUTUS 1 (ABRIDGED) October 18, 1787 When the public is called to investigate and decide upon a question in which not only the present members of the community are deeply interested, but upon …

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 Constitution …

Read the text of Essays of Brutus I through XVI online with commentaries and connections.