“We ought to consider, as Montesquieu says, whether the construction of the government be suitable to the genius and disposition of the people, as well as a variety of other circumstances.”
– William Grayson, Anti-Federalist No. 2, “We have been told of Phantoms,” June 11, 1788; Elliot 3:274-79
“There are certain modes of governing the people which will succeed. There are others which will not. The idea of consolidation is abhorrent to the people of this country.”
– William Grayson, Anti-Federalist No. 2, “We have been told of Phantoms,” June 11, 1788; Elliot 3:274-79
“I must confess that public credit has suffered, and that our public creditors have been ill used. This was owing to a fault at the head-quarters—to Congress themselves…”
– William Grayson, Anti-Federalist No. 2, “We have been told of Phantoms,” June 11, 1788; Elliot 3:274-79
“We have been told of phantoms and ideal dangers to lead us into measures which will, in my opinion, be the ruin of our country. If the existence of those dangers cannot be proved, if there be no apprehension of wars, if there be no rumors of wars, it will place the subject in a different light, and plainly evince to the world that there cannot be any reason for adopting measures which we apprehend to be ruinous and destructive.”
– William Grayson, Anti-Federalist No. 2, “We have been told of Phantoms,” June 11, 1788; Elliot 3:274-79
