The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History … and the University of North Carolina Press)

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Fear of centralized authority is deeply rooted in American history. The struggle over the U.S. Constitution in 1788 pitted the Federalists, supporters of a stronger central government, against the Anti-Federalists, the champions of a more localist vision of politics. But, argues Saul Cornell, even as the Federalists may have won the battle over ratification, it’s the ideas of the Anti-Federalists that continue to define the soul of American politics.

While no Anti-Federalist party emerged after ratification, Anti-Federalism continued to assist define the limits of legitimate dissent within the American constitutional tradition for decades. Anti-Federalist ideas also exerted the most important influence on Jeffersonianism and Jacksonianism. Exploring the full range of Anti-Federalist thought, Cornell illustrates its continuing relevance in the politics of the early Republic.

A new take a look at the Anti-Federalists is particularly timely given the latest revival of interest in this once neglected group, notes Cornell. Now widely reprinted, Anti-Federalist writings are more and more quoted by legal scholars and cited in Supreme Court decisions–clear proof that their authors are actually counted a few of the ranks of The united states’s founders.

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